the poor blue ball monkeys of Mombasa
The afternoon thunderstorm forced us to hang out in our room and wait out the rain. Sitting on the balcony,...
Africa
strumming my pretend guitar in Mombasa
I imagine having long, lanky hair and sun kissed skin as my feet sink in the wet sand. I pull...
The beautiful empty of my fourth Safari
I'm seeing how fickle Mother Nature can be as I come to the same grasslands of the Serengeti for my...
Pride Rock
The great plains of Africa spread out as wide as the seemingly endless ocean. To my right I have acacia...
Old World Monkeys
A family together around a tree, the elders up top to survey their surroundings, the younger on lower branches playing,...
feeling almighty at the Kenya/Tanzania border
Out in the Maasai Mara, hours from our camp and civilization of any kind, there sits a formidable stone. It...
Sarova Mara
The "Jurassic Park" gates slowly creak open as one patiently waits in your safari vehicle. The sounds of Africa's Big...
The Albino Kenyan
As we are driving to Safari, a conversation gets started about the Albino population in East Africa. It is estimated...
Sena & the mattresses
One place we always visit while in Nairobi with Build.Create.Kenya is Ken's Shunem orphanage for girls. BCK sells bracelets throughout...
BCK on Kenyan TV
When BCK's in-country director Justus told us that he had set up a deal with a Kenyan TV station to...
coming full circle with the Maasai
As we pull up to the familiar Maasai village, I marvel to myself how comfortable I am here in this...
The Hippo Pool
Driving hours through the tall grasses of the Maasai Mara, past Acacia trees and endless skies. Arriving at the border...