When the going gets tough

Alright guys Im back. Kenya is superb and for the first time I feel at home on the trip. I took a shower for the first time in a week and the stunning tan i thought I had was in fact dirt. I shaved, but kept the mustache (and it looks quite fashionable). Clean clothes feel great and although my body is torn from the week of sitting in a hot car driving on roads that are rivers in rainy season Im getting used to not bumping around constantly. The safari was amazing. It started off at an the all time high of getting to see Hippos grazing in the fields and not in the water. An hour later we watched as four lions slept high in the branches of a tree. The Antelope and Gazelle are everywhere but they are only bait. Their magnificence lays within the fight they put up to avoid being eaten. The drive is not the most satisfying. The bumpy roads destroy your stomach and without any leg room you easily get cramped up. I put up photos of many of the animals we saw but because they come out of nowhere and sometimes disappear just as quickly I only have memories of some scenes. At each and every camp a Masai warrior with poison arrows guarded our tents, which was nice but at 2am when you hop out to take a piss you don't notice he's watching you until its too late. It astonishes me that Tanzania and Kenya use the Serengeti animals to bring in their tourism but yet outside the park they abuse them. Today I saw two dead dogs and a Masai whipping a donkey in the face and laughing but when your in the park any gesture towards the animals other than a photo results in a horrific fine. Tomorrow I head back to Arusha and after a couple days in in Europe. I am ecstatic to see my cousin Matt, eat with him, drink, and begin my new adventure. Im almost out of Africa. There was no wifi in the last hotel either and Im sorry it took this long to upload my Summit Photo.


- Chad

Location:Nairobi, Kenya