Africa

 Greetings from Dubai,

     We are behind schedule in posting to the blog as internet access was limited; so of course I didn’t start anything going.  We leave Dubai later today to start our cruise.

     Today’s info and pictures are from the Masai Mara.  The Mara Safari Club was amazing… so beautiful and serene.  The staff there was the best I have ever encountered.  Every wish or whim you had was taken care of.  There is a picture of us with our Masai guides and guard (the one with the gun - I made sure he had bullets) was taken on our Walking Safari (wasn’t even planning on doing one-adventurous and a bit scary).  The evening before, while we slept, it poured rain so it was wet and muddy in the morning.  We would not have been able to go if our room steward had not shown up with his boots (very attractive) and socks for us to walk in the mud.  We saw lots of animals and plant life close up without being in the safari vehicle.  There are two pictures of our tent.  It was luxurious and beautiful with hot and cold running water (had to let the hot water run for about 7 minutes before it got hot, but it did).  You could hear the hippos “talking”, monkey’s calling, birds singing and other assorted sounds that I am still not sure what they were.

     The Giraffes were terrific, of course, but I also fell in love with the Hippos, their noises made me laugh all the time.  We saw an incredible herd of Elephants… they were on the other side of a hill.  All of a sudden we saw one and then another and then another, etc. etc. until there were at least 15 Elephants of all sizes.  There was a small baby about a few months old and several a year or two old.  The bull was rather sexually excited and exhibited his manhood (walking on his 5^th leg as our guide told us).  He started to flap his ears and our guide decided that he might not be too happy with us there so we took off for our next adventure.  I will tell you about the Giraffes in my next posting.

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              Love to all,

              Pat & Mike