Rhinos, Giraffes and Hardebeasts... Oh My!

We spent the bulk of the day driving through the Nairobi National Park. It's strange because it is so close to the city that you see wild animals in the foreground and the skyscrapers of Nairobi in the background. It is a very small park, but still a decent assortment of animals. Unfortunately, some developments (and the associated building of fences) is disrupting the animals. In the past, they have been able to migrate from this park down into the Asboeli Park and then on into the Serengetti. That is becoming more difficult. We did not see any zebra today. However, we did see a number of Masai Giraffes. These are different from the endangered Rothchild Giraffes that we visited yesterday. We also tracked a black rhino for a bit. They were almost slaughtered into extinction but are making a rebound. We saw hardebeasts, warthogs, water buffalo, eland (antelopes), impalas (antelopes), and ostriches. We are back at the hotel and will be taking it easy for the rest of the day. I might actually go for a swim in the pool. The sight of my pastey white body might scare the other guests away. Are driver is picking us up at 9 in the morning for the drive to Bungoma. It'll be about 8 hours if we are lucky. There was so much rain several weeks ago that some of the road may not be in great shape. We could have taken a bus, but we are going to stop by a big market to buy a bunch of school supplies and other things. Our bags will be emptier on the way back in January and so we'll take the bus then. Hope everyone in Portland survived the wind storm. I know some of you lost power.