Kenya Trivia
On a picnic one day by the Mara River I watched our guide take his cold soda and place it in the sun on the hood of the van to warm up. I know Europeans know chilled but are Americans the only people who like their cola cold?
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While in the Mara we were awakened each morning by the black faced monkeys squabbling outside our tent. It was as if they were saying ‘okay, it’s daylight now, it is time to get up’.
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It is impossible to trap a lion as they are too cunning and if you move one, the whole pride needs to be moved which is almost impossible to do.
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The morning we drove out from the Ark a beautiful spotted leopard crossed right in front of our van. He was going home to rest after a nights hunt. He was beautiful. Lucky us!
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On safari, game runs are done early in the morning (6:30) before breakfast and late afternoon/early evening. These are the times of day the animals are most active as they rest in the heat of the day.
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My son returned to our cabin after photographing Mt Kilimanjaro at dawn asking, “Did you hear the zebras barking?”
“Is that what that noise is? I thought maybe it was dogs.”
“Nope. There are a bunch of zebras down in that marsh just beyond the path outside our cabin.”
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The Carnivore Restaurant is located just outside the city in Nairobi’s outskirts. The Carnivore is a popular and famous tourist restaurant. A large cooking pit is in the center of the restaurant where all kinds of wild game is cooked. Waiters come to the table to serve you. They will tell you what the meat is and you may try anything you want.
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The Somali ostrich differs from other ostriches in that it has a blue head and legs. They are not numerous in Kenya, but we did see several of them.
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