We Saw Cheetahs Today!

I know my posts have been all over the place and things haven’t been in order. The first step is admitting I have a problem and it’s something I’m working on. But seriously, we saw some cheetahs today! Sure, they were in big cages, but pretty cool stuff nevertheless.

Stellenbosch

Saturday kicked off the weekend in wine country. Destination: Stellenbosch. Mission: Drink and Be Merry. Our friends, Tom and Gabby, came around our place at 11am and we headed off east. 45 minutes away and we were there. Yep, it’s that close. Can we please move here already? We checked into our Life & Leisure …

Our Journey to Cape Town

Our journey to Cape Town consisted of the following: Going to CVG 5 hours early in an attempt to catch the earlier flight to Boston Why? We had a 30 min connection in Boston. Meaning, the plane would arrive at 6pm and our next flight left for Amsterdam at 6:30pm. This would officially leave us …

Safari Pictures Posted

I’ve finally managed to get through all of the safari pictures from Amboseli and the Masai Mara and posted them to my smugmug page. Enjoy! The Masai Mara http://photography.jbwoodruff.com/Travel/Kenya-2012/20121216-Masai-Mara/ Amboseli http://photography.jbwoodruff.com/Travel/Kenya-2012/20121214-Amboseli/ Lake Naivasha http://photography.jbwoodruff.com/Travel/Kenya-2012/20121208-Lake-Naivasha/

The Mombasa Ferry

When I arrived in Mombasa this weekend I really had no idea where I was going. I know that I needed to head south to Diani and that was about it. The cab driver dropped me off and told me to walk ‘that direction,’ very helpful. I found myself walking upstream with a few hundred …

Diani Beach Wailres Acrowbats

I keep planning on writing about my trip to the coast this past weekend, but work and events keep getting in the way.  In the meantime, here’s a shot I captured on Sunday while on the beach.

Lake Magadi: The Guest House

A quick post, but thought I’d share where I stayed the first night in Ngurumani.  The toilet had a shower head over it; great for multi-tasking.  Large spiders littered the room, but I was grateful of their mosie-killing abilities. Kenyan pancakes are great with Nutella.

Lake Magadi

Our adventure this weekend revolved around Lake Magadi.  To quote Wikipedia, it is the southern most lake in the Kenyan Rift Valley.  The lake is 80% soda ash and is highly alkaline.  This makes it a perfect place for flamingos. The first thing we noticed when we arrived in town was a giant factory.  This …