Asante sana squash banana :) oh Lion King.. i love that movie. The whole soundtrack played in my head literally as we visited the lands of Africa. I’m not sure where to start… How do i post about this trip.. I feel like there is much to say but i don’t have the words. The trip was epic to say the least… arriving at our destination was quite an adventure. So, many travel mishaps that have never happened to me in all my years of travel.. telling that story is a whole blog post… haha. But to start there – trivializes the whole mission…though it definitely played a part. There was none like this mission trip to Africa. I fell in love with the land.. the sights, the smells, the air. So.. tonight .. let’s just view the land. I will tell stories at another time. So.. breathe it in.. hopefully i have captured the feel.. the mood.. and you will feel like you are there. -or at least get a sense. There are some pictures i can’t stop looking at… and some pictures that can’t even do the view justice. Enjoy a stroll in Africa through my photography… the first few are from Lake Victoria. (the largest tropical lake in the world). Out my window at the hotel we saw Lake Victoria in the distance.. and monkeys in the backyard.

ok.. the sunsets were ridic!!! unreal.. but what was even more amazing was since we were on the equator.. this was on the complete opposite side of the sunset. yeah.. i don’t even know what to say about the above picture.. and surely you can’t fully grasp the enormity and beauty of that sky… it was glorious.
lazy cheetah, we watched one hunt for awhile.. such a sneaky cheetah crawling through the grass. God made those creatures very patient.. i’m not sure how long it took for him to get his food because we left.. but it was at least 45 min. just to get only half way to the herd he was looking to attack. i’m not sure i could wait that long to eat… the africa tree.. i took a thousand photos of these trees.. but i won’t bore you with all of them.. just one :)
i hope you have a big screen.. because i don’t know if you can fully appreciate this photo without seeing it as big as possible. This is probably one of my favorite photos.. when we were riding back to Nairobi from Masi Mara – i saw this image… shadows of a Masi family running in the field. In one corner you see an adult figure seemingly holding a child’s hand. You see a woman figure- then you see two kids running back towards the village. It tells a story… i love it. The whole scene i love.. and i was amazed that it even took since we were riding down a bumpy road in a car with dusty windows. It is definitely my favorite photo… feel free to grab it and use it as a screen saver.