Campbell's giant fish lunch

Trout Tree Restaurant

A unique restaurant built into and around a big old tree.

There were 11 of us

There were 11 of us. Six of us are on safari, four have made it home, and Emily is visiting friends on the coast and went deep sea fishing!

Breakfast

Giraffes

Friday morning. Our last game drive before we begin the long journey home.

Equator

Susan is awfully close to this rhino!

This is right outside our tent. What's hard to see is that there is a deep ditch just beyond Susan, and within is an electric fence to keep the animals beyond us. They like to come here because there is a big watering hole for them.

White Rhino

Looks almost prehistoric...

Common zebra

These grazing animals seem to eat as long as they are awake.

Cape Buffalo

Impala herd

Baboons

Elephant

Game drive

Time for a game drive with our guide, George.

Motorcycle umbrellas

This pic is from a few days ago when it rained. A number of the taxi motorcycles had these umbrellas on them that extend back to cover passengers.

Home sweet home

For the next two nights

We have arrived

Notice we are at the equator! Latitude 00.00

And... We're in the air

Co-pilot

Avinash is our co-pilot today. We told him not to touch anything!

Our real pilot, George, has flown us numerous times.

Wednesday morning

The docs rounded on their patients and now we're at an airstrip to go to our safari camp.

"Date With an African Boy"

Diana enjoying a "Date with an African Boy". That's the name of a cocktail at a restaurant. We all had a good laugh about it.

Taking inventory

Last day of surgeries. My main job today is to take inventory of supplies and things we put in storage here to be available for future trips. I use an app on my iPhone to organize and track everything.

Road construction, part 3

Oooh. They are finishing with pavers!

Rain

We've been getting some evening rains. Typically it doesn't rain here until mid-march.

Decompression time, after Monday surgeries

Waiting for visiting hours

There are people stretched out, laying in the grass, just off the sidewalk near the hospital. They are waiting for visiting hours and have nowhere else to go. 

MTRH is Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital. A referral hospital would be similar to a University Medical Center in the US. Patients get referred here from villages far and wide. Their families often don't have friends or relatives they can stay with and they can't afford a room rental. So they do what they have to do. In total there were probably 50 people in the the area.

Sent from Kyle's iPhone

Desert Rose Tree

Resident dogs at Island Camp

Fish Eagle in flight

Big Croc

Our guide says this crocodile is protecting her nest and eggs from Monitor Lizards.

Fish Eagle

Buying fish

Our guide buys small fish from the fisherman to attract and feed a Fish Eagle

Local fisherman on balsa wood boat, hut in background

Homes on the island

Diana enjoying her morning

Heading out on morning boat ride

The Rift Valley

The great Rift Valley, from the Iten lookout, on the way to Lake Baringo.

Rain and dinnertime are both approaching

Relaxing at Island Camp

Here's Mohan, Diana, Emily, and Avi relaxing at Lake Baringo.

Coke Zero

Sodas are overwhelmingly from the Coca Cola family and in reusable glass bottles with a deposit. As Coke consumption gets displaced by diet coke, they have simply added a "without sugar" stamp on old coke bottles. At a glance, it's hard to notice, especially when the bottle is full.