Last weekend I drove down to Amboseli National Park that sits next to the Tanzanian border at the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro. It is a stunning place. As I pulled into the KWS (Kenya Wildlife Service) campground, I asked the camp manager if there were any campsite available. He smiled wryly and told me that he hadn’t seen anybody in five days. Needless to say, I got the best spot there was under a giant acacia tree with a great view of Kili looming over the landscape.

I spent the next couple days at my leisure. The raining season has begun, so things are very green. There was a lot of wild game to be seen. Everywhere I looked there was something beautiful and interesting. You must check out the photos here.

I would fill you in on more details, but will have to let the pictures do that. It is late and I have to get up early tomorrow. I’m off to northern Kenya for a week with some colleagues to visit some of our existing programs as well as assess some new areas. I’ll be back in Nairobi at the end of next week. Til then…

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It is now April. This begins the tenth month since I moved to Kenya. This is ground-breaking. New waters are being plied. It is significant in that I have been nowhere longer than nine months in the last six years. Ten months. I must be putting down roots. If I can say so, I think I’m handling it quite well. But how much stock can one put into self-assessment?

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