Returnment

Hello friends.

As you or may not have noticed, our beautiful group has returned from our beautiful Safari safely (minus some mental scars, perhaps).

Below are some pictures from the safari to Manyara, Ngorongoro, Serengeti, and Natron. Afterwards, I will explain some.

Ah, mighty Iggy. After a massive rainstorm in the Serengeti ('I blessed the rains down in Africa!') we slipped and slid through the washed-out trails until we found a small pride of lions resting on an outcropping of rocks. They seemed perfectly happy to pose for our photos until someone opened their door a little. Then they stood and glared. The door was closed shortly afterwards. And those are flies on his face. We were no more than 15 feet away from these cats.

An elephant in Ngorongoro Crater, arguably the coolest place we stopped for safari. The Crater is essentially a microcosm for eastern Africa's ecosystem; we saw nearly everything there is to see.

Sunrise over the Serengeti. Which coincidently is spelled Sirengeti, but some old British dude got it screwed up a while ago.

We found a lioness devouring this wildebeest carcass in Ngorongoro. When she was finished, the jackals barged in (little dog guy on the left) for some grub, followed by vultures, and finally the hyenas came to bully everyone away. The one on the right eventually runs off with a full leg in his mouth.

Zebras are freaking cool. 'Nuff said.

Try and guess how many zebras are in this picture.

There's 27, but you'd never know. Camouflage, baby.