My First International National Park

First I want to show the improvisation of some of these kids- This girl Hilda, is knitting a scarf on pen fillers.  Her grandma taught her how to knit but she doesn't have any needles. 

This morning, Saturday, we went to Nairobi National Park.  We went very early and it was freezing- still wearing several layers every day.  We were in a van where the roof could raise. 

All the roads are dirt and we got there as the sun was rising.  I didn't realize I would be going on a safari so I only have a point-and-shoot little digital camera.  So if you want to see the really good shots, you'll need to check out Joey and Anissa's blog in a day or two.  They have amazing photos!  And actually Jonas took a lot of them (he's only 10). 

So we were looking at an ostrich and saw a great big group of vans congregating in one area off behind us.  So we zoomed toward them.  And at first, when we got there, we saw only another ostrich off in the distance and we thought all those people were kind of silly.  But then, we noticed right beside the road- three lions!

They were males and just lazily sat there and then got tired of us all looking at them and sauntered off a little bit further away and laid down again. 

My favorite thing to see were the giraffes. At first I thought this was a good view.

But then we got this view down by the river.

And then we saw a whole herd!  Off in the distance you may notice the city skyline.  This National Park is bordered by the city.
Another interesting thing- we stopped once to have a little hike to the river where we saw a crocodile but a solider with a rifle escorted us there.

Another really cool momment- we were watching some cranes and vultures at a watering hole and a lion stalked up.  And everything took notice.  All the birds either flew away or moved to the other side of the watering hole. Even the ostriches ran a little bit to get further away.

Overall a grand National Park experience.