Vervet monkeys were in most lodges and we had to be careful that they didn't steal food or our belongings

Monkeys' playing in the morning sun

Monkey's footprint. It was important to "read" the nature and even sometimes "smell" it before we could actually see the animals.

view from the plane; flying over amboseli parc.

Those gazelles were around all the time and I almost forgot to take a picture.

This picture shows how e could travel and watch teh animals.

New Year's band at the hotel; I started the New Year at the beach with 25 degree temperature.. not bad, huh?

welcome to Africa!!

Amazing tree in the yard of a logde where we stayed (Tsavo parc).

Never forget to pay attention to the "little" things...

bushbuck

water buffalos crossing!

big guy!!

water buffalo in the Amboseli parc

The whole group

of course there was great food and some European touch to it...

Mother and baby

And yes, sometimes the elephants got really close!

One of the biggest elephants we have seen: this guy is and old male.

the same elephant, eating tons of grass.

close up!

Elephant in Amboseli parc, in the morning

"star" elephant!!

Believe it or not but elephants do stretching!!! Hakuna matata (which means no worries)!!!

great contrast with the green grass and the red elephant skin!

Elephants in the Tsavo parc are red because they shower with the red dirt.

buffalo and elephants sharing a bath.

..with an angry shaking of her head.

We thought, it was funny the way they came towards us.. but they got closer and closer and just before the bus, the mom stopped ...

Taking a shower.

some adjustments in photoshop..

..and some more!

Watch the following three pictures: a baby got tired after a "snack" (good amount of milk)...

...Lied down and within seconds...

...got protected by the other elephants.

a bird taking off.

Uganda giraffe.

You can only tell how big they are when you compare to that "little" zebra to the left side.

Uganda giraffe has darker spots.

some other places where we saw more giraffes

Kenya giraffe

Nature too but this thing was pretty stincky...

very peaceful... Animals don't have a lot to eat in the Amboseli parc, but we could see more animals there than in Tsavo.

...also small animals, like this guecko could easily be overseen.

Hyena eating breakfast.

... son.

In the same parc, hippos!! Momi and....

Jackal in the morning, looking for some shade before the heat comes.

Impression of the lodge in Amboseli parc. Look closer and discover that one tree is a huge cactus!!

Kilimanjaro early in the morning with zebras in the foreground.

Kilimanjaro covered with some clouds and snow on the top.

our privat plane

Crowned crane

crowned cranes just taking off

One time, we could walk in a small parc and got surprised by a crocodile!

cow crossing on the road

...or maybe he was just dreaming of it!!!

They demonstrated us how they can make fire without matches.

I am not sure what they smoke...

A welcome dance. They can easily jump up to one meter without the help of their arms.

The leader of this group.

a close up of his eye.

Families...

Visit of a Masai village.

the biggest deal was to sell their juwellery after the visit and make money.

...and kids

Everyone wanted to be in the picture

Autsch!!!

Inside a home: this cow leather is a bed. Masais' live in poligamie and often a dozen of people live in a small room.

Palm tree at our last destination: Mombasa

check out the inside of this plane... was very much fun!

Snake eagle (picture taken through a binocular).

A water hole in the middle of nowhere. Was about in the middle of the day and not many animals around.

Guess what... no, not Africa anymore.. Unfortunately I got really sick after being one day home and moved to the Alps. Had to spend one week in the hospital (Malaria?) but when you look at this view (taken out of my room in the hospital), you'd agree that I cannot complain!

view from the air: lot's of space and around some water holes, we could already see a couple of elephants.

After a lot of trouble with our bus the whole week, he finally broke down on our last drive from Tsavo to Mombasa. That drive was an experience... the road had more holes than an "emmenthaler"-Cheese!!!

And I was very lucky and could enjoy the last two days there windsurfing!!!

And tomorrow is another day..

Sunrise at the bach in Mombasa.

about 6am in the morning and already warm enough to go swimming!! I call this paradies..

Beautiful sunsets.

Termites

After a rainy night in Tsavo parc, we got stuck on the road and had to help push. Our driver was not experienced and it almost ended with an accident...

We travelled the 26th of december 2004, (tsunami in Phuket). Our plane was late and we had to do a turn and stop in istanbul. Landing in Africa, we just missed our next plane...luckily our travel agent organised a privat jet and we could fly directly to the amboseli parc.

A couple; we could watch theme later on jumping and teasing each other.

zebras on our early morning "pirsch".

zebras

At one logde, Zebras and other animals got really close to the dining room (outside) and while we were eating, we could watch the animals!!

Zebras in action... just imagine the lion, who is hunting (unfortunately, he didn't fit in this picture)...