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African Safari – October 25th – Evening game drive – Lake Nakuru National Park

After a quick lunch we headed out for our first game drive at Nakuru Lake where we had our safari vans with pop-up roofs. There were a lot of animals, but our first of the big five was the White … Continue reading

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African Safari – Getting to our Lake Nakuru Accomodation

African Safari – Getting to our Lake Nakuru accommodation After leaving the monkeys at the gate of the park, we began the journey on rough, unpaved roads to the end of the lake where our accommodation was located. We would … Continue reading

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African Safari – Lake Nakuru National Park – Monkey Video

Lake Nakuru – Background Information and video I’ve put the wildlife video of the animals that we saw at the park in this post (rhinos, hyenas, etc) while the other posts on the park will follow specifically what we saw … Continue reading

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African Safari – October 25th – Lake Nakuru National Park and Monkeying around

African Safari – October 25th – Lake Nakuru National Park and Monkeying around After a long drive along some bumpy roads, we arrived at our first National Park. Before even getting through the gates, we saw some monkeys, photographed some … Continue reading

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African Safari – October 25th – Driving through the Great Rift Valley

African Safari – October 25th – Down into the Valley Once we had crested the top of the escarpment and stopped for a bit of time to take in the view and visited the curio shops that perched precariously on … Continue reading

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African Safari – the flight – Amsterdam

African Safari – the flight – Amsterdam Our flight from Montreal to Amsterdam was rather uneventful but my 6+ ft frame still needs to get up to stretch once in a while on such long flights. I was seated beside … Continue reading

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African Safari – October 23rd- Ottawa to Montreal

African Safari – Ottawa to Montreal – October 23rd, 2010 We had planned on having a family member drive us to Montreal to catch our flight but when we learned that Swiss Air, KLM, and Air France run shuttle buses … Continue reading

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