*8.17.14 Bushwalk 6:21 PM > "Skulls. Skeletons. I like to photograph them in the landscape and make them look interesting and sort of beautiful, because they are usually shied away from and people just think they’re gross." > — M…
I may be gone from Mahanga village, but it will always be with me. Hardley and Lydiah's family were so welcoming and really made me feel like a part of theirs. When you are somewhere new, and discovering, your own backyard is a vacation, a to…
Dear Mom: Remember when you had to have open-heart surgery and while we hoped, there was a fear in the back of our minds, and surely in yours, that you would not make it out the other side? They remove your heart, put it on a table, and then set…
I have a photo album called “Good places I have eaten lunch.” Clearly, this hippo pool in the Masai Mara reserve will be in it. But it was breakfast, and it was fantastic. Hippos are way more massive when you see them in their environment. I keep…
My guide in Selenkay Conservancy, (awesome Porini Adventure Camp) Wilson, took a photo of me jumping for the joy of life at the lookout in Amboseli National Park, with Mt. Kilimanjaro towering off to our right behind the clouds, and elephant and ze…
Sunde is a Masai warrior. He was also a lion hunter for his tribe before he became a Lion Guardian, tracking lions and helping to prevent loss of livestock from kills in the community. This guy, at 23, clearly has some guts. Hunters go to kill lio…
It is a tough life, to learn about Masai traditional culture and life, in the village of one of your guides. Very tough. — in Selenkay Conservancy of the Masai Mara, near Amboseli National Park, Kenya [https://www.google.co.ke/maps/place/Amboseli+N…
Hello from Kenya! These guys are Big John and Jackson (guess who is who), my guides at Lion Camp. They are Masai. The safari outfit employs 98 percent of its staff as Masai tribes people, and their camps are on Masai owned conservancies. This is w…
I am in Africa living my dream because I hit girls on rollerskates. True story. I played roller derby. It was another dream of mine since I was a kid and watched these badasss chicks sprint around a track and hit each other. I got my wish when a…
