"The Nairobi National Park is just too close to Nairobi!!"
No doubt about that!
On Sun, Sep 29, 2019 at 12:53 PM Tina Manley <tmanley@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Yes, I agree. The Maasai Mara was much better. The Nairobi National Park
> is just too close to Nairobi!!
>
> Tina
>
> On Sun, Sep 29, 2019 at 2:32 PM Scott Gomez <sgomez.baja@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > On safari in Maasai Mara Reserve, Kenya in Sep 2012, we did not find that
> > sort of jam up. There were occasions that we encountered other vehicles
> in
> > passing, but only about twice in some four days that I recall that our
> two
> > van group encountered more than two others at one time, unless on one of
> > the main tracks from one part of the reserve to another. Most of the
> > wildlife stays clear of the main tracks, though, I am sure for the reason
> > that there are too many vehicles traversing them.
> >
> > Overall, I found that our Safari drivers, and others we encountered, were
> > respectful of the wildlife. Holding (once, in our case, for a very long
> > while) where their movement would directly disturb wildlife.
> >
> > On Sun, Sep 29, 2019 at 10:28 AM Bill Pearce <billpearce@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > I heard about this from the director of our local zoo. He was highly
> > > regarded in the zoo world, and held several posts in the AZA,
> including a
> > > term as president. Every year he led a trip to Africa for zoo members.
> > >
> > >
> > > He never led one to Kenya. He refered to it as animal Disneyland.
> hefelt
> > > that the Kenyans somehow had planned things to please American
> touirsts.
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > >
> > > From: "Tina Manley" <tmanley@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > To: MUGers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Leica Users Group" <lug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> > > "paw" <paw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, "seephoto" <seephoto@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Olympus
> > > Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Sent: Sunday, September 29, 2019 11:17:10 AM
> > > Subject: [OM] IMG: Safari
> > >
> > > PESO:
> > >
> > > This is what a safari looked like in Nairobi in 2003. I can only
> imagine
> > > that it has gotten even more crowded 16 years later.
> > >
> > > https://pbase.com/image/169827795
> > >
> > > Leica R6.2, 19/2.8, Kodachrome.
> > >
> > > It was much better when we got out to other parks away from Nairobi.
> > >
> > > Tina
> > >
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> > > http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley
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> > >
> >
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