Final Day

I'm writing this from home, still in a jet-lagged fog, before the reality of Canadian life hits me full force.

When they say that it cools off at night, no one said that you'd be able to see your breath in the morning when leaving for a game drive!  It was a brisk start to the day, but as soon as the sun came up it warmed up nicely.  We took a drive along the Mara River and before long we came across a couple of lions sunning themselves.  They paid no attention to us, although they posed nicely for the camera.  In the far distance was a female lion.  What a spectacular end to our time in the Maasai Mara.

From then on, the day became a long hurry-up and wait game. Forty hours and four flights later, I'm home.

Dave, on the other hand, stayed in Addis Ababa for two nights before returning to Bahir Dar to begin a project with the regional land administration.  I think this one will go better for him.  But that's his story...