Jombo!!
Kenya was AWESOME! Here is a pic of me and Marcy on our Safari through Tsavo...Have you seen "Ghost in the Darkness" with the man eating lions? Yep, that is Tsavo...unfortunately the lions I saw, while MASSIVE, did not instill fear into my girly heart...they were too busy panting from the lack of water...they were even right among a heard of zebra and did not even give chase for our enjoyment! Drat! But, I guess, when I think about it, I never even like to watch those shows on tv where the animals hunt and kill things, so I am sure while it would have been exciting, I would have felt bad for the zebra had my hope for a good chase come to fruition...
So, I feel as though I have SO many stories and pics, so it might take me a while to get them up on here...
I will finish this entry with a recount of the convo I had with my safari driver upon me innocently asking him what his favorite animal was...
Me: So, what is your favorite animal out here?
D: What do you think?
Me: The lion?
D: The King! (While pumping right fist in the air)
Me: You know, Jesus is called the Lion...(Marcy from behind me "Lion of Judah")
Me: Why is the lion your favorite?
D: Because he is representative of how "man" and life should be...BEGIN LONG DISsERTATION of how the male lion is representative of how men should live their life on earth and how the lioness should serve and do everything for him...Continue dissertation on how independent westerners (females like me) have ruined the way females want to live life in Africa...continue dissertation on how African women have been ruined by thinking that they have a right to share their view point about anything...If he had not gone on for about 15 WHOLE minutes on this subject, without catching a breath, I would probably be able to fill you in more...but I can not recall all of what he had to say about the evils of western independent women...geesh, fella, I just wanted to know what your favorite animal was...for the rest of the safari he would only address the guy in our group...and would wait for him to respond in order to do anything...I guess I at least walked away from that day knowing how D felt about women like me?
Some interesting things I played with on my trip...
The lizards were cool...
Margaret the 50 year old turtle was heavy as junk!

OK, so I look like a total whimp...and I am ok with that...having a constricting snake around your neck is not my most favored position to be in...

There was an awesome reef at the beach and we went exploring and found tons of star fish...
I met a Kenyan who had been diving for fish and things out past the reef, and so I got to play with a live octopus...it was pretty cool too...I had no idea the suction those bad boys had on those tenticles...it was fun...until the Kenyan man decided he would show us how the octopus produced ink and pretty much tore its head off!

And yes, since moving to India, the center part has become a part of my life...will it stay or will it go...only time will tell...