Saying Goodbye

Saying goodbye to our guide, Camorra, at Nairobi Airport. My trip to Malawi and Kenya is probably my most memorable trip to date. It was a true eye opening experience and completely different than what my pre-conceived thoughts about Africa were. Although most of the people seem to be faced with extreme poverty, everyone I met were proud and extremely hard working people. Having barely scratched the surface of experiencing Africa, I look forward to returning again in the future.
Not being one to care much about politics in the past, this trip did urge me to try and understand some of the issues that cause much of the poverty and violence that are host to many of the countries in Africa and for that matter in many other places in the world. I urge all of you reading this to make an effort to travel and see the world. Also, find out more about what can be done to end the extreme poverty worldwide, here are a few links with more information: one.org, unhcr.org, care.org

Giraffe

Our Kenya Transportation

The roof of this truck popped up to provide great views of animals that our guide was able to track down and drive very close to.

KENYA

This was taken at the same location as the picture below. The location is between Nairobi and Lake Navasha where the locals try to get the tourists to stop and buy carvings, blankets, hats, etc.

Great Rift Valley

Picture of the Great Rift Valley near Nairobi, Kenya

Elephants in Kenya

AFRICA - January 2006

We delivered a B737 to Blantyre, Malawi and traveled around Africa for a few weeks. This picture was taken near Mt. Kenya while on a safari. We saw lions, elephants, hippos, zebra, giraffes, rhinos, baboons and a variety of other animals.