The Adventures of Kerri & Matt

Our campsite at Lake Mburo was taken over by vervet monkeys.

They can reach quite high when they stand on their back legs.

And they are watching you.

They have big feet.

And lots of fur.

The babies are particularly cute.

The young ones are still cute.

The adults are more threatening.

Especially when they are carrying their babies.

The babies have to cling on tightly because mom doesn’t have any extra hands to hold them.

They enjoyed the view from on top of the roof.

They look very scary when they yawn.

Warthogs are funny looking animals.

They are also quite dumb and will only run away from things for about 30 seconds before forgetting why they were running and they begin eating again.

They have to bend down on their elbows to eat.

They are very ugly.

Sometimes it gets too hot even for warthogs.

Even the babies are ugly.

OK they are a little cute.

Our campsite tonight was being surrounded by hippos. They were far away when we got there but walked closer as night fell.

As a side note these plants that look like they are from Dr. Seuss are papyrus reeds.

Back to the hippos. They are much more active in the evening.

As it got dark they got tired and started yawning.

Which is kind of scary.

Lots and lots of yawning.

Okay maybe it was more a sign of strength as this is a bit excessive to be called a yawn.

This is Juma our cook for the first leg of the tour.

These are the primary ingredients for most of our dinners.

We are on a rotation to help cook, which means chopping up the veggies.

Here are some of the dishes we get for dinner.

 

These are cooked green bananas in a tomato sauce.

This is chipata, which tastes a little like strudel.

This is a traditional Kenyan stew.

Here’s the cooked spinach.

This is ugali which is a corn flour “bread” that you eat the stew with after forming it into a little scoop.

Like this.

Juma is a great cook and we were not going to lose any weight on this trip.