This is a photo of where I have been during this last week. Sorry I didn't tell everyone I was going away again. What happened is I try to post something with a downloaded photo and it takes so long that I give up. I was going to post two more photos and I have been trying to do it since Sunday (2 days ago) and I am giving up on it. I wish I had never started this blog it is more trouble than it's worth! If someone can suggest something easier, please do!
Where am I? I’m back in Ponnekara, Kerala, India. Last 10 days I went up to the Himalayas by way of New Delhi (and Agra where the Taj Mahal is) after I returned from Africa.
How am I? – Doing wonderful. I now feel very refreshed from this week of retreat. I was a little tired from the Safari. In Nairobi I met a travel buddy from CA for breakfast. We hadn’t seen each other since Thailand in 2008. She made me feel really good that she completed a non-camping safari and was amazed that I survived my camping safari in such good shape.
I took over a 1,000 photos on my safari but I have some favorites. I’ll give you one here at the end. My camera also died on me. I dropped it one too many times. It's working if I hold the bottom up so the battery doesn't fall out, and I take just a straight photo, no more zooming in. This photo of me in front of the Taj Mahal was courtesy of a woman I met there who offered to take it and send it to me. Otherwise I was going to have to pay for a photo and it wouldn't have been digital to publish like this for you all to see. Thank you, Liliana wherever you are.
It’s the monsoons here in Kerala and it has been constantly raining since I got back. I'm also in a new room so I have to get it sorted out, put up the mosquito net, arrange my things, unpack. When I went to unpack all my clothes smell of mildew and the pair of shoes I left behind had mold on them. I don't think I'll be staying during monsoon season again.
So the question everyone always asks when people return from a Safari is Did they get to see the Big Five - Lions, Elephants, Rhinosaurus, Leopards and Water Buffalo? They were the hardest to hunt on safaris. We got to see them all. In fact, here's a photo of how close we got to Lions! Yep, this female felt like taking a nap on our tire and I'm really next to her.
Except that you can't see the photos. I'm not sure if it's my computer or the internet connection but I can't get the photos downloaded. Sorry about that. I'll see if I can get the IT Dept at the hospital to help me.
Love you all,
Marie
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