Ritchie's African Life: Birthday Safari

For my birthday and Chris's birthday, Wendy and Jessie decided to organize a safari for us. Chris and I share the same first name, middle name and birthday (except I am 5 years older). We left on July 31 and came back on August 2. We stayed at a tented camp in the Masai Mara National Reserve. This time of the year is a great time to see the migration of Wildebeests. The Mara was spotted with them all over, but there was none of the majestic river crossing that you see on National Geographic or other nature channels. The rivers were practically dry, as well as the plains. There was really nothing to migrate to because of the drought in Kenya.

On August 1, our birthday, we did an all-day safari. This was the best decision we made. Since it was all day, we had our lunch packed up for us so we could stop and eat it later. By doing an all-day drive, we are able to go a lot farther away from the camp and get to see much more. Our driver did a great job. He is an ex-matatu (public transportation) driver, so he drives fast and gets where he wants to go. When we stopped for lunch, Wendy brought out the birthday cupcakes and she and Jessie sang to us.

We had a great trip. We saw tons of animals and we also enjoyed each others company. It was our last bit of freedom before starting staff orientation on Monday. Enjoy the pictures.