This was my first wild giraffe sighting ever. Judging from the giraffe's expression I may have been his first sighting of a mzungu from Washington, DC.

Giraffes stare alot. On the way back from Green Crater Lake we passed a giraffe standing about 10 feet from a safari van, just staring at the passengers taking its picture. This photo is not of that giraffe, but the stares are the same. I think they were planning something.

The official name of this animal is "Big deer look-a-like." Judging by its ability to look intensely at us for long periods of time I think it is somehow related to the giraffe.

Zebras are terrible at blending in with their surroundings. And if you look at this photo long enough it appears to be a three-headed zebra. When testing this out, make sure you do not blink.

Tragically cute.

This was a monkey we saw in a tree while hiking around the crater rim. Monkeys are cool...to us. To the Kenyans they are about as exciting as squirrels.



The park rangers made us (meaning me) terrified of the buffalo. "Beware of the buffalo," they said. "They are very dangerous and will charge you." It got to the point where I became very scared of seeing a buffalo. I would hurry Darlene in taking her photographs and say we needed to walk more quickly. Maybe they are dangerous, but we only saw them sleeping from far away. Perhaps they are just misunderstood, but this photo says, "No, they will eat your soul."

"Are the hippos big?" I asked. Mainor, the Kenyan at reception replied, "Ahhh, they are very big." I can only agree with him because I have seen pictures. The ones we saw right off shore in our campground never came higher out of the water than this. They would just glide around with eyes and ears hanging out of the water. I wonder if they do that to feel sneaky.

It's just a cow.