Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Some wildlife of Mt. Elgon

Animals hiding in here

Many baboons 

Antelope 


He looks like the boss

Sunflower fields common to the area 
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Inside Kitum Cave

Smoky ceiling from many native fires
 
Jon and Marianne inside cave entrance 


Looking out toward entrance which elephants use

Hundreds of fruit bats hanging from the ceiling 

More bats 

Colobus monkey--very fast! 
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Another Kenyan Funeral

Lowering the coffin into the grave
 
Mourners at the graveside 

Filling in the grave 
 

A worker 
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Monday, November 19, 2012

Entering Kitum Cave at Mt. Elgon

Bushbuck

Jon at Kitum Cave

Jon and Marianne at Kitum Cave 

An elephant left her calling card 

An opportunity to drink water from an elephant track 

Phillip shows us narrow path elephants use to get into cave 
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Mt. Elgon National Park

Waterbuck
 
Zebras 

Zebras and waterbuck 

 

Entrance to Kitum Cave 

Path to Kitum Cave entrance 
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Cheddar cheese factory and maize fields

E/S Babcock from Eldoret helping Jon buy cheese

Unloading milkcans at the cheese factory

Harvesting the maize 

Fields and more fields of maize 

Homes appear when the maize is cut 
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Funeral continued

Filling in the grave
 

May she R.I.P 

We carried hymnbooks and people to funeral. 

Elders Muwanguzi and Sibanda M 
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Sunday, November 18, 2012

Roadside and accident scenes

This is a typical school building style for Kenya
 
Spectators of the tractor/trailer accident
 
We actually made it through this mess.

The confusion drew quite a crowd. 
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Animals and a veterinarian

We finally got to see some cows at the livestock show.
 
Jon enjoying the atmosphere 

These are mostly brahama cattle 

Finally got a good picture of a donkey cart 
 
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