Alas, all things must end sometime...

East Africa



You're probably wondering what you're supposed to see in this photo. It's a long story, but I figured you have time if you've been reading my rambling up to this point... =)

It was our lastday in Tanzania and we were driving from our lodge in Ngorongoro to Arusha then on to the airport. At that point of the trip, we were talking about being bummed because we have not seen a leopard and one of the other vehicle in our group has seen one! So, we were all resigned with the idea that oh well, we did not see a leopard but we have seen plenty other animals. We had our cameras put away and we were just talking about all the animals we have seen when suddenly our guide told us "chui", right in front of our vehicle! Our mouths dropped, because right in front of us, is a female leopard!!! We all got really excited then and started squeeling leopard!!! By the time we remembered to get our cameras and take a photo the leopard, all we got was what you see here. The leopard actually walked over to my side of the vehicle, looked at me, then disappeared in the grass! And yeah, I didnot get a photo because I was too surprised with what we were seeing! Oh well, some things are really just for our eyes. We still couldn't believe it that we saw all the big five animals!!! I was also surprised that the leopard looked kind of small. Our guide told us it's a female and it must have come out of the grass because it was wet. That was very lucky of us that the leopard decided to get out of the wet grass!




Now, this is not the leopard we saw but the one from the other vehicle in our group! Okay, I was not able to ask for permission to post this photo, so, if Frank and Al wants me to take this down, please let me know! They took the photo. Doesn't the leopard look amazing? Love the pattern on his coat! The one we saw was smaller and she was on the road in front of our vehicle.

This day was our last day in east Africa. Good-bye's are always sad but we were really glad for all the experiences we had during our short stay in Kenya and Tanzania. I still couldn't believe how colorful and diverse the wildlife there is eventhough it looks likethere's nothing for them to eat there! =) East Africa is a beautiful and magical place!