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August 12 is World Elephant Day

August 9, 2022 By Guy St. Clair

One Man’s Special Interest Each of us has one or another special interest, and I’m often teased because I have three (and they are all reflected in the posts in this personal blog). The “most special” (?) is my fascination with opera. Anyone who knows me quickly learns that my love of opera (and of …

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Filed Under: Nature, Personal History, Travel Tagged With: Dy (Ehay), Frances Hesselbein Leadership Forum, Kenya - Elephants, Kenya - Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya - Wildlife, Leader to Leader (journal), Masese (Charles Ombongi), South Africa, World Elephant Day

Africa: The Migration (7) – Hippos

September 16, 2010 By Guy St. Clair

Often referred to as “the most characteristic” of Africa’s water animals, the lumbering hippopotamus is truly a wonder to see. Because they tend to stay mostly submerged most of the time (thanks to having their ears, eyes, and nostrils high up on their head) and do their grazing at night, we kind of forget just …

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Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: Africa - Common Hippopotamus, Africa - Hippopotamus, Africa - Wildlife, Kenya - Masai Mara Game Reserve, Mara River

Africa: The Migration (3) – Our Safari and Our First Elephants

September 2, 2010 By Guy St. Clair

The Best Four (Charles, Nerisa, Geoffrey, and Guy) took off for Masai Mara to see the migration, and we were hardly out of the campsite and into the game reserve before we were amazed at the numbers of wildebeests, zebras, and other migrating animals that had made their way to this magnificent grassland. We were immediately …

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Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: Africa - elephants, Africa - migration, African bush elephant, Kenya - Masai Mara Game Reserve

Africa: The Migration (2) – The Four Best Head Out

September 1, 2010 By Guy St. Clair

We’ve taken to calling ourselves “the four best,” since we like to think our our little group as The Four Best African Friends. Not sure it works, ’cause I have so many best friends in Africa that it is difficult for me to decide who are “the best.” But no question about it, these are the …

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Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: Africa - Campsites, Africa - Safari, Kenya - Constitution Day, Kenya - Flag, Kenya - Masai Mara Game Reserve

Africa: The Migration

August 27, 2010 By Guy St. Clair

Sometimes referred to as “The Great Migration” or the “Wildebeest Migration,” most people in Africa simply speak of this incredible natural phenomenon as “The Migration.” The sheer scope of this animal trek is, quite frankly, hard to believe for many people. How could so many animals know to come together to move about the continent? With …

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Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: Kenya - animals, Kenya - Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya - Migration, Serengeti, Tanzania, Wildebeest

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