Galloglys on safari! 
Part 1 - Kenya
So I booked cheap flights to Kenya a year ago and then spent some time researching safari companies.  They are expensive! So after many hours on the Internet I settled on one with a good deal, safarkenyatanzania, and paid a deposit.  Much to Ian's delight I was dealing with a guy called Ken, yes Ken from Kenya , which Ian though was a bit suspect and after a year of Ian joking about Ken from Kenya driving around in a flash car with my cash, we arrived at Naorobi airport, Toni and I with our rucksacks, in Nairobi at 3 o'clock in the morning! Arghhhh!  Would Ken be there to meet us???
Suddenly we see a Gallogly sign and wave and a smiling Kenyan shouts 'Jambo Jane!  Karibu! love this! Jambo is hello, what a great word! And Karibu is welcome.  So Ken came good, although this was actually a taxi driver. we drove to Bush House Camp, kens hotel and after a couple of hours sleep we were up and off on Safari to the Masai Mara with our guide Fred! 
It's a long bumpy drive but on the way we saw zebra, elephants and giraffe and once we reached the Masai Mara National Park, we saw buffalo, lions, warthog, impala, gazelle and hyena.  Amazing.  
We arrived at the beautiful lodge and at 10pm they feed the Hyena and Jackal with a chopped up sheep! What a brilliant end to they day watching the animals sneak up and run away to eat their food.  Lala salama- goodnight!
Day 2
Early start and then the whole day on a game drive in the Masai Mara.
As we set off in to the park, there's much excitement on the walkie talkie and all the safari vehicles start scrambling to reach the same place.  'whats happening Fred?' we shout as we are being thrown about as we 'off road' in pursuit of we know what.  'they have seen a cheetah' Fred shouts back.  How exciting! That bits me, not Fred. So we charge along with the other vehicles and arrive at a very ordinary grassy field, with nothing at all to be seen. 'now we wait' says Fred.  We could just about make out a sleeping cheetah amongst the grass but after 10 minutes he still hadn't moved.  An impatient driver drove into the field a little and the poor cheetah was rudely awakened and stretched and sat up looking around.  He was absolutely beautiful and sat looking around and stretching but didn't seem to want to do much really.  Pretty much like myself first thing in the morning.  
So off again, this time we found a whole pride of lions all fast asleep.  We were literally next to them, some sleeping cuddled up and a huge lion with a big mane sleeping alongside the females. Then we spotted two cubs asleep in a tree, amazing!
Then Fred decided to set off on the journey to find the main purpose of today's drive, the hippos!  It was a long bumpy drive through the dusty, beautiful countryside passing zebra, elephants, warthog, gazelle and wildebeest. Stopping for a picnic under a lone tree in a vast plain.  We disturbed three antelope sleeping in the shade and stole their spot for our picnic, then on again to a giant watering hole FULL of hippos! Tiny ones and  HUGE ones, submerging under the water only to reappear minutes later blowing great whooshes of water and bubbling noises.  They were fab and kept us entertained for ages.  We saw giraffe, zebras, secretary birds (always in pairs) and elephants on the way back and then went to visit a Masai village.  200 people live in the village, all males descendents do the same great grandfather.  They are polygamists with two or three wife's each and live in huts made of cow dung. They showed us around, wealth is determined by how many cows you own.  These are brought into the village for safety every night, so the middle of the village is full of cow dung, so handy for house building! The Masai all wear red, and they showed us the welcome dance and put us in the traditional dress to join the dance, which involves jumping as high as you can.   Village life is so hard with a whole family in one hut, no electric, long walks to collect water and to trade and the semi-nomadic lifestyle means that every nine years they pack up, move on and start all over again.  We felt privileged to be allowed into their village and home and to hear stories of life as a Masai. the Masai told us they were hoping for rain that night as it was very dry and they needed rain. We said our goodbyes and reflected on our humbling experience on our way back to our lodge and as we arrived........the rain drops began to fall and we watched the most beautiful electric storm.

Day 3
Up early and on safari at 6.30am to watch the sunrise over the Masai mara on an early morning gamedrive. A beautiful start to the day and we saw a whole pride of lions walk right past our safari vehicle. Wow! Then another really long bumpy drive and i mean long, about 6 hours, to Lake Nakuru, home to 450 species of bird including millions of nesting pink flamingo and also home to the near extinct black and white rhino.  Can't wait to end our Kenya visit seeing lake Nakuru and the rhino, then a ridiculous 11 hour drive to Tanzania! Hmmm, first bad bit of the hol, we've finally arrived at the lake and its flooded, so half the birds have left! Also i think they got the scheduling a bit wrong as we've spent all day in the car today and much longer for tomorrow so we are blocking out tomorrow and just looking forward to the next part of our trip in Tanzania. We have just arrived at the hotel and they have entertainment! Traditional dancing so we are cheered up and ignoring the idea of the long drive. Speak again from Tanzania! 

Photos attached!!!