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The Bollywood to South Beach Voyage - Regent Seven Seas Voyager, October 29-December 18, 2009

Text by Snookums, Pictures by Filbert

Part Twelve

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November 12 (Thursday, Day 15, Mombasa, Kenya) (Continued) -

Lilac breasted roller

After lunch we had another game drive as we wound our way out of the park.

More after the jump . . .

The speed turtle

Two turtles

Lion tracks. Fresh.

Dik-diks. They were always in pairs.

A spooked dik-dik. Its companion looks on.

A colorful bird

Baboon troop

Monitor lizard

Mongoose family living on an old termite mound

Ostrich family

Ear-flapping elephant

Here’s the list of the animals that we saw: lioness, giraffe, elephant, zebra, spotted hyena, common baboon, gazelle, impala, antelope, oryx, hartebeest, Kirk's dik-dik, warthog, banded mongoose and monitor lizard. We saw these birds: lilac-breasted roller, some kind of bustard, hawk and eagle. We saw these animals many times and after awhile we didn’t even stand up to see more zebra, elephants, impala and gazelle! The highlight was when a group of giraffes walked in front of the van. Snookums went on an East African safari about twenty years ago and saw all of these animals except for the monitor lizard so even she ended up seeing something new!

Next: The drive back to Mombasa!