Yes, it's been a while

Went to Mombasa on the coast for New Year's and came back without my camera (I'm going for stolen, but it could just as easily be lost). So no photos = no posting.

Fortunately, however, I have a little something kept in reserve. Before flying home for Christmas I took the morning to visit Nairobi National Park.

It's not the most spectacular safari in the world, but it is literally on the outskirts of Nairobi, so you get great photos of wildlife with the city in the background, like so.

Apparently trips the National Park can vary wildly in what you might see, but at 6 in the morning on a Monday the wildlife seemed pretty prevalent.

More excitingly, I was driving back up one of the main roads, having given up any hope of seeing a big cat because it's pretty rare, when I saw a face pop up by the side of the road.

As I screeched to a halt, a whole family looked up to see what was happening, including this badboy, barely ten metres away from the car. So, obviously I wound down the windows to get a better look (just about stopped short of getting out of the car).

A few more photos, just for luck:

I don't know what this is:

Obligatory "arty" black and white shot of a zebra.

Hopefully posting will be a little more consistent once my lovely assistant arrives in a couple of weeks with my new camera.