These giraffe were leaving a water hole and heading up the side of a steep hill.

There are many different kinds of gazelles...

These funny trees look like they are growing upside down.

In Mombasa we went to where the wood carvers work.  There is a shop where you can buy hundreds of different carvings.  It was amazing to watch these people work.  The designs are in their heads and they carve free-hand.

The most basic tools are used to carve...saws, chisels, knives and sand paper.  Nothing is automated.

This young man carves giraffes from a sold piece of wood.

This is looking out from the Scott's balcony...tough assignment, huh?

Mombasa is a huge seaport  and the fort there is called Fort Jesus.  If you were to look at the fort from the air, it would look like a cross.  This is where the slaves were kept... waiting to be shipped to places unknown.

This is the first time we have seen people having fun in the water since we came to Kenya.  This is the Indian Ocean.

There is a lot of diversity in Mombasa not only in culture but wealth.

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Pictures don't do justice to what we saw in Tsavo.  Miles and miles of scenery out of something like National Geographic.  It is beautiful and wild.

This is a tree at the Kilaguni Lodge where we stayed.

Each family stayed in their own area and didn't mix with the other elephants.

After a while, they started playing in the water.

Ta-Dah!

This was fun to watch the little ones try to keep up with their mamas...Their ears and trunks were flapping around.

When they were full, each family left and travelled together into the sunset...

Giraffes came around the water hole but never came close enough to drink.  They just passed by.

It was incredible to be so close and watch these wonderful animals in the wild.

Tsavo National Park is where we stayed on our way to Mombasa.  We travelled with the Halls, Kellems, Scotts, Richardsons and Holmes.  There are many elephants in this park.

We stopped at a lake to see if we could find some hippos.  We found them...and monkeys and crocodiles.

This was a beautiful spot.  The water was clear and we could see many fish swimming.

This crocodile was laying with his mouth open, letting the water run into it.  He stayed in this position for as long as we were there.  I think he was waiting for a fish.

It's late afternoon and the elephants are starting to come to the water hole to drink, bathe and play.

This is the only creature that shared the water with the elephants that night.