Thursday, May 20, 2010

It finally looked like Africa on Sunday





























So on Sunday we loaded up and headed off toward Somalia. Before you get to Somalia there's an animal refuge that supports African wildlife. The refuge has baboons, ostrich, cheetahs, an eagle, a falcon, wild asses, gazelles, turtles, a zebra and some other cats.














The landscape is free from trash and looks more like I would expect the country to be. I never thought I'd be inclined to stick my hand in a cheetah's fence but they were like big housecats. It was good to get away from the base and see something a little more authentic over here.

1 comment:

  1. That's really cool that you were able to pet the cheetah. What an experience I'm sure! If I can get close enough to Fidel I may try to pet him too! :)

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