Who said people wouldn't use the iPad as a camera?

On our way to Sydney we were talking about the new iPad and how it would have a good camera. I made a comment that it didn't really matter as it is only useful for Skype and FaceTime as no one would actually use an iPad as a camera. The next day at the wedding in Sydney the lady sitting in front of me at the church was taking photos throughout the ceremony with her iPad.

Using the iPad as a camera

Inflatable fish

We came across this fish when staying on Uzi Island close to Zanzibar. I can't remember what it was called but it was full of air!

Inflatable Fish!

Cheese from a can!

I never knew you could get cheese in a can but we came across cheese in a can at the supermarket in Zanzibar. It actually seemed to be something that people were buying so we figured we'd try a can also. As expected it tasted like processed plastic cheese!

Processed Cheddar Cheese in a can

Looks like Cheese

The Miracle Safari - part 4

Buffalo in the Masai Mara

After 4 days on safari it was time to make our way back to Tanzania. Turns out the lodge didn't take credit card and when they guy had said it wouldn't be a problem he had assumed we have our own vehicle. From what I gathered he was from Narok and figured he'd take a free lift home with us, we'd give him cash and he'd take it back the next day. He wasn't so keen to come with us to Narok when he realized we'd be hitchhiking back.
Our plan was to go to the park entrance and see if we'd get a lift from there. He sent a junior member of staff with us and arranged for us to pay him in Narok. After about a few hours waiting at the gate we got a call from the hotel saying that they had new guests arriving by taxi and that we could arrange for the driver to take us to Narok for a fee.
We decided to go with this and returned to the hotel A few minutes later one of the staff tell me there is someone at reception looking for us. I assume its the driver so I prepare myself for haggling over the cost of the taxi. I arrive out and the guys asks where I want to go, he says he can take us to Nairobi. I ask how much and he says 10 dollars, I was expecting him to say 100 dollars or more! Turns out he wasn't the taxi at all, just a guy who was returning after a delivery to a lodge inside the Masai Mara. The officials at the gate had seen us waiting earlier so they told him that there were two people looking for a lift. He took us to Narok, waited while we got cash to pay for the safari lodge and then took us back to Nairobi dropping us to the door of our hotel. It couldn't have worked out any better!

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Head up a tree

Our guide was always watching, listening and constantly spotting things that we'd generally miss. On one of the safari trips he spotted this. It took us a while to figure out what he was looking at. The head has been left up the tree by a leopard.

Leopard leaves a head up a tree

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Lions in the Masai Mara

Early one morning in the Masai Mara we came across a pride of lions having breakfast. I'm not sure what animal it was but they'd killed it a short time before we arrived.

We watched intently, taking lots of photos. A few minutes later we spotted a male lion approaching slowly from the other side.

We weren't the only ones to notice, some of the lions stopped eating and started starting at the approaching lion.

A few more lions scattered as he approached leaving only a small group finishing their breakfast.

The male lion approached slowly. Check out the hot air balloons in the background.

With one powerful roar the male lion dispersed all of the lions. You'll need to click on the photo to see a bigger size in order to see the expressions on the lions faces.

The male lion dragged the caracas away and started eating while the rest of the lions looked on from a distance.

Then a jackal and a hyena started approaching slowly. You can vaguely see them in the photo below.

They slowly went to the original kill site to join the vultures and started eating the scraps.

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