tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59066143838501808922024-02-19T16:34:22.860-06:00Our Experiences While Living in Lagos NigeriaOur experiences abroadDave & Suzannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12295050308668784777noreply@blogger.comBlogger116125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5906614383850180892.post-27261241782708631262009-06-22T03:03:00.002-05:002009-06-22T03:45:48.746-05:00All Good Things...There comes a time in each persons life where one chapter closes and another begins. That time for us comes at the end of July.<br /><br />We will be relocating back to Houston.<br /><br />We are also moving blogs our new blogs is:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.allgoodthingslang.blogspot.com/">www.allgoodthingslang.blogspot.com</a><br /><br />If you would like access to the new blog send me an email at:<br /><br /><a href="mailto:dal8974@sbcglobal.net">dal8974@sbcglobal.net</a><br /><br />We have really enjoyed this adventure and enjoyed sharing this adventure with others. We are also looking forward to the new challenges and opportunities to comeDave & Suzannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12295050308668784777noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5906614383850180892.post-25083984610528925422009-06-20T07:19:00.009-05:002009-06-21T05:43:40.683-05:00London For A DayWe took the bullet train from Paris to London, it only took like 2 and 1/2 hours and we were there.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmbF-t0fi8hPsNEssquYmSvGVLTevbu_17JPESQ1Zy-bWl5524Srwo0VeJcCD6Fk3IfFtsAzhYMxVbTbEn2JhSzqU9yRjGyQeF9YiSJ77R7CmeGO1IbWyN3CxtAy9j_MeDQtEp9kjGhGQ/s1600-h/DSCN1809.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmbF-t0fi8hPsNEssquYmSvGVLTevbu_17JPESQ1Zy-bWl5524Srwo0VeJcCD6Fk3IfFtsAzhYMxVbTbEn2JhSzqU9yRjGyQeF9YiSJ77R7CmeGO1IbWyN3CxtAy9j_MeDQtEp9kjGhGQ/s320/DSCN1809.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349501101061468498" border="0" /></a><br /><br />With so much to see and only one day we decided the best bet would be one of those goofy red double deck open top bus.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaOxDIDPfj5l0sMCs_q8JMudbaydYXAfC3TASYCr-9fTB0DaGuXLhQa0IH3PlG94GTHDUXrH2xaTE_tAl9CMy2xIsEqi5Jd5Q0uK4ru30Ay2mjgND-oiPtxVi9PqhGZHsR14qJN51SR1Q/s1600-h/DSCN1856.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaOxDIDPfj5l0sMCs_q8JMudbaydYXAfC3TASYCr-9fTB0DaGuXLhQa0IH3PlG94GTHDUXrH2xaTE_tAl9CMy2xIsEqi5Jd5Q0uK4ru30Ay2mjgND-oiPtxVi9PqhGZHsR14qJN51SR1Q/s320/DSCN1856.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349501108313956978" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The timing could not have been better. We got to the palace just in time for the changing of the guards. They do this once a day, and it is quite a production.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBXBGcs-jBg95TWiPu7JmjhD8Ff5cXs024HtzAZFbJeFpwnPAj8LtMBz46K6PZJZsKkt6OTBXULi38vVhdh6cIV7Ly-vk3Bno61eausf4OQAbra2q9WteRrEdFcJuViim8O_Dm6qSIXpA/s1600-h/DSCN1884.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBXBGcs-jBg95TWiPu7JmjhD8Ff5cXs024HtzAZFbJeFpwnPAj8LtMBz46K6PZJZsKkt6OTBXULi38vVhdh6cIV7Ly-vk3Bno61eausf4OQAbra2q9WteRrEdFcJuViim8O_Dm6qSIXpA/s320/DSCN1884.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349501121107840802" border="0" /></a><br /><br />They get the whole palace in on the operation, the guys (or girls) in the fuzzy hats, the guards with guns, the horseback guards. It is quite a production.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJHND8hHYU1JUbP9Kp5jqZgOAye6sOm_fY-BV9yp5MDrOKQHudKbMROBC4Q47msjrYu-upPwWpG2JQcUEOsK0bNdF2ioCTqxN9kTxDSaKKQjhtv7BTqSPPV8aAT4qZoAPpgsvkYiV1T5g/s1600-h/DSCN1879.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJHND8hHYU1JUbP9Kp5jqZgOAye6sOm_fY-BV9yp5MDrOKQHudKbMROBC4Q47msjrYu-upPwWpG2JQcUEOsK0bNdF2ioCTqxN9kTxDSaKKQjhtv7BTqSPPV8aAT4qZoAPpgsvkYiV1T5g/s320/DSCN1879.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349501116210388210" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Since there were thousands of people there the best way to see was to get up on the wall. (Only allowed on the outer wall quite far back from the actual palace wall.)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj125XG6VCtRHT7B9XQXbVLiaRf4zcIc_B47p3lX_QiNXuJ7Xo8gE2tyio-_KBzQJJhYtGlGHa2U1hy80jeU7Ke4XF0VS8BXgftNQHzbMwOjqYu3s6rgjQiE0uZsMbUbagG1SOROF8kp-w/s1600-h/DSCN1890.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj125XG6VCtRHT7B9XQXbVLiaRf4zcIc_B47p3lX_QiNXuJ7Xo8gE2tyio-_KBzQJJhYtGlGHa2U1hy80jeU7Ke4XF0VS8BXgftNQHzbMwOjqYu3s6rgjQiE0uZsMbUbagG1SOROF8kp-w/s320/DSCN1890.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349501131010498978" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The Princess Diana memorial walkway.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizDnBqB5Lu3NBdlW7MrPW1Y2v6PPpF3nHQESu_wED9hZHbjhQ_e_5CLSpVMkZQRyrHJtJizmERIzxZWzBVrVFRPrWT_900gOsavYb5rHwHzNblLxTxZ830cm5mzDkdY_SO7DuZ7Q2R5Q0/s1600-h/DSCN1894.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizDnBqB5Lu3NBdlW7MrPW1Y2v6PPpF3nHQESu_wED9hZHbjhQ_e_5CLSpVMkZQRyrHJtJizmERIzxZWzBVrVFRPrWT_900gOsavYb5rHwHzNblLxTxZ830cm5mzDkdY_SO7DuZ7Q2R5Q0/s320/DSCN1894.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349504162512086530" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Buckingham Palace, In case you were wondering we did not photo shop our selves into this picture. It actually was that beautiful of a day while we were there. We could not have orders more perfect weather if we tried.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijHaYJEs9G9sURopfhJH3FzbvrXmCB7Ex_2ibsuLFUacSE0kzzygTGF8JbVPZ0Qr89iNrWMY5wYFP3ARcZa7Kge9EzUIEWGL7UZMZi0IQcO-GeA9VIJe_Ztj12IdGX5kdeobFZPqYy_P8/s1600-h/DSCN1909.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijHaYJEs9G9sURopfhJH3FzbvrXmCB7Ex_2ibsuLFUacSE0kzzygTGF8JbVPZ0Qr89iNrWMY5wYFP3ARcZa7Kge9EzUIEWGL7UZMZi0IQcO-GeA9VIJe_Ztj12IdGX5kdeobFZPqYy_P8/s320/DSCN1909.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349504157954327298" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The House of Parliament is quite amazing to see.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFzh5edYAEALD-fD_HjVsGszr3rDZuom5C4G0V92AmKqbpYMDhGEXwINRYPQ_uBi5kxaXrrnJeDLUk6RxKUQ-nDcCbY1fZEnKLL_7sNrZX-dq5OkwGfRnkgxiR3SDneqJonsUCYM8vBwg/s1600-h/DSCN1922.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFzh5edYAEALD-fD_HjVsGszr3rDZuom5C4G0V92AmKqbpYMDhGEXwINRYPQ_uBi5kxaXrrnJeDLUk6RxKUQ-nDcCbY1fZEnKLL_7sNrZX-dq5OkwGfRnkgxiR3SDneqJonsUCYM8vBwg/s320/DSCN1922.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349504154015442754" border="0" /></a><br /><br />A picture with Big Ben, more perfection of the hold your arm out picture.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-El58elConCl37yNTasBn-DbVtVsyjkPk8h7Xnylg1JtaLvUbcxBMS5u2kpS_YNT4KYC8HIEte_QJhUblrqVqXl7X1YnWPsqaq2P6olT8uac-iT7fT215afCqjEmtbz-2bijTVS0fRs0/s1600-h/DSCN1918.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-El58elConCl37yNTasBn-DbVtVsyjkPk8h7Xnylg1JtaLvUbcxBMS5u2kpS_YNT4KYC8HIEte_QJhUblrqVqXl7X1YnWPsqaq2P6olT8uac-iT7fT215afCqjEmtbz-2bijTVS0fRs0/s320/DSCN1918.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349504165923664178" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The giant observation wheel. In America we call those things faris wheels, but I guess its sheer size makes it an observation wheel. It has 32 compartments and each one holds up to 25 people, and reaches a height of 135 meters (about 440 ft)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvZjGivT9-bOW-fZ_50EwVfaAYytCxtOgBaTHlnLeWtwAJ-u2claJeIiFVq1H9woNU4LN-VZidEXWG4j-g-4jeE3c0AG30BxM6A2D7IreP_OSU_4hUSr_b19BwCRbccsyJ2peD_QQ0YFU/s1600-h/DSCN1925.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvZjGivT9-bOW-fZ_50EwVfaAYytCxtOgBaTHlnLeWtwAJ-u2claJeIiFVq1H9woNU4LN-VZidEXWG4j-g-4jeE3c0AG30BxM6A2D7IreP_OSU_4hUSr_b19BwCRbccsyJ2peD_QQ0YFU/s320/DSCN1925.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349538214871759234" border="0" /></a><br /><br />A nice cruise around the river. It seems like every where we go we find a way onto a boat. (Its a good thing we like boats)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjdgt4ryZaugNIO5bVLK9LcwO-I2QFLwQ9gw4lBks1r0lQsbpjN831tdzwSSXeaFqos16syPBbsr4aggth6Z0xO131oBxiwBlq2AFsbdfTObBPviKsGwI6HYsSyI-qecxylqCjiT-JATo/s1600-h/DSCN1950.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjdgt4ryZaugNIO5bVLK9LcwO-I2QFLwQ9gw4lBks1r0lQsbpjN831tdzwSSXeaFqos16syPBbsr4aggth6Z0xO131oBxiwBlq2AFsbdfTObBPviKsGwI6HYsSyI-qecxylqCjiT-JATo/s320/DSCN1950.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349538209662378946" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Cruising under the London Bridge. This is the 5th London bridge in case you were wondering.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht7ktQIoW-6U_QezF_MwotCl1nNnxfvYb8n_FVzcojJfvGjAEjfDWkXe1RzyWZVkdQUqQOL2Ppv01ePbiWrwslsve-_q_T3xsl08-jxWklCO8GjQugfkoZ2m9l1Q04p6FUdqad-77YDW0/s1600-h/DSCN1971.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht7ktQIoW-6U_QezF_MwotCl1nNnxfvYb8n_FVzcojJfvGjAEjfDWkXe1RzyWZVkdQUqQOL2Ppv01ePbiWrwslsve-_q_T3xsl08-jxWklCO8GjQugfkoZ2m9l1Q04p6FUdqad-77YDW0/s320/DSCN1971.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349504170719388386" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The Tower of London. This is a huge structure and I understand that it has had many different uses over the years.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFsc9qdV-8z2btbGwTM6AvCJdPwLUvp1LqBoyapUBvJHHKsaJ-5WCC8gMgTW70dkj5Onkbj9igzGwnXvPUyQVe5T3rQgCvUNJYSxBYRGqxlX83D6ihXZBV40w7tZIgpiWRY4gHc931TF0/s1600-h/DSCN1995.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFsc9qdV-8z2btbGwTM6AvCJdPwLUvp1LqBoyapUBvJHHKsaJ-5WCC8gMgTW70dkj5Onkbj9igzGwnXvPUyQVe5T3rQgCvUNJYSxBYRGqxlX83D6ihXZBV40w7tZIgpiWRY4gHc931TF0/s320/DSCN1995.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349538203196300962" border="0" /></a><br /><br />We had fish and chips and a pint in a pub in London. How cool is that, I have to say it was pretty good.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9qiuVlZZcsiYyvacjGhvc03a3FIOXncyZizoyA9Ls3bjrO3xssViHciEE0UZsccEuKhTWfhD7OQTvtTQk2nzpESTaiCaNqz8J67GBCadwRT2A5S9Lzs4InTpN3WDBgICvi1-bQeGdL60/s1600-h/DSCN1990.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9qiuVlZZcsiYyvacjGhvc03a3FIOXncyZizoyA9Ls3bjrO3xssViHciEE0UZsccEuKhTWfhD7OQTvtTQk2nzpESTaiCaNqz8J67GBCadwRT2A5S9Lzs4InTpN3WDBgICvi1-bQeGdL60/s320/DSCN1990.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349538201171808770" border="0" /></a><br /><br />A London phone booth, these things are really neat looking.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuAglodYaTsfX_YpiN4PLmxbN4ixqYeNq95tQfhH9n19se4IKq5456tBeaoQ6wjO51yqPa7dTUhsuZ78bQoQoQvQcttI_JNlZa4c0PaxB_O4c4Tl_l3uDLSGP_A4S74PLCJ7DBOXmQyUE/s1600-h/DSCN2022.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuAglodYaTsfX_YpiN4PLmxbN4ixqYeNq95tQfhH9n19se4IKq5456tBeaoQ6wjO51yqPa7dTUhsuZ78bQoQoQvQcttI_JNlZa4c0PaxB_O4c4Tl_l3uDLSGP_A4S74PLCJ7DBOXmQyUE/s320/DSCN2022.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349538195604099586" border="0" /></a><br /><br />One of the open top buses, We had a really great time while there.Dave & Suzannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12295050308668784777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5906614383850180892.post-54887376278991512432009-06-20T00:22:00.009-05:002009-06-20T04:51:56.968-05:00Disneyland ParisBefore we went we purchased tickets to Disneyland. The weather tried to stop us but we weren't about to let a little monsoon keep us from having fun. Turns out the lines to everything are a lot shorter during a downpour. (Who knew)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtclD3Zg9FRxfW9KJPPGfrvpShyphenhyphen1FIDDRxaXtsdc40oAwSpEivJunXbAeRatIzt0vY4x98oCHNCnkHIIJa6rRAUxyzgRwb_olnWVeN_FxV2Rdk8AUsTrCpJZNNMv7dOliS_xdDumdY924/s1600-h/SDC12097.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349281410269389554" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtclD3Zg9FRxfW9KJPPGfrvpShyphenhyphen1FIDDRxaXtsdc40oAwSpEivJunXbAeRatIzt0vY4x98oCHNCnkHIIJa6rRAUxyzgRwb_olnWVeN_FxV2Rdk8AUsTrCpJZNNMv7dOliS_xdDumdY924/s320/SDC12097.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div></div>At the entrance, notice all the umbrellas and ponchos.<br /><div></div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg47MMWvA4Fbr2YDHE80MpuVocjdDrXwHbPPFfTkERLHQJLND5b6xhqMpKBU_dZZFL5ikBbF7lJY4_fgp28phn3USyZtbS_X-O09_ziBSUGjK9W_VqoOgCi3sgt_q-HSsI00j2rKevk8CU/s1600-h/SDC12100.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349281414598489218" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg47MMWvA4Fbr2YDHE80MpuVocjdDrXwHbPPFfTkERLHQJLND5b6xhqMpKBU_dZZFL5ikBbF7lJY4_fgp28phn3USyZtbS_X-O09_ziBSUGjK9W_VqoOgCi3sgt_q-HSsI00j2rKevk8CU/s320/SDC12100.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div>-</div>The castle, the whole hold your arm out picture doesn't work so well with umbrellas.<br /><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge14c29v2cQQ37VzC41dSsqH8pjXvJEPK8TlMrYkiKrAq2B8LOJDcx3Rgb6nBDifw13DhIVTwmp61YvH_L33QmDjmnUtigj4DHwugoqt68Q20pdtweO-i1VsjkCq2JdzN6d8Em85no3AI/s1600-h/SDC12113.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349281417602611170" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge14c29v2cQQ37VzC41dSsqH8pjXvJEPK8TlMrYkiKrAq2B8LOJDcx3Rgb6nBDifw13DhIVTwmp61YvH_L33QmDjmnUtigj4DHwugoqt68Q20pdtweO-i1VsjkCq2JdzN6d8Em85no3AI/s320/SDC12113.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />-</div><div>Suzanne's favorite, its a small world after all...</div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1Oi5M8PEjrKc2bP4_scCdZSgZpr3-u4EzM_vM-UbGuvDTXQqCnwrKYkCDS9scdRH3Twokfl8fLNJ1UBFepXLgDlx_cXdc8YirPJuIUbOBYQ7YCG7DXHllS_oLI783LlSqtnbhEqJHTG8/s1600-h/SDC12118.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349283803142687298" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1Oi5M8PEjrKc2bP4_scCdZSgZpr3-u4EzM_vM-UbGuvDTXQqCnwrKYkCDS9scdRH3Twokfl8fLNJ1UBFepXLgDlx_cXdc8YirPJuIUbOBYQ7YCG7DXHllS_oLI783LlSqtnbhEqJHTG8/s320/SDC12118.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Small would dancers, you knew she would have a picture of dancers.</div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjLTFVQHjCv74_ZFzJ2jfuhLT0_J4cGlCPEP6lzkvwG5RJJVGYM1S1-oVlO1CR_3EfJbsQoEEdsMt4PdOmyg5B_sANVadp6MLdb1VHGuG9tynhEYgvyL8AOiCk7MKkpHMR177UBQdIswQ/s1600-h/SDC12133.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349283813561695842" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjLTFVQHjCv74_ZFzJ2jfuhLT0_J4cGlCPEP6lzkvwG5RJJVGYM1S1-oVlO1CR_3EfJbsQoEEdsMt4PdOmyg5B_sANVadp6MLdb1VHGuG9tynhEYgvyL8AOiCk7MKkpHMR177UBQdIswQ/s320/SDC12133.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>The Mickey parade near the end of the day<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiqwOlhnlfCeIIPP9buZxwtGQgi8rDUuBsPVMFQoXQzlVb_31I4eJgOabyYlMo0JH3R9hlJKFBOU5zfdvLEPtDYSBFBuMk3n1t2yYfNmYH5VufG3HOg1N5RgRtH8czpjUrIfc0Bowmxbc/s1600-h/SDC12130.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349283807228692962" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiqwOlhnlfCeIIPP9buZxwtGQgi8rDUuBsPVMFQoXQzlVb_31I4eJgOabyYlMo0JH3R9hlJKFBOU5zfdvLEPtDYSBFBuMk3n1t2yYfNmYH5VufG3HOg1N5RgRtH8czpjUrIfc0Bowmxbc/s320/SDC12130.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>Ah the castle, the rain did let up a little later in the day. This was a really fun experience.</div></div></div></div>Dave & Suzannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12295050308668784777noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5906614383850180892.post-41970682371576941112009-06-19T03:06:00.010-05:002009-06-19T06:01:52.967-05:00We'll Always Have ParisA quick stop in Paris on our way back to Nigeria. We had a really wonderful time there. We had a nice clean hotel and the people were very friendly the whole time we were there.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJL0Kzs6ieep-0MhA0_F7ZIWdkfX4GnMyIHb7z0xpmPciJNvKSZi6nMaznHYOCngf6iSmB5H0LG6bd5jZ6qTmZvlHj-Hyiejq2XZSTA8RRpQ80MjJ3zRrw6N1GIowXz7QVMklUADhYils/s1600-h/DSCN1646.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348952361472864610" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJL0Kzs6ieep-0MhA0_F7ZIWdkfX4GnMyIHb7z0xpmPciJNvKSZi6nMaznHYOCngf6iSmB5H0LG6bd5jZ6qTmZvlHj-Hyiejq2XZSTA8RRpQ80MjJ3zRrw6N1GIowXz7QVMklUADhYils/s320/DSCN1646.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />No trip to Paris would be complete without the Eiffel Tower. It is quite spectacular, and when it gets dark out and it is all lit up is very stunning.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeIKWalyqW0XmEE4a2eNOQKVrxzimCVucmo0xebxBkmmGHDgfetKiN8kxqvGjh15uyGo78FHU6jds6zvEMJ0VEAgf0rxCe1s09vmHCl0YToRD8BrWBEVuKCwXtgYW-eCVLg_4UxTVhc3s/s1600-h/DSCN1669.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348952381199955586" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeIKWalyqW0XmEE4a2eNOQKVrxzimCVucmo0xebxBkmmGHDgfetKiN8kxqvGjh15uyGo78FHU6jds6zvEMJ0VEAgf0rxCe1s09vmHCl0YToRD8BrWBEVuKCwXtgYW-eCVLg_4UxTVhc3s/s320/DSCN1669.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />We had pizza at a very good very small eatery. You see how small and how close the table are, they had to pull the table out just for Suzanne to be able to get in.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCEJfRrNlf7Dy2ckcwfLbOdru9j0TA0js9wqVM_xP5lF-qs4VTHz1E5eKWF-HJQC4peShETY7ALe2IuIpM2Mdqer1l0ez4vyz43DXA2oLZxMzyr_mx5841JdNEYl1c1BYaCDv40fsg6zM/s1600-h/DSCN1662.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348952372930868658" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCEJfRrNlf7Dy2ckcwfLbOdru9j0TA0js9wqVM_xP5lF-qs4VTHz1E5eKWF-HJQC4peShETY7ALe2IuIpM2Mdqer1l0ez4vyz43DXA2oLZxMzyr_mx5841JdNEYl1c1BYaCDv40fsg6zM/s320/DSCN1662.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Walking around I found a wall that said Paris on it so I took my picture next to it. I know, I'm a dork, but Suzanne loves me anyway!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzp-mCwPlMlEK-cXEagZrQBTRcJjvrXEdpCI7Lp4hrqOBM1UmXWrEcA6KaAZkwx9_M5354LtBvvXPQV47PTbMjsKB_BzETWvLbffjblTLoKTkT_FHlc17EwOoEMOpp1Wv2dM34WssGzZw/s1600-h/DSCN1705.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348952388578475666" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzp-mCwPlMlEK-cXEagZrQBTRcJjvrXEdpCI7Lp4hrqOBM1UmXWrEcA6KaAZkwx9_M5354LtBvvXPQV47PTbMjsKB_BzETWvLbffjblTLoKTkT_FHlc17EwOoEMOpp1Wv2dM34WssGzZw/s320/DSCN1705.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Notre Dame de Paris. We discovered an easier way to hold your arm out and take a picture. If you set the timer on the camera then you can push the snap button and then position the camera however you want without having to position your hand where you can reach the snap button. I'm very fascinated by this discovery.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPA10NV2xMBPhRqdCzbxF5W_0OYZWesh6cAT9k9qLGVsmb5Cj0kZgiPY_wTSzC8Zv7i_qPJqGG7nD3uKEb1p__8Yvsq7Vb1U2oMzBF6p70C8gm8YXAvn50LQWgsmmu2uvqMz0kIYmr79I/s1600-h/DSCN1723.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348960835855275522" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPA10NV2xMBPhRqdCzbxF5W_0OYZWesh6cAT9k9qLGVsmb5Cj0kZgiPY_wTSzC8Zv7i_qPJqGG7nD3uKEb1p__8Yvsq7Vb1U2oMzBF6p70C8gm8YXAvn50LQWgsmmu2uvqMz0kIYmr79I/s320/DSCN1723.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />We asked a nice lady to take our picture with the Notre Dame in the background. Can you see it? It is off to the left behind the tree.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFm3qPapkIVLiYpbDbsP2pTKDnUyFnqgux1izD1SlgCEwULeyXhmt0qhx98t8z0h8SSpd3hFX07rCIM3zCo4dWQUyzC1XAn1c5Q9GF3Pwbmx0Bj38n7Q0iobaM_0_ER-UE11mAxcXYp8w/s1600-h/DSCN1709.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348952391172383698" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFm3qPapkIVLiYpbDbsP2pTKDnUyFnqgux1izD1SlgCEwULeyXhmt0qhx98t8z0h8SSpd3hFX07rCIM3zCo4dWQUyzC1XAn1c5Q9GF3Pwbmx0Bj38n7Q0iobaM_0_ER-UE11mAxcXYp8w/s320/DSCN1709.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Suzanne is so cute in all the pictures!!!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXLiqZGfYr_T34aCaad5FDpK1AMhzBEKTm6QVIYZOrBwSPcTXJlUA7Eit3tI2layhqlw0iyj8mNu_fVJuyfm6TscccX9pFpCJHF3yMSNT1T_D5Dektsfk6Vkxp7_guNFI_N7MMgfwLyuE/s1600-h/DSCN1737.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348960846598696546" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXLiqZGfYr_T34aCaad5FDpK1AMhzBEKTm6QVIYZOrBwSPcTXJlUA7Eit3tI2layhqlw0iyj8mNu_fVJuyfm6TscccX9pFpCJHF3yMSNT1T_D5Dektsfk6Vkxp7_guNFI_N7MMgfwLyuE/s320/DSCN1737.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Walking down one of the main streets in Paris.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgddbCYM2GMVa-6Cxrgf5bByDi2fOrcLfInWcmX6l3sgTm3kyCM1qgE1aytSJd8HNX-yTTaYMI3lXgqy1RMKzhkxMTqqSNuqGWvfY6ZMdHiPn9-Vn3Xd-gH7iJMD6JOuFeTefpfwPyoA4k/s1600-h/DSCN1749.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348960849716498482" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgddbCYM2GMVa-6Cxrgf5bByDi2fOrcLfInWcmX6l3sgTm3kyCM1qgE1aytSJd8HNX-yTTaYMI3lXgqy1RMKzhkxMTqqSNuqGWvfY6ZMdHiPn9-Vn3Xd-gH7iJMD6JOuFeTefpfwPyoA4k/s320/DSCN1749.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This is the big Arc de Triomphe that is the same little arch in the previous picture. We walked a long way.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2ZbRfcFh8vLkywZ3pGWo5slEHr2KecrlIRgoFgdfxjy7OTJufSZhIZT2KUJjxKxCHsrnzvmnq0JtATQ26Lj3wcg1TQBy8Cx2cF-LQW9rhKCjNomoycjvdcAcMaqaUeBJOLxqxLKFTYEs/s1600-h/DSCN1795.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348967076369709538" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2ZbRfcFh8vLkywZ3pGWo5slEHr2KecrlIRgoFgdfxjy7OTJufSZhIZT2KUJjxKxCHsrnzvmnq0JtATQ26Lj3wcg1TQBy8Cx2cF-LQW9rhKCjNomoycjvdcAcMaqaUeBJOLxqxLKFTYEs/s320/DSCN1795.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The Seine river, this is the place where Isadora Duncan's children were in an accident and fell off the bridge and drowned. (See Suzanne you only thought that I wasn't listening ;)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8mlixYIhyphenhyphenw7bLgchapMpF1s4ptbAlhvnJVdJyKrEY-_wcCfK7QARITMEZg3jOKw7J9SW4iKnCGtC-IR6sBo25kfRPQCcoJAXt9M-QTy_0mq9hk2B7nY8KhjziQmC4ccpTtGYzxG_dSLk/s1600-h/DSCN1791.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348960859922517762" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8mlixYIhyphenhyphenw7bLgchapMpF1s4ptbAlhvnJVdJyKrEY-_wcCfK7QARITMEZg3jOKw7J9SW4iKnCGtC-IR6sBo25kfRPQCcoJAXt9M-QTy_0mq9hk2B7nY8KhjziQmC4ccpTtGYzxG_dSLk/s320/DSCN1791.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>We didn't have time for the Louvre, but we did get a chance to go to the Musee d'Orsay where they have impressionist art by the likes of Van Gogh and Degas. Look at me I'm all artsy now</div><div>-</div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzmoNbRL68rwH9Th8Nod42EgkCSmSUjZkc88kId4Qcfjio0Ub8ZWLgSYpTEqoZQBM6_Wcp2_c6TS450nCV9D7C4-TKRxtu3gfEx5RujH3Ea18RUNFaNNJZe4DQ9vPxFHgZbTRB_683nww/s1600-h/DSCN1784.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348960854080753346" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzmoNbRL68rwH9Th8Nod42EgkCSmSUjZkc88kId4Qcfjio0Ub8ZWLgSYpTEqoZQBM6_Wcp2_c6TS450nCV9D7C4-TKRxtu3gfEx5RujH3Ea18RUNFaNNJZe4DQ9vPxFHgZbTRB_683nww/s320/DSCN1784.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div>-</div><div>One of the ballerina dancers. Suzanne likes these painting (I wonder why?)</div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh_r4H_WWPZXT6gWn-XSVlIpqH8sg9Jbe-tAxpvFdYJlPdBRqNrpWxUGEuKMzLkq0Gsw3NGl4S4Wq2-2zMIoCzoZqeZ8bLqKleS1EzGib8o9aoq7O3Aq58PmkJEK2rDicc7P06QgFjV8A/s1600-h/DSCN1800.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348967081464428194" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh_r4H_WWPZXT6gWn-XSVlIpqH8sg9Jbe-tAxpvFdYJlPdBRqNrpWxUGEuKMzLkq0Gsw3NGl4S4Wq2-2zMIoCzoZqeZ8bLqKleS1EzGib8o9aoq7O3Aq58PmkJEK2rDicc7P06QgFjV8A/s320/DSCN1800.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div>Dinner the second night there was fondue, we really like fondue. We even tried som escargot, Suzanne even ate one.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOAO5zASAv-4XQkaftBpM8ek5uk8Xiu-23cQ99hcBBPuOUhyphenhyphen13BjjL3_njWy6GjPYk94VOQMt6MgvuYKBUfnv5ln8-HBMQu5ONVgPXUZVYtRpOHw6YAnnRKFa7PWMNnwMnf1Thfk46GYI/s1600-h/DSCN1801.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348967084830549650" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOAO5zASAv-4XQkaftBpM8ek5uk8Xiu-23cQ99hcBBPuOUhyphenhyphen13BjjL3_njWy6GjPYk94VOQMt6MgvuYKBUfnv5ln8-HBMQu5ONVgPXUZVYtRpOHw6YAnnRKFa7PWMNnwMnf1Thfk46GYI/s320/DSCN1801.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div>Dinner in the Latin Quarter of France, we had a really nice couple of days.</div></div>Dave & Suzannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12295050308668784777noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5906614383850180892.post-30866389571011918782009-06-18T09:29:00.004-05:002009-06-18T18:03:29.534-05:00Corpus For 2 Days<div>I was able to go to Corpus for a couple of days, Suzanne was busy and couldn't make it :(</div><div> </div><br /><div>The main event for our time there was an evening of domino's.</div><div> </div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXjaPa_wzW5ki09AjysJCbrGuFnSr9SngtEx_7xV0M-ahtNWE-I5uIIhx1zQMuUM0sQtClqn70kqv9sUBlXOOsRJpbLVf0R7Rp6Pqs5S4M4cX6U1AQWs447_EyymFUHMVtsZxPe2IZG2U/s1600-h/DSCN1607.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348694028382744466" style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXjaPa_wzW5ki09AjysJCbrGuFnSr9SngtEx_7xV0M-ahtNWE-I5uIIhx1zQMuUM0sQtClqn70kqv9sUBlXOOsRJpbLVf0R7Rp6Pqs5S4M4cX6U1AQWs447_EyymFUHMVtsZxPe2IZG2U/s320/DSCN1607.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div>There were 5 of us so we drew up a round robin bracket so everyone got to play with everyone else, how PC we are :) This is a picture of us trying to figure out how this should work.<br /></div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy2IANCDu29fgC1csWs3rWKlZYPWSZKgsKfhxMGeKYT6mmprYkS_BZUO169KY5S_Cm2mn4_kd650flwBQbM3WYuHRNfTplIdA0-iJ4BZTGIZkO6_dX8XH5ROdoFd1D2cRDL8PD9h-_Y64/s1600-h/DSCN1609.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348694032567176018" style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy2IANCDu29fgC1csWs3rWKlZYPWSZKgsKfhxMGeKYT6mmprYkS_BZUO169KY5S_Cm2mn4_kd650flwBQbM3WYuHRNfTplIdA0-iJ4BZTGIZkO6_dX8XH5ROdoFd1D2cRDL8PD9h-_Y64/s320/DSCN1609.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><div>Some burgers and sausages were quite delicious.</div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9AIb7i__gx76kPO-5bEC5x5X-6ZxUdZxhBhpyEeVWhKUq2rFg8RLcM2NtlIpdwl5vw2GnldYfD2eTRKBYw-K4_oqL8oF1DDuvz9EsA7e8bi_bCskYteuohY6OcfuRd8XttlyoDbTQZvU/s1600-h/DSCN1610.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348694043427904178" style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9AIb7i__gx76kPO-5bEC5x5X-6ZxUdZxhBhpyEeVWhKUq2rFg8RLcM2NtlIpdwl5vw2GnldYfD2eTRKBYw-K4_oqL8oF1DDuvz9EsA7e8bi_bCskYteuohY6OcfuRd8XttlyoDbTQZvU/s320/DSCN1610.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><div>I was supposed to spend a whole day with Ram, until he had to have his stupid knee surgery boo. I did go by and see him in the hospital after, he looked good, sounded good, I hope he starts feeling better soon.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEq2R29En_lEBmLJ4vn2uOR8yaUE9BvlbnLLAEYzSu3GQorz_tghYNNU3kiGJCGl4Gyp7vIxbpPtU7GDCcCqgZrccTV74nhZDl9d8Lo-zEtdHrNgY_6HvQJ3obyE2UJsNvt4t7XeAvRig/s1600-h/DSCN1614.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348694045557784946" style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEq2R29En_lEBmLJ4vn2uOR8yaUE9BvlbnLLAEYzSu3GQorz_tghYNNU3kiGJCGl4Gyp7vIxbpPtU7GDCcCqgZrccTV74nhZDl9d8Lo-zEtdHrNgY_6HvQJ3obyE2UJsNvt4t7XeAvRig/s320/DSCN1614.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>Playing domino's ahhh, much fun!</div></div></div>Dave & Suzannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12295050308668784777noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5906614383850180892.post-61992671390101879912009-06-18T04:08:00.002-05:002009-06-18T04:34:22.311-05:00Nigeria AgainSo we are back in Nigeria again. We had a wonderful trip. I will post pictures soon.Dave & Suzannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12295050308668784777noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5906614383850180892.post-17691246838418659792009-06-13T05:13:00.002-05:002009-06-13T05:17:03.864-05:00In ParisSo we made it to our hotel in Paris. We will blog more later. The keyboard here has a lot of the letters in the wrong place, it makes it weird to type. Talk to yall soon.Dave & Suzannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12295050308668784777noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5906614383850180892.post-21972608105863164342009-06-05T15:50:00.006-05:002009-06-05T18:46:39.423-05:00Wine TimeBack in Houston after a mere 6 months away. We got the opportunity to go to a little wine bar for a wine tasting, I swear we were only "tasting."<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNuUdLKEPugfMW39VfSwfekVlNBbNiHw1jrs-QhH4t4-NeFBGKKShTQaGWQrnXJiYC6dwSBpl4r3w_uWKwrtayvR5kXRduG5-LxBeyYTEUDyPvkOP3oOKHV4wIh3RNLllRDPuzFWHIyvA/s1600-h/SDC12044.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNuUdLKEPugfMW39VfSwfekVlNBbNiHw1jrs-QhH4t4-NeFBGKKShTQaGWQrnXJiYC6dwSBpl4r3w_uWKwrtayvR5kXRduG5-LxBeyYTEUDyPvkOP3oOKHV4wIh3RNLllRDPuzFWHIyvA/s320/SDC12044.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343948933674350658" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The beginning of the night, not much tasting done yet. A hair cut and a shave and Dave looks almost like a respectable human being again.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIdCyaW4M32Bj7IDHQNJgE_-8W6sElJLElV9mkrd14O_g7X5Uu0d1e8qkJO86-UiasnRQGHNtR-IJ0kLrkcjsdCkLK0Z8aow0Mn0osYPX_U4nw9d_F7qot84UWa9JSe4HaWtjMV6c66VI/s1600-h/SDC12049.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 253px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIdCyaW4M32Bj7IDHQNJgE_-8W6sElJLElV9mkrd14O_g7X5Uu0d1e8qkJO86-UiasnRQGHNtR-IJ0kLrkcjsdCkLK0Z8aow0Mn0osYPX_U4nw9d_F7qot84UWa9JSe4HaWtjMV6c66VI/s320/SDC12049.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343993975698575010" border="0" /></a><br /><br />As the night wore on we "tasted" a few more! We had a really good time and expect to go back again.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8FeFakPVT2SI9UEE2DQfWiVHPHSs-XSf1puAM4o47aghg8M5qmJFGyw82VUEY2PZFEnw4g0pKsGUZcKfaDz2QhCjzjD-U7FMqzbJ3eLu9uakSkXT9o79colnanRYkf1gRaYIMV_jTniQ/s1600-h/SDC12051.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8FeFakPVT2SI9UEE2DQfWiVHPHSs-XSf1puAM4o47aghg8M5qmJFGyw82VUEY2PZFEnw4g0pKsGUZcKfaDz2QhCjzjD-U7FMqzbJ3eLu9uakSkXT9o79colnanRYkf1gRaYIMV_jTniQ/s320/SDC12051.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343964811128471810" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Closer to the end of the night...Dave & Suzannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12295050308668784777noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5906614383850180892.post-63231608449265482142009-06-02T09:31:00.003-05:002009-06-02T09:43:12.203-05:00Suzanne and JackSuzanne was able to spend a few hours in Austin with Rebecca, Jeremy, Sydney and their new addition to their family Jack.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJuuYjsQvOhkur1HXnFn7zjNuoxM5BxSTn8egH9M5-jRxggGHINdqWGhyphenhyphen8Az688Om2OcJ5VbGNCJjnRShHi9eR9pg9oM2nu06p6342sNEpc_mQAR8ydNs50Gr8XJIQeLrsFmla3Vbw75I/s1600-h/May+30+001.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342738165323170962" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJuuYjsQvOhkur1HXnFn7zjNuoxM5BxSTn8egH9M5-jRxggGHINdqWGhyphenhyphen8Az688Om2OcJ5VbGNCJjnRShHi9eR9pg9oM2nu06p6342sNEpc_mQAR8ydNs50Gr8XJIQeLrsFmla3Vbw75I/s320/May+30+001.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I thought this was a really cute picture.Dave & Suzannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12295050308668784777noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5906614383850180892.post-73090305632863126642009-05-21T02:11:00.004-05:002009-05-21T14:20:44.849-05:0042<div>Anyone who know me knows that I really like to play 42 but I don't get the opportunity very often. Turns out there are a couple of other people here that also like to play 42.<br /><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicF38AYr4XhdHYPsArnrFG_Cb9wbqMDMln8AAKTmuUm9yDBxAYUDEKgJOTfFJ6WAEgZm5I1ItaaasN1ECUY6-2LViI-fDx0fVeIpjkAxTgw52bTjs8SfRnN1B6h8NrR8ov5PrybUJcZ-o/s1600-h/P1040778.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338172779742567634" style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicF38AYr4XhdHYPsArnrFG_Cb9wbqMDMln8AAKTmuUm9yDBxAYUDEKgJOTfFJ6WAEgZm5I1ItaaasN1ECUY6-2LViI-fDx0fVeIpjkAxTgw52bTjs8SfRnN1B6h8NrR8ov5PrybUJcZ-o/s320/P1040778.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><div>A quick refresher for those who haven't played in a while.<br /></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidUezqCaGc3jm68sl0yu8AihxxMEM0bC9GsoJob8ENMg127d1GerHxwFPjlmSJYuLZZpV588oocq0Y4ZOdSSCs_WMVFEKgj0bnQgst89PhiZsuYDxLvAsVfDT5UvWnB9TErFT-fDsekiM/s1600-h/P1040777.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338172782577365810" style="width: 240px; height: 320px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidUezqCaGc3jm68sl0yu8AihxxMEM0bC9GsoJob8ENMg127d1GerHxwFPjlmSJYuLZZpV588oocq0Y4ZOdSSCs_WMVFEKgj0bnQgst89PhiZsuYDxLvAsVfDT5UvWnB9TErFT-fDsekiM/s320/P1040777.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><div>Donna and their chef preparing some food for the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">occasion</span>. </div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtdE2nhk-mZvnQRCqwA6p3M3Oe50yGxscuXRKp2aAWO_VoTN9i_KhZyPw7172A4_8dJd7c1iBoKAD6o2_lkahvY7YKCjSgUew5FRBAJzqf8Ex3ry0d6SSJnUrnRfdFR1-xrtupSV2ImqU/s1600-h/P1040780.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338172793456778498" style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtdE2nhk-mZvnQRCqwA6p3M3Oe50yGxscuXRKp2aAWO_VoTN9i_KhZyPw7172A4_8dJd7c1iBoKAD6o2_lkahvY7YKCjSgUew5FRBAJzqf8Ex3ry0d6SSJnUrnRfdFR1-xrtupSV2ImqU/s320/P1040780.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />It was also Eds birthday but we won't tell anybody (Happy birthday Ed)</div><div> </div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib1SABvkAvFg1OYWxbyiRvWnPmT5LjsRcJIQ3AJ5GDd33u7cLkwvrss9qcOF8fvEyAdNk1s1ayaiLuCOuB0DWtBis3lAFY60rNW9zJZLBTCZ-zrTHlZsgbvvjOtTifTFsuZ8rXb92Y3sw/s1600-h/P1040779.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338172790265886322" style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib1SABvkAvFg1OYWxbyiRvWnPmT5LjsRcJIQ3AJ5GDd33u7cLkwvrss9qcOF8fvEyAdNk1s1ayaiLuCOuB0DWtBis3lAFY60rNW9zJZLBTCZ-zrTHlZsgbvvjOtTifTFsuZ8rXb92Y3sw/s320/P1040779.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div> </div><br /><div>Enough with the breaks and finish up the explanation we want to play!</div></div></div>Dave & Suzannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12295050308668784777noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5906614383850180892.post-69031251794306414322009-05-16T00:46:00.005-05:002009-05-17T05:10:43.065-05:002 Weeks until R&R<div>So R&R is coming up, this time a quick stop by home and then off to Paris on the way back to Nigeria. Not really much to talk about. I started watching the TV show 24 so that's occupying my time. Other than that I can put up some of our pictures from here in Nigeria.</div><div> </div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFX1ohyphenhyphenxBN-Ze5D9Rx84k_bwT1Lfqer2Uq2aKhPv_Si75ghXi0a7qTBuWlip_htst06QhcXCjcIuK7KM2b68ZAD_iT8j8K-bli5uuirCl37rd6jyzLYp0DMSXkoF-G_3gmPBppXrd1r_Q/s1600-h/SDC11552.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336296695842485794" style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFX1ohyphenhyphenxBN-Ze5D9Rx84k_bwT1Lfqer2Uq2aKhPv_Si75ghXi0a7qTBuWlip_htst06QhcXCjcIuK7KM2b68ZAD_iT8j8K-bli5uuirCl37rd6jyzLYp0DMSXkoF-G_3gmPBppXrd1r_Q/s320/SDC11552.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><div>Out to dinner with Moody, Christine, and Ana.<br /></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXNg10tkORHwxVow2oQbliHfqX3qcCLpbroZmWH3bEwzpMdnxT6jC6UdDNeSalSzifs9SC0CneAPPHX6bRjqjckJIvkOoQfCrzTbV1T845nSElElnRYiN8nQWT-B9K333pwkCMgAuAuWE/s1600-h/Pictures+trip+Australia+193.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336296692410608882" style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXNg10tkORHwxVow2oQbliHfqX3qcCLpbroZmWH3bEwzpMdnxT6jC6UdDNeSalSzifs9SC0CneAPPHX6bRjqjckJIvkOoQfCrzTbV1T845nSElElnRYiN8nQWT-B9K333pwkCMgAuAuWE/s320/Pictures+trip+Australia+193.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><div>Dinner at Churrascos again.<br /></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLdDfZgVcLIXR25vC_4DYeh4LagWb3Tq-V5SaEs7LfpQvOzMgVLjMl4-zOKYiXiMd1Mc849x_R47CgGUBRh6WU-9QJZ4abxNIJuV8avJOt2fEsV_I0gS3ggabXZxHGL5v6d-JW-tdYTZE/s1600-h/IMG_4870.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336296686097838514" style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLdDfZgVcLIXR25vC_4DYeh4LagWb3Tq-V5SaEs7LfpQvOzMgVLjMl4-zOKYiXiMd1Mc849x_R47CgGUBRh6WU-9QJZ4abxNIJuV8avJOt2fEsV_I0gS3ggabXZxHGL5v6d-JW-tdYTZE/s320/IMG_4870.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Dave with two really hot girls!!!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF6-BUJvfiK6XSC4Nj5VIGCwVjGZWK1L1KdYTM7-W6yADSAb5VATXjt1wYrwHyBuiZWEKtkYZBa9uDvzuuNmjo7myHx0mTuvw7llwkQH4VK5o2yyu3Bj6KZJoWnKYyon3Cj_9mfTAi23o/s1600-h/Pictures+trip+079.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336296688505415906" style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF6-BUJvfiK6XSC4Nj5VIGCwVjGZWK1L1KdYTM7-W6yADSAb5VATXjt1wYrwHyBuiZWEKtkYZBa9uDvzuuNmjo7myHx0mTuvw7llwkQH4VK5o2yyu3Bj6KZJoWnKYyon3Cj_9mfTAi23o/s320/Pictures+trip+079.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Again out to dinner with our friends.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg253AZ-rpQDmaPsnQFljlB1ajviRes-RtYOaKWhWFgxOW1jQN5DodVjv46OHyFRZWelW33wCigcc4quIjAFX-1ruzsZR_AG4zIvJKnJlnWatmoH7L0OdlXPGjffo56t4xDGjJ46bHzwI/s1600-h/IMG_1383.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336296681768870338" style="width: 320px; height: 214px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg253AZ-rpQDmaPsnQFljlB1ajviRes-RtYOaKWhWFgxOW1jQN5DodVjv46OHyFRZWelW33wCigcc4quIjAFX-1ruzsZR_AG4zIvJKnJlnWatmoH7L0OdlXPGjffo56t4xDGjJ46bHzwI/s320/IMG_1383.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>Just hanging out having a good time together.</div></div></div></div>Dave & Suzannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12295050308668784777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5906614383850180892.post-30324211360295721832009-05-08T08:40:00.005-05:002009-05-08T23:52:33.091-05:00More Small World Photos<div>So here are some more pictures of the small world event.</div><div> </div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrdyyf-5zzxOZ3VhEuVi8Qqg2Yb9iXNA43k7OVCcQ1zaa-KcqA2d0zFwKLYmaCWbmFANISqr8Y5Ju1TjEkHik6WC6N_wK8OA-u3GFAiXJfzrKCQtKlgiq4yVO-iFZW_djudKQWlDakyAo/s1600-h/P1040111.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333450340979768658" style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrdyyf-5zzxOZ3VhEuVi8Qqg2Yb9iXNA43k7OVCcQ1zaa-KcqA2d0zFwKLYmaCWbmFANISqr8Y5Ju1TjEkHik6WC6N_wK8OA-u3GFAiXJfzrKCQtKlgiq4yVO-iFZW_djudKQWlDakyAo/s320/P1040111.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div> </div><br /><div>Hanging out eating some food before the show<br /></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiQSmg3ibjUsLI4TS6qBKaSs3ZsCLuqXC7NwiOJ7DkCNVyVoezSx0D100ELH7IC84pesa5GuewY0m772mRv9urbQAr8RmjlWfsDXfLx7UsLAgbK2xKbxsxo6QbA9Kex8AmY2OPNgK8Lz_h/s1600-h/P1040117.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333450351487548834" style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiQSmg3ibjUsLI4TS6qBKaSs3ZsCLuqXC7NwiOJ7DkCNVyVoezSx0D100ELH7IC84pesa5GuewY0m772mRv9urbQAr8RmjlWfsDXfLx7UsLAgbK2xKbxsxo6QbA9Kex8AmY2OPNgK8Lz_h/s320/P1040117.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><div>The show is beginning.<br /></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcOcVm8E7yaSz1b5JhkM3e4rd5kZUlt2McFkD5le4Vhre1TiUFLnMvAkBYi9etGuJVABvbDqvohuvBoztIZhszdGMzaHLXW-zpRmNjlOeI9bbiojDV3mMIZxutpCxcU93fkL7e8-MNJyc/s1600-h/P1040161.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333450344671376978" style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcOcVm8E7yaSz1b5JhkM3e4rd5kZUlt2McFkD5le4Vhre1TiUFLnMvAkBYi9etGuJVABvbDqvohuvBoztIZhszdGMzaHLXW-zpRmNjlOeI9bbiojDV3mMIZxutpCxcU93fkL7e8-MNJyc/s320/P1040161.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div> </div><br /><div>Suzanne in her dance.</div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOqXwrl7m10ffg-sDH5xBQIA9AHIc5St-SplydT1DEkXt0XsQmmzvKE9CZaQvnsJzyWNijeMdukmUNsIpLPrLutJKTF44q2_t_9nmnApuQG2OYIV31ePx23S0OfIiU8r-01b7xyyYrGe4/s1600-h/P1040135.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333450354824686210" style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOqXwrl7m10ffg-sDH5xBQIA9AHIc5St-SplydT1DEkXt0XsQmmzvKE9CZaQvnsJzyWNijeMdukmUNsIpLPrLutJKTF44q2_t_9nmnApuQG2OYIV31ePx23S0OfIiU8r-01b7xyyYrGe4/s320/P1040135.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><div>Some of the other dancers.<br /></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFrYaV8ziZkFatL8FBxQccBqKiTiqWqRlvaSCM5_CsznjSjDmrV-Ud09LUrwCuEYoR140QIy4oI6N9EfTRAb59bOaEG9UA-qDOQLZVrSN1I-S9YhDnYEWuKyb3WSEUEUon1a8oghUsJnim/s1600-h/P1040113.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333450333721235106" style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFrYaV8ziZkFatL8FBxQccBqKiTiqWqRlvaSCM5_CsznjSjDmrV-Ud09LUrwCuEYoR140QIy4oI6N9EfTRAb59bOaEG9UA-qDOQLZVrSN1I-S9YhDnYEWuKyb3WSEUEUon1a8oghUsJnim/s320/P1040113.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>Simply relaxing and enjoying time out and about.</div></div></div>Dave & Suzannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12295050308668784777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5906614383850180892.post-78509304220950369062009-05-04T10:53:00.005-05:002009-05-05T00:40:39.446-05:00Random Photo Time AgainSo nothing new to talk about again so how about more random photos<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSvnjU8HWJY20a9su-pJpyupFdi4FeAIIaxAwvFWMTS8eteCSQNxKHseEeqYiIalGDTtOhju0wQM909-HGc_hBvKeMYfbiBL1uwsYtl0DxqI93l97dEOC2PXm_P7LFlb5Pr99TMuvg4rUj/s1600-h/IMG_0677[1].JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331998206864839634" style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSvnjU8HWJY20a9su-pJpyupFdi4FeAIIaxAwvFWMTS8eteCSQNxKHseEeqYiIalGDTtOhju0wQM909-HGc_hBvKeMYfbiBL1uwsYtl0DxqI93l97dEOC2PXm_P7LFlb5Pr99TMuvg4rUj/s320/IMG_0677%5B1%5D.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Kevin Fowler concert?? I can't remember exactly who we saw this night? Some concert in Corpus, Eric could tell you who exactly it was.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZigsE4YwJUuzzCNtNx5E4PMWNQT0TYplbC0_7ybtfg8-UU9JasdS-qJLbt_-JePIShS2nPCGzhK6zMug1dzZdEzoaq9bWO04FxBorw3hn9ad-ic6x381HVZ6kS6vcyQKG3rPpHcauJorX/s1600-h/Dave+and+Suzanne+Pictures+from+mom+142.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331998206221636018" style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZigsE4YwJUuzzCNtNx5E4PMWNQT0TYplbC0_7ybtfg8-UU9JasdS-qJLbt_-JePIShS2nPCGzhK6zMug1dzZdEzoaq9bWO04FxBorw3hn9ad-ic6x381HVZ6kS6vcyQKG3rPpHcauJorX/s320/Dave+and+Suzanne+Pictures+from+mom+142.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Dallas, Texas. Baseball game between the Astros and the Rangers!<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvAifednHjGM3wIt-Wlb9yzPyoUoW2mxBKonoFJn7i1XYKr17RuMNP5rWolWHlBMc2gLyBrL61g7mv2MSqTnseSZsurnrBcKliygUS6LQAQOvMdEjFepl9OA3xNNgoYIhif918wyhvC-G5/s1600-h/bridge+climb.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331998204729435554" style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 221px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvAifednHjGM3wIt-Wlb9yzPyoUoW2mxBKonoFJn7i1XYKr17RuMNP5rWolWHlBMc2gLyBrL61g7mv2MSqTnseSZsurnrBcKliygUS6LQAQOvMdEjFepl9OA3xNNgoYIhif918wyhvC-G5/s320/bridge+climb.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The bridge climb in Sydney. This was the one free picture that came with the deal. The others were like 100 dollars or so. I would have spent like 10 or 15 but 100...<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfjRUcDvwjMbQsACxsAcKRFpQfzN9UKZCDT5VSBa2AVY9lRuPkxNFuHqMYi4yK1MZO9bk9FPM2hNPSleaHbtV2T9DBciRbKWG4KEBA_F47wH3_tddbug4FA4cl6eytgotxFT7uATC4wyrf/s1600-h/100_1004.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331998199779132546" style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfjRUcDvwjMbQsACxsAcKRFpQfzN9UKZCDT5VSBa2AVY9lRuPkxNFuHqMYi4yK1MZO9bk9FPM2hNPSleaHbtV2T9DBciRbKWG4KEBA_F47wH3_tddbug4FA4cl6eytgotxFT7uATC4wyrf/s320/100_1004.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Ram the Fire Man!!!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjier0GM2j0RtPu77tpmdaMc-AEH7xIeFZMRrKdrtNVn0KMdV19GzzxrphPo9iaXPb0YMi7R7LVn303-JF5W8j2eCKBBF6e48YWsTKX6CKD-OJ7NttRsrXbdtAZAj6c9FCysZ-OthvAcx4c/s1600-h/38+Dave"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331998193416934114" style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjier0GM2j0RtPu77tpmdaMc-AEH7xIeFZMRrKdrtNVn0KMdV19GzzxrphPo9iaXPb0YMi7R7LVn303-JF5W8j2eCKBBF6e48YWsTKX6CKD-OJ7NttRsrXbdtAZAj6c9FCysZ-OthvAcx4c/s320/38+Dave%27s+Kazakhstan+trip+flight+home.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div></div><br /><div>This was the flight from Houston to Kazakhstan, I'm telling you its tough when you have to fly business overseas.</div>Dave & Suzannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12295050308668784777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5906614383850180892.post-68153233056903265232009-04-28T09:44:00.005-05:002009-04-29T13:04:19.079-05:00Slow Blog MonthSo it has been a pretty slow month for blogging. Suzanne is in the States so I'm here alone. I don't tend to do a whole lot when I'm here by myself. When I get home I'm usually too tired to blog, and I like to sit in front of the TV and not have to think very much.<br /><br />I guess I could put up a few more random photos from our trip.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXvENDpUOj4sdLoRyetn9fiX3vGmLIbS-Faoac347z8MXn_GgVuV5ejp8sgiyseUtaDTfMNxTbPWbbiGJ5xD10VxWBwrbqI11UiBl-HT6YT5BT9E37uZN6zOZj4g3KQQ8HuDHvAbu5HwNP/s1600-h/March+09+little+camra+001.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329759834464082386" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXvENDpUOj4sdLoRyetn9fiX3vGmLIbS-Faoac347z8MXn_GgVuV5ejp8sgiyseUtaDTfMNxTbPWbbiGJ5xD10VxWBwrbqI11UiBl-HT6YT5BT9E37uZN6zOZj4g3KQQ8HuDHvAbu5HwNP/s320/March+09+little+camra+001.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div>This was the first night in Nairobi. We ate some good traditional African food, I'm not really sure why we have been in Africa for over a year now. I guess things just taste better while on vacation.<br /></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRklm9wNvKWpmVZnxR7y0TXXbICKyxeLHbqFEiPQAvxVTI2oWh9HPv68sBp4JZ34afQ5_ov7hOcUHzXcbSbP7EyMRyqbMoyhRZwjKk3QVMXgFmmz4FgaxmtgvAUSiw1MPmN8vBrFfdWTGS/s1600-h/Maasai+Mara+138.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329759828533431650" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRklm9wNvKWpmVZnxR7y0TXXbICKyxeLHbqFEiPQAvxVTI2oWh9HPv68sBp4JZ34afQ5_ov7hOcUHzXcbSbP7EyMRyqbMoyhRZwjKk3QVMXgFmmz4FgaxmtgvAUSiw1MPmN8vBrFfdWTGS/s320/Maasai+Mara+138.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><div>Sunset on the Mara. I like to watch the sun set and now I have a camera that can take pretty good pictures of it. It's crazy there is actually a setting on the camera called sunset, what a novel idea.</div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjskNQo_qwQAIFky8KBoaXND-zi3Ilsxz6Ftrr3fTLLmL4Hq7FdTGZdq2mi2YUjKPKUQDQ7NrwlLLKc9-xPW1VUxo7wCezayXYdj2hWQl-JSMMU4SelgMSNjiFIZ-ky9SQRfEjOV686-pa_/s1600-h/March+09+little+camra+083.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329759836598879490" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjskNQo_qwQAIFky8KBoaXND-zi3Ilsxz6Ftrr3fTLLmL4Hq7FdTGZdq2mi2YUjKPKUQDQ7NrwlLLKc9-xPW1VUxo7wCezayXYdj2hWQl-JSMMU4SelgMSNjiFIZ-ky9SQRfEjOV686-pa_/s320/March+09+little+camra+083.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Another sunset, this time on the Nile river.</div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzUB-XnlCDhSRzAE7AYkMr9W9ifU-Udw0MNNZuvtRwlIYHcFBFoPyBZyIaKwU5Z87ZTkPuvvM6PO8tqSRwSEtESjTfbsTxlz0Tm-XAMADlARTFfHuDpcyuzrUldbO44HCqWpzP7M1XAw60/s1600-h/March+09+Trip+1263.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329759841329104978" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzUB-XnlCDhSRzAE7AYkMr9W9ifU-Udw0MNNZuvtRwlIYHcFBFoPyBZyIaKwU5Z87ZTkPuvvM6PO8tqSRwSEtESjTfbsTxlz0Tm-XAMADlARTFfHuDpcyuzrUldbO44HCqWpzP7M1XAw60/s320/March+09+Trip+1263.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div>The Citadel in Cairo. We went to see many religious establishments while in Egypt and this was by far the largest and most celebrated.</div>Dave & Suzannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12295050308668784777noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5906614383850180892.post-23853882033741352822009-04-11T19:17:00.004-05:002009-04-11T19:34:27.562-05:00Happy Birthday RezaToday is Reza's birthday. We like birthdays, it gives us an excuse to go out and have a good time.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlfTNCU83Lxh3RT-P32eJojv3O6ZMxMP7aBT8nsJcJifHjZa_LGeYBzqdo75AErisfAdV6CRP-H84lS3A2EnlSikput2PkIJEUMLauTNi9jw1RorNJxH50M_MuEvdL_aiV2gmb84fvpWXc/s1600-h/SDC11922.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlfTNCU83Lxh3RT-P32eJojv3O6ZMxMP7aBT8nsJcJifHjZa_LGeYBzqdo75AErisfAdV6CRP-H84lS3A2EnlSikput2PkIJEUMLauTNi9jw1RorNJxH50M_MuEvdL_aiV2gmb84fvpWXc/s320/SDC11922.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323593913984590578" border="0" /></a><br /><br />We had dinner at one of our favorite places here.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiu9SBe9myYNZgTcV-w4khVDlaBwbnTuXl-U6tlpkXYKBgOmTUOrSSsvv6SLFTDdEh68FIgVGK3K7Bvi0luBtKypdHc2wjE2sQv0RiPU4PmxyUq5HTJDFoq3XBb9B3o2mCiRNu07jnUXfI/s1600-h/SDC11924.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiu9SBe9myYNZgTcV-w4khVDlaBwbnTuXl-U6tlpkXYKBgOmTUOrSSsvv6SLFTDdEh68FIgVGK3K7Bvi0luBtKypdHc2wjE2sQv0RiPU4PmxyUq5HTJDFoq3XBb9B3o2mCiRNu07jnUXfI/s320/SDC11924.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323593916715024242" border="0" /></a><br /><br />A drink or two is always nice.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAjB6muuw2t0ofyWcWaS48W2xILMGWTSIa5abu7tmOBPQYwxuK9zEu8HD93qi1oFbPLeM4WRTtBv6wl6HAVmaPUJ8HwGVzn8N_Ia08A3Y-_XvpVhDkH0m9ZNrAXfKTJ1WTBV_h092FDeLk/s1600-h/SDC11921.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAjB6muuw2t0ofyWcWaS48W2xILMGWTSIa5abu7tmOBPQYwxuK9zEu8HD93qi1oFbPLeM4WRTtBv6wl6HAVmaPUJ8HwGVzn8N_Ia08A3Y-_XvpVhDkH0m9ZNrAXfKTJ1WTBV_h092FDeLk/s320/SDC11921.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323593913051252258" border="0" /></a><br /><br />She is always so cute.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdoSP3snFLGU-thGxZwIUcnMULcIF6k4Yf8gDHwxnrgUchxsFnmaup4mYtVJFafr_D6JG4MixKrW4fPOjzrqxu2gtq3YtMf8Jiuc1u4f2M0iCsfuouwHtCGYs1yVKtAQIMjfKsyiiL6ZzU/s1600-h/SDC11925.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdoSP3snFLGU-thGxZwIUcnMULcIF6k4Yf8gDHwxnrgUchxsFnmaup4mYtVJFafr_D6JG4MixKrW4fPOjzrqxu2gtq3YtMf8Jiuc1u4f2M0iCsfuouwHtCGYs1yVKtAQIMjfKsyiiL6ZzU/s320/SDC11925.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323593922621931250" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Having a good time sharing a drink.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx75_NpT7e73v6EqkqRTXqLF6P9Xg1UGog9bzJYKI3urSsOAzXdu3IP4zJJyavqcc72ZTfa70yT5xKW0Px_rH58WTGlBrsv8fZ9i7kWRQcA1i7WsLjn-mwKMiPEmFhRU9iaeqf3bGbd9If/s1600-h/SDC11920.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx75_NpT7e73v6EqkqRTXqLF6P9Xg1UGog9bzJYKI3urSsOAzXdu3IP4zJJyavqcc72ZTfa70yT5xKW0Px_rH58WTGlBrsv8fZ9i7kWRQcA1i7WsLjn-mwKMiPEmFhRU9iaeqf3bGbd9If/s320/SDC11920.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323593903534691586" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I think he had a good time on his birthday. I know we did.Dave & Suzannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12295050308668784777noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5906614383850180892.post-24547372533623983032009-04-03T04:34:00.008-05:002009-04-03T05:28:15.760-05:00More about SPAN<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxzZt3f-eFN4sA20bkGjT_CRo0AULIsaKQimvtM8oeYAs1V5A4EpwHSYYvSI87H81SoFqGaaCxHIsKrPQ0JD2fblLTmtPm9078XyolplHvyiJhJMNJWExUEdNL1AE5tuGky7FfkcuE1HFF/s1600-h/Span-little+girls+074.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320407298218120290" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxzZt3f-eFN4sA20bkGjT_CRo0AULIsaKQimvtM8oeYAs1V5A4EpwHSYYvSI87H81SoFqGaaCxHIsKrPQ0JD2fblLTmtPm9078XyolplHvyiJhJMNJWExUEdNL1AE5tuGky7FfkcuE1HFF/s320/Span-little+girls+074.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />My older ballet girls. There were a few missing because of Spring Break.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ14TYPZMQK3fXZpuVOAIDCSO5Ymg5-sjferqen6dNChcKN_sFqkp-7qYUXATxJ1mO38L5XP6p_xazC5r9SvyqKsa7AcFGY1pBXPu1-5YHSHE9HpK6piEhPZ20eSIs6fdGx1piNrVAY5gl/s1600-h/Span-little+girls+066.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320407294958336834" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ14TYPZMQK3fXZpuVOAIDCSO5Ymg5-sjferqen6dNChcKN_sFqkp-7qYUXATxJ1mO38L5XP6p_xazC5r9SvyqKsa7AcFGY1pBXPu1-5YHSHE9HpK6piEhPZ20eSIs6fdGx1piNrVAY5gl/s320/Span-little+girls+066.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Learning pas de chat. Look at Emma in the background trying to be like her older sister. Emma is in my younger class.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhowyZ4gjHrCJT5sh4QpGTFi56LN31ZpKBvPpZY2NtzZZQz-GLTri7BsEzBasGViz-Dn-M1nE4nEcotd2nQoVsC0FDOFbM8XlHf9MlXLUpWeHwI8z2T4SLo-ZngvFAOMAWSYjbW-mfx_Hwb/s1600-h/Span-little+girls+062.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320407291952479842" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhowyZ4gjHrCJT5sh4QpGTFi56LN31ZpKBvPpZY2NtzZZQz-GLTri7BsEzBasGViz-Dn-M1nE4nEcotd2nQoVsC0FDOFbM8XlHf9MlXLUpWeHwI8z2T4SLo-ZngvFAOMAWSYjbW-mfx_Hwb/s320/Span-little+girls+062.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Working on 3rd position and tunr-out.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6DfuOY7vkpLQTKBJcOf2-5GkVodrPEvxPKOGAYAsX_hq7EsKdRCEf31W8CgdI26XXqX3K2yByMuUlpm0SteWDO3Ojbg2zYolKMWBY6z0uU29k7OqvHFkPKkXAX_5vraB4ww_2AQ428Hxe/s1600-h/Span-little+girls+061.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320407289609847474" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6DfuOY7vkpLQTKBJcOf2-5GkVodrPEvxPKOGAYAsX_hq7EsKdRCEf31W8CgdI26XXqX3K2yByMuUlpm0SteWDO3Ojbg2zYolKMWBY6z0uU29k7OqvHFkPKkXAX_5vraB4ww_2AQ428Hxe/s320/Span-little+girls+061.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Changement! Point your feet in the air!<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2VAF13diVfvPlokD_-zLFEmX6BT1-QbNVKRpLFoUgIj5Z-EW_7-moqV3nAkKh9KI4IPzDXMP1qWZHOED7pBtoa4OdyEeFk3OndbV-OrYww1j_t8yUtQiBnfgjb0irH0f6hdLOmiki-S73/s1600-h/Span-little+girls+055.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320405630576305442" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2VAF13diVfvPlokD_-zLFEmX6BT1-QbNVKRpLFoUgIj5Z-EW_7-moqV3nAkKh9KI4IPzDXMP1qWZHOED7pBtoa4OdyEeFk3OndbV-OrYww1j_t8yUtQiBnfgjb0irH0f6hdLOmiki-S73/s320/Span-little+girls+055.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Releve<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoU04gqteCkQDJcDEIvAGnS1smeb7oq-iNwG9KW294rXfkBr4aTdqxZziOstxXtt3N2e1NwcDQKd_qWFrdngU6B_yYmbRflNtsu3R013nYkddiDuQ5Dwd-T1jCbA5YJGzenoB8YqzTfaHG/s1600-h/Span-little+girls+046.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320403794194153666" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoU04gqteCkQDJcDEIvAGnS1smeb7oq-iNwG9KW294rXfkBr4aTdqxZziOstxXtt3N2e1NwcDQKd_qWFrdngU6B_yYmbRflNtsu3R013nYkddiDuQ5Dwd-T1jCbA5YJGzenoB8YqzTfaHG/s320/Span-little+girls+046.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Creative Dance class<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDt5yST7qYZZrL7ntO_fTe7hWbe6inPWzU5ng-zT8tMgrPP7uF2Sjd30twSNrxlDear9ohN67iJoSB1P75fyFvICErMqiDVEqgYrB1hvDpEWuv0DjWQKPLzN99oWlFmGPucOVXfMQBTLY2/s1600-h/Span-little+girls+036.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320403788017544306" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDt5yST7qYZZrL7ntO_fTe7hWbe6inPWzU5ng-zT8tMgrPP7uF2Sjd30twSNrxlDear9ohN67iJoSB1P75fyFvICErMqiDVEqgYrB1hvDpEWuv0DjWQKPLzN99oWlFmGPucOVXfMQBTLY2/s320/Span-little+girls+036.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Leap Frog!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN-a82RBAejibg9mRfUoQpwqF52LkiJAJfolceNf5z5ufzcdIbL3RCNd1Dsc_OfWjHtxya5cmcWZsrAcuWXHzUh8PYqgoc9pLtiPbC1XzxLld-G5-_yc_PJBhIarwbuy1RVLz73REisdoS/s1600-h/Span-little+girls+019.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320403778608302818" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN-a82RBAejibg9mRfUoQpwqF52LkiJAJfolceNf5z5ufzcdIbL3RCNd1Dsc_OfWjHtxya5cmcWZsrAcuWXHzUh8PYqgoc9pLtiPbC1XzxLld-G5-_yc_PJBhIarwbuy1RVLz73REisdoS/s320/Span-little+girls+019.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Every class we have the same routine. I am obsessed with structure! After our waterbreak half way through the hour, the girls line up for across the floor. I took this picture because they lined up on their own without me or my assistants reminding them where to go. Pretty good for 3, 4, and 5 year olds!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYw_cK0KKSp4174gkHwSJTO3oWR96SkgP30yTyGZ3pEZ2bjsr05GutfTSCE8b1I1w5zguUnCmRqKJSmq0-yhV8EBuYcX7i_8mdlKFC9zuGItRlqIuPhcqdPa9QZ62ZJ-FUvSaG31rSPO8o/s1600-h/Span-little+girls+016.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320403773887317122" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYw_cK0KKSp4174gkHwSJTO3oWR96SkgP30yTyGZ3pEZ2bjsr05GutfTSCE8b1I1w5zguUnCmRqKJSmq0-yhV8EBuYcX7i_8mdlKFC9zuGItRlqIuPhcqdPa9QZ62ZJ-FUvSaG31rSPO8o/s320/Span-little+girls+016.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Monkey Dance from the Wiggles!<br /><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgOOwz_HhgYpKHWvv94tK9hQIoy49q4Y1iK2BfTw1Sg3QpjmIDOOX0eGx05g68qVgsA0CPBmLyF32TalKu7oii2M3qCB5is5wGG-dvZO4qWO7_91OrmnsS24tMC3tdVmktUeaDzWIpTVDr/s1600-h/Span-little+girls+006.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320397819628187490" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgOOwz_HhgYpKHWvv94tK9hQIoy49q4Y1iK2BfTw1Sg3QpjmIDOOX0eGx05g68qVgsA0CPBmLyF32TalKu7oii2M3qCB5is5wGG-dvZO4qWO7_91OrmnsS24tMC3tdVmktUeaDzWIpTVDr/s320/Span-little+girls+006.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Circle stretches and "Surprise"! <br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOVK9dfWZjqZxjgxIUb4YVjeprLHDYbwxgHPrkV_ougsM7l_jLWFzyfJj8JhGjK_QY4Kll6vqw9lFb61DT8KIwcn1laqgfmEUYmZTKaMuI2BmieKM-yUwWnIfC3UsDRDw3TcyzJeE1Ed1-/s1600-h/Span-little+girls+009.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320397815776226418" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOVK9dfWZjqZxjgxIUb4YVjeprLHDYbwxgHPrkV_ougsM7l_jLWFzyfJj8JhGjK_QY4Kll6vqw9lFb61DT8KIwcn1laqgfmEUYmZTKaMuI2BmieKM-yUwWnIfC3UsDRDw3TcyzJeE1Ed1-/s320/Span-little+girls+009.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Plies in first position.<br /></div><div>I have had so much fun with these classes and hopefully some of the strategies I have used will be passed on for next year in SPAN. The tuition paid from these classes benefit the public school kids and several orpanages around Lagos, giving kids the opportunity to dance who would not ordinarily get to. <br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Dave & Suzannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12295050308668784777noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5906614383850180892.post-74967305842659976112009-03-31T11:16:00.006-05:002009-03-31T12:29:43.214-05:00Post 100<div>After Just over a year of posting we have reached the 100 mark! This milestone deserves some of the most beautiful creatures on earth.</div><br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqK-2E_TVE6yVlI9dgAt8ZuCnpdVcKIbklf1moWiAQeGYL_UgAYI7jZXPDiHH6we6G-2n-mvUsDYIYgvE_cul5NiXGxvTtM2Vi05wvo7SNaZ0TWQ11BGHpZ1Oif7hfu3jE9CiwXQKorhDs/s1600-h/Maasai+Mara+552.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319392173350161794" style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqK-2E_TVE6yVlI9dgAt8ZuCnpdVcKIbklf1moWiAQeGYL_UgAYI7jZXPDiHH6we6G-2n-mvUsDYIYgvE_cul5NiXGxvTtM2Vi05wvo7SNaZ0TWQ11BGHpZ1Oif7hfu3jE9CiwXQKorhDs/s320/Maasai+Mara+552.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>In my opinion lions are really cool. I'm just glad we were in the car and not on foot.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy5_aN53bH-pXtbzhrIbU0pug1pygYLAJrQXtfsN7VG8fDb_c4eaW99FQd6Xgerk3EW55Lx3v4wKZ1mhn8nrqr3ULCpfi6Vp7eceJUWvEnJReJUQqlGq9Rzki1U1kQn5wdQpNtK-9NhPRU/s1600-h/Maasai+Mara+567.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319392191557227506" style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy5_aN53bH-pXtbzhrIbU0pug1pygYLAJrQXtfsN7VG8fDb_c4eaW99FQd6Xgerk3EW55Lx3v4wKZ1mhn8nrqr3ULCpfi6Vp7eceJUWvEnJReJUQqlGq9Rzki1U1kQn5wdQpNtK-9NhPRU/s320/Maasai+Mara+567.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div>Another shot of the little cubs.</div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGhH98i8N5H-kLFiJRMxM3tELlPbkYehAhbJ-9LLee-JrF8X1V2zjSY9yMfPUos30oVzuWkVVz-xUFZJgFzHwuzXNiw43yHpbnocW44_KN6D5yT_OX1Lyk4j8mVgUUKaNOOTchyELHH9yB/s1600-h/Maasai+Mara+565.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319392184947026130" style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGhH98i8N5H-kLFiJRMxM3tELlPbkYehAhbJ-9LLee-JrF8X1V2zjSY9yMfPUos30oVzuWkVVz-xUFZJgFzHwuzXNiw43yHpbnocW44_KN6D5yT_OX1Lyk4j8mVgUUKaNOOTchyELHH9yB/s320/Maasai+Mara+565.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><div>You can see already blending in with the grass.</div><br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9cBxyg3fMPMJj9y9m5XKx5EQ3ROA1YUJokPY9ymWUt45nELSM7sXRtw5V-Tti7dpjyLPHJdHjH7lacGd9ExeYGMIiz-ZE_2NcuX87XK3_FBUaZyqOAHrWM4Je6x4UF1qwrM2KGuPc33Nm/s1600-h/Maasai+Mara+525.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319390939197432258" style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9cBxyg3fMPMJj9y9m5XKx5EQ3ROA1YUJokPY9ymWUt45nELSM7sXRtw5V-Tti7dpjyLPHJdHjH7lacGd9ExeYGMIiz-ZE_2NcuX87XK3_FBUaZyqOAHrWM4Je6x4UF1qwrM2KGuPc33Nm/s320/Maasai+Mara+525.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div>It is quite amazing how much they really blend in. Can you spot all three in this picture?<br /></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOvSGHtHbtLhVrs7HmPfutVsPluZWWitYuFtmLNZq07-cpheWwjytU66pO-472hfPZ2fnnt00FXBFHMWNZF002OT6AGbdNkTERP6Yevdh4_fpflfcdKj0BWa0xugalPkyYRnJoma8Vi8FN/s1600-h/Maasai+Mara+524.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319390935882822162" style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOvSGHtHbtLhVrs7HmPfutVsPluZWWitYuFtmLNZq07-cpheWwjytU66pO-472hfPZ2fnnt00FXBFHMWNZF002OT6AGbdNkTERP6Yevdh4_fpflfcdKj0BWa0xugalPkyYRnJoma8Vi8FN/s320/Maasai+Mara+524.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />How about this guy? He's pretty hidden.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKK-w-thWsUmb261O8L8u4BsuxdnypjEYV59S8Akut1Z7gw-_JrqU60HM5raRYsjPvMGLZXxruif1g5npuO9BhTkpp4nDHDH2gXZtkZuQkG4VnkGnmSdBnClYir4rrXKJ9wAJ4dt19EbUd/s1600-h/Maasai+Mara+521.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319390926213784834" style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKK-w-thWsUmb261O8L8u4BsuxdnypjEYV59S8Akut1Z7gw-_JrqU60HM5raRYsjPvMGLZXxruif1g5npuO9BhTkpp4nDHDH2gXZtkZuQkG4VnkGnmSdBnClYir4rrXKJ9wAJ4dt19EbUd/s320/Maasai+Mara+521.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div>A couple of young males staring down the buffalo.<br /></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUN4l4PeOYYqCt9BN-Ax4QQ3B7AAjV7CiSUXCL6N8PC-PLaiCft21nqoBhEnK-9SxQ4E7J9gL_Ggj96SAUwiX60KGqmAKnBvluFFYrv35QyI7CZdZ4R-AeCT2L4YI0RaEpBif4K53mI8gM/s1600-h/Maasai+Mara+506.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319390921103635698" style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUN4l4PeOYYqCt9BN-Ax4QQ3B7AAjV7CiSUXCL6N8PC-PLaiCft21nqoBhEnK-9SxQ4E7J9gL_Ggj96SAUwiX60KGqmAKnBvluFFYrv35QyI7CZdZ4R-AeCT2L4YI0RaEpBif4K53mI8gM/s320/Maasai+Mara+506.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />A nice silhouette as the sun is starting to go down. They like to hunt the most in the dawn just as the sun is coming up or in the dusk just as it's going down because that is when they blend in the best. You can almost walk right up next to them and not even know they were there.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_FuQ2k9TdhEbz4O3odg0wWcLTI158arOSokJD6bUURKI5xDj19G4UoJwa9GRReExD46Cm8ffqJRG5yhXVqM4DN0-SDxPApMJBuhwU5u1LZfv5_8jFUk3PAwiqcbKd7nbZk6l-Pz7WktAw/s1600-h/Maasai+Mara+327.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319390917613334178" style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_FuQ2k9TdhEbz4O3odg0wWcLTI158arOSokJD6bUURKI5xDj19G4UoJwa9GRReExD46Cm8ffqJRG5yhXVqM4DN0-SDxPApMJBuhwU5u1LZfv5_8jFUk3PAwiqcbKd7nbZk6l-Pz7WktAw/s320/Maasai+Mara+327.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><div>These two were resting after their meal.</div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8LmFdmdsY6qDuEA4ab8_Bjy4IyxPWZf1IVKa6As6c6wSGdWWh3M0eFpD1vChRTXE04LGxoBE5tBEXAtWFVN5f8ElgA3xoZ4JizP3U-5W7DkOi_ATiE8gy9wuE7PMrndkQfoDrnjA106Hc/s1600-h/Maasai+Mara+554.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319392178396368162" style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8LmFdmdsY6qDuEA4ab8_Bjy4IyxPWZf1IVKa6As6c6wSGdWWh3M0eFpD1vChRTXE04LGxoBE5tBEXAtWFVN5f8ElgA3xoZ4JizP3U-5W7DkOi_ATiE8gy9wuE7PMrndkQfoDrnjA106Hc/s320/Maasai+Mara+554.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />A couple of female checking us out seeing if we are ok to hang out next to their cubs.</div></div></div></div></div></div>Dave & Suzannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12295050308668784777noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5906614383850180892.post-90609172289858078222009-03-29T06:57:00.005-05:002009-03-29T07:59:30.385-05:00BabiesWho doesn't like looking a baby animals?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1ZESpx6CbgQWFPd_Qwu7KW6OAag0Zj7QkVtKeBsOIWCCB9o0tp___e4WhV6oPvy0dlzpdw1422MCjYLN6MdhLdopdVi_cWQVfiaVW_zTXK2_1MfuqhNyNwDy0i0EjUp8dwxxdDuHQ_ePk/s1600-h/March+09+Trip+494.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1ZESpx6CbgQWFPd_Qwu7KW6OAag0Zj7QkVtKeBsOIWCCB9o0tp___e4WhV6oPvy0dlzpdw1422MCjYLN6MdhLdopdVi_cWQVfiaVW_zTXK2_1MfuqhNyNwDy0i0EjUp8dwxxdDuHQ_ePk/s320/March+09+Trip+494.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318586781053505650" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The cutest one had to be the baby elephant. Our guide said that this one was about 4 days old. How cute is that.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg456VFdDoe3XXxu38SKHw1pBvjDtDKia5XJZyHHW5sEBVz2zXhKpPGkT3WtphY12cwaJAdlptANCROj4MU2h10tSC1ZWQZjVRziCXDhzaDq_n1xJJzCF9FN8nRqGK6NYOcbDY6T4CmGWNv/s1600-h/March+09+Trip+435.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg456VFdDoe3XXxu38SKHw1pBvjDtDKia5XJZyHHW5sEBVz2zXhKpPGkT3WtphY12cwaJAdlptANCROj4MU2h10tSC1ZWQZjVRziCXDhzaDq_n1xJJzCF9FN8nRqGK6NYOcbDY6T4CmGWNv/s320/March+09+Trip+435.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318586772978323778" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Can you see the baby hippo hiding behind his mama?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOKIiG4HtxffbNVLmVdqV1eTfVkb-ML3jb5Y0pUIyk6dCb-gcjh62klY1nWhPRug53M7pKvXcAzlUZlyvbqBIHmtSBF3fj1IaF5j-8AfNeYEWlffdyXQ-Sh4Bc3APtcOfkabs1tqC_6e6v/s1600-h/March+09+Trip+582.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOKIiG4HtxffbNVLmVdqV1eTfVkb-ML3jb5Y0pUIyk6dCb-gcjh62klY1nWhPRug53M7pKvXcAzlUZlyvbqBIHmtSBF3fj1IaF5j-8AfNeYEWlffdyXQ-Sh4Bc3APtcOfkabs1tqC_6e6v/s320/March+09+Trip+582.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318586784975388530" border="0" /></a><br /><br />A couple of baby gazelles learning where to go and what to stay away from.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZWe9zt6NH8-UYdLXBwPvUriDvYy3b_eqZHO8DCgwwc9Nu3WNn4qR_c3cW671hgEky_K4tI5Fz8wIdHYqv0YJNNpWcWbmjY7YNEfXrhnfaRKIsKJ0_32qiWN4FsizIn8nckeWplH-_nnx6/s1600-h/March+09+Trip+433.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZWe9zt6NH8-UYdLXBwPvUriDvYy3b_eqZHO8DCgwwc9Nu3WNn4qR_c3cW671hgEky_K4tI5Fz8wIdHYqv0YJNNpWcWbmjY7YNEfXrhnfaRKIsKJ0_32qiWN4FsizIn8nckeWplH-_nnx6/s320/March+09+Trip+433.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318586767805026882" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The antelopes called Topi.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwLXwiHaLAlBQSrIG-nwI2gl4vmR1XLex9AO_ELCVETxIeUt1MaRcHfjsT9JWhi5jqqnOi4K-033ZpQsmqmQsZAMjhhL70LvD8oNQm4tq53LCTGMKdQtAI5nTGlZrxDIaik_UOH5HhNoNY/s1600-h/March+09+Trip+350.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwLXwiHaLAlBQSrIG-nwI2gl4vmR1XLex9AO_ELCVETxIeUt1MaRcHfjsT9JWhi5jqqnOi4K-033ZpQsmqmQsZAMjhhL70LvD8oNQm4tq53LCTGMKdQtAI5nTGlZrxDIaik_UOH5HhNoNY/s320/March+09+Trip+350.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318584440578450802" border="0" /></a><br /><br />A family of warthogs. These guys are very skittish. They did not like anyone getting close.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1KciBLdyWTUPJECthhupq8rpAbJ2mSV-ZPhcn_nXafa2dEFMoIYf9zT7ZMWkfHUjdpVDKIN2lscIrtWaGsPFXyLvw-wFyL8oK-xKIuj8EcC6ZtX7SywI6KIcuylreZfBYjovXEf_hz3dJ/s1600-h/March+09+Trip+109.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1KciBLdyWTUPJECthhupq8rpAbJ2mSV-ZPhcn_nXafa2dEFMoIYf9zT7ZMWkfHUjdpVDKIN2lscIrtWaGsPFXyLvw-wFyL8oK-xKIuj8EcC6ZtX7SywI6KIcuylreZfBYjovXEf_hz3dJ/s320/March+09+Trip+109.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318584425540161602" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Another baby zebra. This guy is such a cute little zebra.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSoE2YPg0mzroemg4d7up1zQy_wub_fFAIwgCg6heo9-J6_m00dykNidXtUYZrQxPvoBBWVZSh7-7XLSrLXqM3TpII8soTH_mBrHiEphKLM45GRieJiUajEv32ye2k7ekzpkUSXmtpPeSg/s1600-h/March+09+Trip+061.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSoE2YPg0mzroemg4d7up1zQy_wub_fFAIwgCg6heo9-J6_m00dykNidXtUYZrQxPvoBBWVZSh7-7XLSrLXqM3TpII8soTH_mBrHiEphKLM45GRieJiUajEv32ye2k7ekzpkUSXmtpPeSg/s320/March+09+Trip+061.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318584417000562658" border="0" /></a><br /><br />A family of mongooses. These guys were fast, and hard to catch on the camera.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXH9pNBKMUjPvphHNv_Do3Yiz7Dp0C1XZ1itcFQAkbx3ah2Y0-36vdYodhO3NQrTgYAY-Dn58wl479Xl7c2XpJIyAYK_FNduqQW1LgzFjjCUi0uiFYEzEBxVE4UyMPdzq23i8OkE1zdLFh/s1600-h/March+09+Trip+055.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXH9pNBKMUjPvphHNv_Do3Yiz7Dp0C1XZ1itcFQAkbx3ah2Y0-36vdYodhO3NQrTgYAY-Dn58wl479Xl7c2XpJIyAYK_FNduqQW1LgzFjjCUi0uiFYEzEBxVE4UyMPdzq23i8OkE1zdLFh/s320/March+09+Trip+055.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318584414539452754" border="0" /></a><br /><br />These were not exactly babies but they were a couple of young cubs learning how to hunt.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuHFk8rAFV4KTocHyXjN7fPFz1Y3OZmEAiWD0uXC3XKT-YVAE-uUGqufCDWlA2M3s8druD7xmFHBpaWkDpLwHMXzsuhncPjOI3hkdFI1CdCmWzW5t7udq62NYHSCGgL3au6-Uad7pJtctk/s1600-h/March+09+Trip+038.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuHFk8rAFV4KTocHyXjN7fPFz1Y3OZmEAiWD0uXC3XKT-YVAE-uUGqufCDWlA2M3s8druD7xmFHBpaWkDpLwHMXzsuhncPjOI3hkdFI1CdCmWzW5t7udq62NYHSCGgL3au6-Uad7pJtctk/s320/March+09+Trip+038.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318584407079311842" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This was a tiny hyena that hasn't gotten his spots yet along with another baby that was a little older and has started changing colors.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg0GOGPHZKra80VnrSvMzG9D7ULtSUOUBNQh5WFYU-El6X6sxINlaxhhtxHceolIEBbJ1AUe6erl7KDiIDnwiMJHcJgI4s3LFtbRRVPIpwZZqrTXv6nbNMntHAKLkWW7Nj8WLE8Q4RRy59/s1600-h/March+09+Trip+559.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg0GOGPHZKra80VnrSvMzG9D7ULtSUOUBNQh5WFYU-El6X6sxINlaxhhtxHceolIEBbJ1AUe6erl7KDiIDnwiMJHcJgI4s3LFtbRRVPIpwZZqrTXv6nbNMntHAKLkWW7Nj8WLE8Q4RRy59/s320/March+09+Trip+559.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318586775933892530" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Little baby lions, they are so cute. They didn't really care much for us hanging around so they decided to walk on down the way. The mama wasn't far behind so you didn't want to get too close, but they were just too cute not to stop and take a look.Dave & Suzannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12295050308668784777noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5906614383850180892.post-17472820006183965052009-03-29T06:08:00.005-05:002009-03-29T06:54:11.916-05:00MaasaiThe Maasai people are nomadic people that live in the Mara of Kenya and the Serengeti of Tanzania. Their native language is called Maa and sai means speaker or one who speaks, so Maasai means the speaker of the Maa language.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDW49S9UyJ32FUK45GVVAB7HhivmDggd5Tfrr6MXSJFkPjnRq_Pj2y0aVSM3TkQ2S2DrjT2YxiTPYkCLZyaUTO8wuADx6ligd-M32_SJW7LZwzCKHBlux67TtfgfDdEbwLcNjPOmyFBWzy/s1600-h/March+09+Trip+399.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDW49S9UyJ32FUK45GVVAB7HhivmDggd5Tfrr6MXSJFkPjnRq_Pj2y0aVSM3TkQ2S2DrjT2YxiTPYkCLZyaUTO8wuADx6ligd-M32_SJW7LZwzCKHBlux67TtfgfDdEbwLcNjPOmyFBWzy/s320/March+09+Trip+399.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318568015717363346" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This guy was a chief in training, he told us all about their culture and heritage.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2eYdmnSG0qLgszoXCWWrHWEOcQC05qbVl55dqdA71y5hk0wB0_5-LerAGKjTNM7gNAtWCmGgBM3F4dlMl_AAyksbB8n6JK6XFEzf0BpQdudKOuXtv8mIcKqi0nKtj0aq-2okcuId-K9uI/s1600-h/March+09+Trip+418.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2eYdmnSG0qLgszoXCWWrHWEOcQC05qbVl55dqdA71y5hk0wB0_5-LerAGKjTNM7gNAtWCmGgBM3F4dlMl_AAyksbB8n6JK6XFEzf0BpQdudKOuXtv8mIcKqi0nKtj0aq-2okcuId-K9uI/s320/March+09+Trip+418.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318568021102035186" border="0" /></a><br /><br />A group of Maasai warriors performing one of their tribal dances.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBPPUsIeje0vWghoih-KRESIAhB30ybvvVsby6des4AzbdCb57izuivl-Xxsj5U2J1FC3pzXIq7ZlHg8wBJPIx7JLEsNslMWCblQZQPGPaysToNge5irsBHs30cwBEk0FOsIb8rJxx7TbI/s1600-h/March+09+Trip+408.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBPPUsIeje0vWghoih-KRESIAhB30ybvvVsby6des4AzbdCb57izuivl-Xxsj5U2J1FC3pzXIq7ZlHg8wBJPIx7JLEsNslMWCblQZQPGPaysToNge5irsBHs30cwBEk0FOsIb8rJxx7TbI/s320/March+09+Trip+408.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318568032046678386" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The guys will jump to impress the ladies. The one who can jump the highest impresses the most. (Guys are all the same everywhere, it's all about impressing the ladies)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCpD3DttVJ8oBNKJRJGVeT2eUs9CtgedwhkS8N13-G3MtYOp8-nES174zrjis4KojYqMb9Eo0YaKqsWg0vFsD3au83oGvtw87vxfW7ll1ze9_wqIl9WOcoNbpHInDUzaf9j9zSsCFDP2B2/s1600-h/March+09+Trip+414.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCpD3DttVJ8oBNKJRJGVeT2eUs9CtgedwhkS8N13-G3MtYOp8-nES174zrjis4KojYqMb9Eo0YaKqsWg0vFsD3au83oGvtw87vxfW7ll1ze9_wqIl9WOcoNbpHInDUzaf9j9zSsCFDP2B2/s320/March+09+Trip+414.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318568023054695762" border="0" /></a><br /><br />A nice group photo, the Maasai colors are red, they really like red.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhETup6hXgSgqEY-KIjm6fDwQJS60r8G3SVWhFxlVRcVzhfYc4R5R8Qmvcqv41VX4MPfnaDguv3N5dP9vDvfMf0Oo32cApP3QqH_KraQpm26SpZiASZJqGya7VCJn64WqOIv9TiohcOswdG/s1600-h/March+09+Trip+416.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhETup6hXgSgqEY-KIjm6fDwQJS60r8G3SVWhFxlVRcVzhfYc4R5R8Qmvcqv41VX4MPfnaDguv3N5dP9vDvfMf0Oo32cApP3QqH_KraQpm26SpZiASZJqGya7VCJn64WqOIv9TiohcOswdG/s320/March+09+Trip+416.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318568023743658626" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The stick I'm holding is the chief stick. (Me big chief!)Dave & Suzannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12295050308668784777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5906614383850180892.post-90262804230794515032009-03-28T02:21:00.006-05:002009-03-28T12:29:40.977-05:00The Red Sea<div>Near the end of our trip we took a couple of days to relax on the beach. I never really thought of the red sea as a beach destination but take a look at some of the photos, The place was beautiful.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivkkeq8w2hd-lHPJ8Wdf-7t2VsiVdbO7IKKOBM63ykXLh_YnYeGp7NZsuejOuNCG2XZuM7uMBj0LQw3RcrgQQXX3wreKxB6bBozeax8UEoCwpNTVsmYEZyAcu8_MrKYGoog6zEL2LblBTH/s1600-h/March+09+Trip+1204.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318141723928521730" style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivkkeq8w2hd-lHPJ8Wdf-7t2VsiVdbO7IKKOBM63ykXLh_YnYeGp7NZsuejOuNCG2XZuM7uMBj0LQw3RcrgQQXX3wreKxB6bBozeax8UEoCwpNTVsmYEZyAcu8_MrKYGoog6zEL2LblBTH/s320/March+09+Trip+1204.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>This was the entrance of the resort<br /><br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGFU5rOdhiSt_282trDkLSsTiQmdhHMRjR9UAlNC6ROxE0Yq15Qj1-PVk6pN2SHBaNkqPEX2lbBfMM5tfaiM_FpcHdZ0xjqqbN_2bC45f0dZctcrHPMWrfwcskGuigBrvpSe1NywVEY4eL/s1600-h/March+09+Trip+1193.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318141699893091554" style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGFU5rOdhiSt_282trDkLSsTiQmdhHMRjR9UAlNC6ROxE0Yq15Qj1-PVk6pN2SHBaNkqPEX2lbBfMM5tfaiM_FpcHdZ0xjqqbN_2bC45f0dZctcrHPMWrfwcskGuigBrvpSe1NywVEY4eL/s320/March+09+Trip+1193.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br />Here is the view out our window of the room we stayed in for two nights.<br /><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifaSFulHu9Qg4qbyV0sj6QQmJTWVbTVVnDSf3v-uxehsSsfZD7Qcvy8UldzFUXqO19lGoD12cGs8sX63itiF-ALU45q9TwJVE65arrfhmxgZo9mSWnjnYmqke_mEYsoXt8XoncQcpU7uVC/s1600-h/March+09+Trip+1195.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318141704425729394" style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifaSFulHu9Qg4qbyV0sj6QQmJTWVbTVVnDSf3v-uxehsSsfZD7Qcvy8UldzFUXqO19lGoD12cGs8sX63itiF-ALU45q9TwJVE65arrfhmxgZo9mSWnjnYmqke_mEYsoXt8XoncQcpU7uVC/s320/March+09+Trip+1195.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br />This one shows the different colors that you can see of the water.<br /><div> </div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhclbC9gI80WSulCpUtSOTM1kUzKPLn33Ibbk6iR9C09-Mqa0qhkC8S3uO2LXOktiFnH1O_7nHQTP1xU4iXMWzhRg2ZrEIOF7Coi4Yy-PbDndNJX4DXK7IHWeoatP48PwM3XAzcM1x9ZcS0/s1600-h/March+09+little+camra+122.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318140420354769314" style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhclbC9gI80WSulCpUtSOTM1kUzKPLn33Ibbk6iR9C09-Mqa0qhkC8S3uO2LXOktiFnH1O_7nHQTP1xU4iXMWzhRg2ZrEIOF7Coi4Yy-PbDndNJX4DXK7IHWeoatP48PwM3XAzcM1x9ZcS0/s320/March+09+little+camra+122.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br />Relaxing on the beach. We thought Suzanne's dad would be proud of the straw hat with the big brim to keep the sun out.<br /><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT9VopAuAtHwLd_XflAXzqp2sPv-tiwTC5ZTdYEHbSlB3EG0_b9uPeJ1e-N2rrEykWeUvaqxoq91B6RnOzO74zyF0IA3BGsmoda7cPGKRPshkAcSuRJV85uiO88nHAywiw_RR-2hKTJokl/s1600-h/March+09+Trip+1202.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318141715629765650" style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT9VopAuAtHwLd_XflAXzqp2sPv-tiwTC5ZTdYEHbSlB3EG0_b9uPeJ1e-N2rrEykWeUvaqxoq91B6RnOzO74zyF0IA3BGsmoda7cPGKRPshkAcSuRJV85uiO88nHAywiw_RR-2hKTJokl/s320/March+09+Trip+1202.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Between the resort and the little town we found some nice flowers to take a picture beside.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUKlyWiagLZbrYLC8UBlvogJT5i2xZDqS95sd1C-jsm8KDixVsmgL1jj3Be2dmj3WKUUqo7wEXt_lZI-lUmraeNKPeRFIDgMNUEDEWUc1n3AIHkAxDInUYNKBHYFAIfn9YxucmjtSQW7yQ/s1600-h/March+09+little+camra+134.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318140431322362322" style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUKlyWiagLZbrYLC8UBlvogJT5i2xZDqS95sd1C-jsm8KDixVsmgL1jj3Be2dmj3WKUUqo7wEXt_lZI-lUmraeNKPeRFIDgMNUEDEWUc1n3AIHkAxDInUYNKBHYFAIfn9YxucmjtSQW7yQ/s320/March+09+little+camra+134.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div>We got the opportunity to go para sailing while we were there. This was a really neat experience.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmxFnvSBPwMYr5g8qnS2KIBY2IgXK7P3k4mn4s1lChk9L1mqKCUq1USv6mehBHiMw3PRyf5ngTjJB7RZQYt3DMkmswMEfTOM3Nv5_5IH0XqkRZelp4FRKEBO4gVkOm_Xtfc3uIXjK2F4Rb/s1600-h/March+09+little+camra+138.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318140430631747890" style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmxFnvSBPwMYr5g8qnS2KIBY2IgXK7P3k4mn4s1lChk9L1mqKCUq1USv6mehBHiMw3PRyf5ngTjJB7RZQYt3DMkmswMEfTOM3Nv5_5IH0XqkRZelp4FRKEBO4gVkOm_Xtfc3uIXjK2F4Rb/s320/March+09+little+camra+138.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />We got the person reeling out the rope to take some pictures while we were in the air.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhauLdd0wHH951rNImhNR70su7_wHC2w813mr4V0g2CZCL5o6E9sPYcrdYK0cggWzA1o4G2WggJOqh0JWLOycCXl4mUS4xvgEHxGkrJ3XvEBzHorLsT2gZUpCio-6Y0iN5h_NQPPbZc71v/s1600-h/March+09+little+camra+146.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318140435941420050" style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhauLdd0wHH951rNImhNR70su7_wHC2w813mr4V0g2CZCL5o6E9sPYcrdYK0cggWzA1o4G2WggJOqh0JWLOycCXl4mUS4xvgEHxGkrJ3XvEBzHorLsT2gZUpCio-6Y0iN5h_NQPPbZc71v/s320/March+09+little+camra+146.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This rope was 100 meters long. For those who don't think in meters that's about 300 feet high. That is really high. It was quite amazing looking at the sea and the beach from high up.<br /><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqDOFYhuNfhWs5wM-tORz6QUKL2VK_zQqd3wJKJMkSuXHyXp86bzbkd85-47Wsx7zAtRrCSipW4q3c5hsVvSmUMEpuBJIERrm75Ujc7GCilykobKj-Js6qrNJDmTQ77vGKctv9D2hCrwRe/s1600-h/March+09+little+camra+167.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318140433221329810" style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqDOFYhuNfhWs5wM-tORz6QUKL2VK_zQqd3wJKJMkSuXHyXp86bzbkd85-47Wsx7zAtRrCSipW4q3c5hsVvSmUMEpuBJIERrm75Ujc7GCilykobKj-Js6qrNJDmTQ77vGKctv9D2hCrwRe/s320/March+09+little+camra+167.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Touching the water. If the boat driver times it right you can touch the water and then get back up.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdGuzdIIeUcxt6SyjeOLq9U1Iv1ZT-ehcG2Rj1TnvQ1zST20epdfvc5Aiui7Hs5jwkBW3RyHPepl8sxDAgQt16E4LV1NT9XhlSZVyjjqyooYqtu3Vd69fgNqOWDcLLBz0ND3Y4OFYNRzvk/s1600-h/March+09+little+camra+175.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318141696127799058" style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdGuzdIIeUcxt6SyjeOLq9U1Iv1ZT-ehcG2Rj1TnvQ1zST20epdfvc5Aiui7Hs5jwkBW3RyHPepl8sxDAgQt16E4LV1NT9XhlSZVyjjqyooYqtu3Vd69fgNqOWDcLLBz0ND3Y4OFYNRzvk/s320/March+09+little+camra+175.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />After our flight, hanging out in the boat in all our gear.<br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Dave & Suzannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12295050308668784777noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5906614383850180892.post-82017090699430767762009-03-27T09:12:00.006-05:002009-03-27T14:54:54.497-05:00Temples<div>There were so many temple here I could post a whole photo <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">album</span> and not cover them all, but here are a few of the highlights.</div><div> </div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1yrrgobdmShsoJbN7GDc4b0mw61a6wJgBZsI2w5cQJ6JApDaSvASvYWHjEoqoUJgY7w6BTnTLlqQShumVW_9DciGjsb_LpHNZ3EbCYtFL-13hGEPMURHN56ksEPSIoEORWOy_OfBJGYUQ/s1600-h/March+09+Trip+820.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317904484525854002" style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1yrrgobdmShsoJbN7GDc4b0mw61a6wJgBZsI2w5cQJ6JApDaSvASvYWHjEoqoUJgY7w6BTnTLlqQShumVW_9DciGjsb_LpHNZ3EbCYtFL-13hGEPMURHN56ksEPSIoEORWOy_OfBJGYUQ/s320/March+09+Trip+820.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div> </div><br /><div>This is the temple at <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Abu</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Simbel</span>, with the giant statures of king Ramses II. This wasn't initially on our itinerary, but we were instructed by our friends that it was a must see and it was really cool.</div><div> </div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSCpcDec_cIvIedTyskcTa5dcGNrhAPkHk3b_BOetKpN9RDpZWruj4TRNvfIVY4pFG_bK19EpbugSktBqk7trcXbgE1zRX4bFyIqnuGGXrDD6lAOGN8aoYV95iyUkwxgzzWjXcTdmBjyYX/s1600-h/March+09+Trip+799.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317904488291364610" style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSCpcDec_cIvIedTyskcTa5dcGNrhAPkHk3b_BOetKpN9RDpZWruj4TRNvfIVY4pFG_bK19EpbugSktBqk7trcXbgE1zRX4bFyIqnuGGXrDD6lAOGN8aoYV95iyUkwxgzzWjXcTdmBjyYX/s320/March+09+Trip+799.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>This one gives a little perspective on how large this temple really is. </div><div> </div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_z1A-pVG7Kjx8aa3oGbUf0Rq8jD5m1cdC0ibTKCZAhSTpu_PeUkq52gsNP42tp95LAonGbfNvvUrg5eSVJTzuwuFKojJ0C2uHXJSlTz1IIBbsq8uZ3At1QXcRtrnFf9iVmmWCNk82JiMH/s1600-h/March+09+Trip+831.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317904483859219122" style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_z1A-pVG7Kjx8aa3oGbUf0Rq8jD5m1cdC0ibTKCZAhSTpu_PeUkq52gsNP42tp95LAonGbfNvvUrg5eSVJTzuwuFKojJ0C2uHXJSlTz1IIBbsq8uZ3At1QXcRtrnFf9iVmmWCNk82JiMH/s320/March+09+Trip+831.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><div>This is another section of the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Abu</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Simbel</span> temple.<br /></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVVDvnH75LKFGRO6gO2okqjlG4ArY8qcNeP8fLTDxYY-6Mgcg5oEozaZXNsllqEGI6Kk9rbGp0EjGTinslhRJWXhNrGvpw1I1CwDLU0utKRudbAaF4uKFct2molFu4SB4CYnKWck8Ms8KG/s1600-h/March+09+Trip+890.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317904477055744882" style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVVDvnH75LKFGRO6gO2okqjlG4ArY8qcNeP8fLTDxYY-6Mgcg5oEozaZXNsllqEGI6Kk9rbGp0EjGTinslhRJWXhNrGvpw1I1CwDLU0utKRudbAaF4uKFct2molFu4SB4CYnKWck8Ms8KG/s320/March+09+Trip+890.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Here is the outer court of the temple of Isis.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxQq3w3H-yDgbg7dfbhn7Mfvj-9ZMcRo1hUhCd-U3o-KN91sRmJ_QWJrQHlvSnydKCn0F2fGUOfbss93x26G0xjXUJotENuLhSix-Bj17iWQR462ZLewKS4rXsB5AlON3okJpwSmRwdHHp/s1600-h/March+09+Trip+922.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317904468076981474" style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxQq3w3H-yDgbg7dfbhn7Mfvj-9ZMcRo1hUhCd-U3o-KN91sRmJ_QWJrQHlvSnydKCn0F2fGUOfbss93x26G0xjXUJotENuLhSix-Bj17iWQR462ZLewKS4rXsB5AlON3okJpwSmRwdHHp/s320/March+09+Trip+922.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The inner court of the temple of Isis. The columns and the carvings on the stone is really breathtaking.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjePCP4VOb1BTtZR65j3ro_rrjYoR0xZvTW676jILtt6oobURF5Uup6zdrUBe46evLNrczUYjv0NSSFIBxbuvbOjxi3CrMzKHIuboqpgyocw851akKTEdGvHnGQjQ614Qh2pLVmenX6h36a/s1600-h/March+09+Trip+945.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317902841151224050" style="width: 240px; height: 320px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjePCP4VOb1BTtZR65j3ro_rrjYoR0xZvTW676jILtt6oobURF5Uup6zdrUBe46evLNrczUYjv0NSSFIBxbuvbOjxi3CrMzKHIuboqpgyocw851akKTEdGvHnGQjQ614Qh2pLVmenX6h36a/s320/March+09+Trip+945.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>A column at the temple at <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Kom</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Ombo</span>. This one dedicated to the Crocodile god.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixJDi-JVeilSasmdwcM37np1eaOY2Q3t5G8IpOw7sWxW4fjhM9bWCTSPrejBw6H2pgWlGoIVhwFZVZkksf0EfwsYVrLl1E-M7ZvuVy2KFbdijUmUd-gjhQ4oC_Z2SB50eRDp81Cn2ofI4r/s1600-h/March+09+Trip+967.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317902830883366130" style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixJDi-JVeilSasmdwcM37np1eaOY2Q3t5G8IpOw7sWxW4fjhM9bWCTSPrejBw6H2pgWlGoIVhwFZVZkksf0EfwsYVrLl1E-M7ZvuVy2KFbdijUmUd-gjhQ4oC_Z2SB50eRDp81Cn2ofI4r/s320/March+09+Trip+967.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Another of the temple of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Kom</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Ombo</span>. This one shows a place where they would keep a crocodile caged up.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9LOjFuTW8h3zsMagv5tQQ4a4N780qAnAEi33PCjH7NnnLjIIB2GuRqeEPWC0hOBoGbxXKXazH5KE4QQwbQmKevbQ0WHtzOn4rp1yd06-cMNY5LghyphenhyphenRrJ4jM1q2yQShakIoQK4mzZALnRP/s1600-h/March+09+Trip+1024.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317902830417296178" style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9LOjFuTW8h3zsMagv5tQQ4a4N780qAnAEi33PCjH7NnnLjIIB2GuRqeEPWC0hOBoGbxXKXazH5KE4QQwbQmKevbQ0WHtzOn4rp1yd06-cMNY5LghyphenhyphenRrJ4jM1q2yQShakIoQK4mzZALnRP/s320/March+09+Trip+1024.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><div>This picture shows how they would draw in red "ink" on the stone before carving. This one they didn't get to finish and erase the red.<br /></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLGYCD9J2f-l_1uFh9cvWWymPklthMOFs1pSETUuDXaNtFfr61Q-GxX71r4f01tPK8yg4r-2QXeNnPfLR1HK7TGJxIIzJpTV84RnqNGkf6sLbmLPfDz43oxxTH3hnTRIHu3RIkhOnHiiQh/s1600-h/March+09+Trip+1037.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317902825220791986" style="width: 240px; height: 320px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLGYCD9J2f-l_1uFh9cvWWymPklthMOFs1pSETUuDXaNtFfr61Q-GxX71r4f01tPK8yg4r-2QXeNnPfLR1HK7TGJxIIzJpTV84RnqNGkf6sLbmLPfDz43oxxTH3hnTRIHu3RIkhOnHiiQh/s320/March+09+Trip+1037.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Dave and a statue of the god Horus.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQDfDfrYvqkhj-8JJTzpl8v4N3NL4U_ILudQOizi8zqfYavZ85jDpCw6hU3JSfrN32NQTuUmwBzV5lcg0O7SiwsJG1HxUOwH5AXmbJCmG_LXIpUjLDrZkh1ochF1QIwt-UEDtj32sVKAEn/s1600-h/March+09+Trip+1089.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317900953882276994" style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQDfDfrYvqkhj-8JJTzpl8v4N3NL4U_ILudQOizi8zqfYavZ85jDpCw6hU3JSfrN32NQTuUmwBzV5lcg0O7SiwsJG1HxUOwH5AXmbJCmG_LXIpUjLDrZkh1ochF1QIwt-UEDtj32sVKAEn/s320/March+09+Trip+1089.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The temple of Queen Hatshepsut who ruled without a king, until her son took over and tried to erase everything she had built.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Gh857MBbWD6Tdbzxl3V8uLiGvk19ykiZ3_eW3-MfIDYFgvwSE-G0_5kqFLn2VffyFaxrt53dYEopGNvWGNnD-73merY_V1VQzNNSiZpaGvTw7iV8eGJJT0_63r4tPmum8d93Xc411Dgz/s1600-h/March+09+Trip+1116.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317900953801422434" style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Gh857MBbWD6Tdbzxl3V8uLiGvk19ykiZ3_eW3-MfIDYFgvwSE-G0_5kqFLn2VffyFaxrt53dYEopGNvWGNnD-73merY_V1VQzNNSiZpaGvTw7iV8eGJJT0_63r4tPmum8d93Xc411Dgz/s320/March+09+Trip+1116.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This was quite interesting it was a listing of different cities being presided over by king Ramses II.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI2aikADeqxVfcWmFhXQXm72E-coWs67-LRNrkDH3fwki8dLHolKtWyntLcZtz2nfuOTRp1q93RTLSBGbTGmUHTph8t3bTYAbQrShJBFr71N1YTNwbfzEiL9Fnx9OCJDT-9AmclIuPeu7q/s1600-h/March+09+Trip+1131.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317900941232282978" style="width: 240px; height: 320px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI2aikADeqxVfcWmFhXQXm72E-coWs67-LRNrkDH3fwki8dLHolKtWyntLcZtz2nfuOTRp1q93RTLSBGbTGmUHTph8t3bTYAbQrShJBFr71N1YTNwbfzEiL9Fnx9OCJDT-9AmclIuPeu7q/s320/March+09+Trip+1131.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />You can't leave out the obelisks can you?<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5BvtYtnGGqJ9rQp8FSatsktmz4wEhIcsBjVz71KrNsLeaFof9rtobv-44bZSQspZGMtl1eW9tUVsvFG6NJtHBqLQN3VzO5sXMpQHzp91B8cFYA7_7dukWvyVquubMeZyB3ctYUuZuAlx5/s1600-h/March+09+Trip+1133.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317900938419851538" style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5BvtYtnGGqJ9rQp8FSatsktmz4wEhIcsBjVz71KrNsLeaFof9rtobv-44bZSQspZGMtl1eW9tUVsvFG6NJtHBqLQN3VzO5sXMpQHzp91B8cFYA7_7dukWvyVquubMeZyB3ctYUuZuAlx5/s320/March+09+Trip+1133.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The temple of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Karnak</span>. The <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">largest</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">ancient</span> temple in Egypt. 2800 meters away from the temple of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">Luxor</span>, with a row of <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">Sphinx's</span> all the way from one to the other.<br /></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzwgBcNrmgAUFdG7vhd5IruiP1Ba0FujyeC703Gh14pZcbhTatuoeiThrrC61M3nDSpIclO66SX5j1a5082gz5I4qQlUYiz2_FMDk_hgdJczMUHdFzGcvgPhMrGkW21nkPkJ0ZIQ5ql1Hv/s1600-h/March+09+Trip+1163.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317900940574047042" style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzwgBcNrmgAUFdG7vhd5IruiP1Ba0FujyeC703Gh14pZcbhTatuoeiThrrC61M3nDSpIclO66SX5j1a5082gz5I4qQlUYiz2_FMDk_hgdJczMUHdFzGcvgPhMrGkW21nkPkJ0ZIQ5ql1Hv/s320/March+09+Trip+1163.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><div>The wonderful temple of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">Luxor</span>, with it's beautiful mosque right in the middle.</div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBCYxe_WmXeqyYq2EatYzZ9k-Qt3pibHHAg8U1cA-0zPRB-taNWYiePAiuWU1FRLbXlvhMDkm-Jc-PG7XmXs7hifjzTMgFyS-ockaa5a99wvWJycn-aERPmn8Xqn8z2WUUiViIpaWDrXph/s1600-h/March+09+Trip+960.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317902842197228386" style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBCYxe_WmXeqyYq2EatYzZ9k-Qt3pibHHAg8U1cA-0zPRB-taNWYiePAiuWU1FRLbXlvhMDkm-Jc-PG7XmXs7hifjzTMgFyS-ockaa5a99wvWJycn-aERPmn8Xqn8z2WUUiViIpaWDrXph/s320/March+09+Trip+960.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div><div>This one is not really one of the temple. It was taken while at the temple of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">Kom</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">Ombo</span>. I just thought it was a beautiful sunset on the Nile and wanted to capture it on the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">camera</span>.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Dave & Suzannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12295050308668784777noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5906614383850180892.post-27471124506230207382009-03-26T10:08:00.008-05:002009-03-26T12:32:46.718-05:00Hot Air Balloon<div>One thing we have wanted to do for quite some time is ride in a hot air balloon. Until now we either haven't had the time, or the place wasn't right. However there is not much of a better place to go in a balloon then in Kenya.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIbs6sRXDAM7gr5c5oZ8AvlYPudrlD8VETCw6rWFIK6GsRLW6vhkf7kgxlpJYeIv1_p2Fo9MnU-xsZLKGBM-FZEQEbT_QKKi_ctQVl4RehJh_8Tl3RlYTDUeiKhlDXTq02xm7SmKzxUCPK/s1600-h/Maasai+Mara+164.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317524448264283154" style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIbs6sRXDAM7gr5c5oZ8AvlYPudrlD8VETCw6rWFIK6GsRLW6vhkf7kgxlpJYeIv1_p2Fo9MnU-xsZLKGBM-FZEQEbT_QKKi_ctQVl4RehJh_8Tl3RlYTDUeiKhlDXTq02xm7SmKzxUCPK/s320/Maasai+Mara+164.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div>Early morning, pre-sunrise getting fired up. It was a little chilly in the morning but close to the burner was quite warm.</div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCeByxT8JNIK1NMfJCsM93vg1LmZnJT3Q2-RVhgqxpx7Eteb7hX57tO1_Rt2Utrg6iz-A29hjuf9iyCbl41pxVzf7dP3MG9LLQc3ba8k1K6Hm4_fa3EAHZtRFhKwNsjCe1S2PqR6bQzH3Z/s1600-h/Maasai+Mara+162.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317524436299083314" style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCeByxT8JNIK1NMfJCsM93vg1LmZnJT3Q2-RVhgqxpx7Eteb7hX57tO1_Rt2Utrg6iz-A29hjuf9iyCbl41pxVzf7dP3MG9LLQc3ba8k1K6Hm4_fa3EAHZtRFhKwNsjCe1S2PqR6bQzH3Z/s320/Maasai+Mara+162.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div>Both of us looking cool pre-flight.</div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm53iOMeoYNGkx5wCAQhtxmendQVvj8XTnzwuvXMspM7zNBnRBGYNtpL85vJ6Vf0IpkECnGxmyXKYJ0OkcSmZqCRlD9OqkzIfa5RPaTcYPRdAtnNLDQwRY57EwuCj79RCAmUGVf5TYLjMn/s1600-h/Maasai+Mara+192.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317524447653074386" style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm53iOMeoYNGkx5wCAQhtxmendQVvj8XTnzwuvXMspM7zNBnRBGYNtpL85vJ6Vf0IpkECnGxmyXKYJ0OkcSmZqCRlD9OqkzIfa5RPaTcYPRdAtnNLDQwRY57EwuCj79RCAmUGVf5TYLjMn/s320/Maasai+Mara+192.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div> </div><br /><div>Sunrise on the Mara!</div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaNgW1WmAKMTGXHsdKG2cUf912r3_8Y4DQM1z9ZDQX2Y7rqU1pOs7l5eKI6haYVzedPSAPrbr8j9aNtyViaDqdk1-cvdZWTw9yBViwjxSLoajznmbBDI90L0-77FnoiDwqF3zvDHpfOSDV/s1600-h/Maasai+Mara+196.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317526268020597682" style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaNgW1WmAKMTGXHsdKG2cUf912r3_8Y4DQM1z9ZDQX2Y7rqU1pOs7l5eKI6haYVzedPSAPrbr8j9aNtyViaDqdk1-cvdZWTw9yBViwjxSLoajznmbBDI90L0-77FnoiDwqF3zvDHpfOSDV/s320/Maasai+Mara+196.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div> </div><br /><div>Can you see right in the middle, the Giraffe? We were pretty high up at this point.</div><div> </div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNtFV6JRm7igE3XKY8QtX6jG1aVTCNQTo4enInLobZDQRHhTC1rbu0rxDLLbedJJo39JioHmTIBYh2VmgK_Jv172Iw54un_t-m_ifYj4JhyWpud1PvxQJkSDic-LQTWxPCrHFYXpMHlJ4V/s1600-h/Maasai+Mara+194.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317526262538722882" style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNtFV6JRm7igE3XKY8QtX6jG1aVTCNQTo4enInLobZDQRHhTC1rbu0rxDLLbedJJo39JioHmTIBYh2VmgK_Jv172Iw54un_t-m_ifYj4JhyWpud1PvxQJkSDic-LQTWxPCrHFYXpMHlJ4V/s320/Maasai+Mara+194.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Some elephants roaming in the forest. Still pretty high. It was a little difficult to get the camera to focus. It took a couple of tries but I think we go some pretty good ones.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix6dluS1YijRZfelfBgXLo9WQDNQ8A7HMykGHib6zb72SosX71ot54JBjz_19FTInon1nPJIQcv70QmA1BLSmgmZaEXSDTtU5v3GSQz0t8MhvbWMWRHVX7YRvIwN4-vcv3BAdKSvPoOPRN/s1600-h/Maasai+Mara+232.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317526279581315426" style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix6dluS1YijRZfelfBgXLo9WQDNQ8A7HMykGHib6zb72SosX71ot54JBjz_19FTInon1nPJIQcv70QmA1BLSmgmZaEXSDTtU5v3GSQz0t8MhvbWMWRHVX7YRvIwN4-vcv3BAdKSvPoOPRN/s320/Maasai+Mara+232.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><div>A lot of Zebras and Antelopes called Topi. Remember this was pre great migration time. I can only imagine what it is like during the migration.</div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAbqjA3d6DPN_w79lLrFYwE2iSztzHX0VhpvRFuEtC9a_TlbjKYsT2zWBcXTuun1qw2E1aFPceApgl5hnIrYaT1CmbJ8udIn1tIVHKaC0qj6giGXkbI0Wm-XE8SOf8k06hzvInAybD49hI/s1600-h/Maasai+Mara+209.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317526271317289890" style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAbqjA3d6DPN_w79lLrFYwE2iSztzHX0VhpvRFuEtC9a_TlbjKYsT2zWBcXTuun1qw2E1aFPceApgl5hnIrYaT1CmbJ8udIn1tIVHKaC0qj6giGXkbI0Wm-XE8SOf8k06hzvInAybD49hI/s320/Maasai+Mara+209.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I had to do the stretched out arm picture again, from the balloon with the beautiful Mara in the background.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCnsb8_SIXaLJXsYZXWOdReaKNPl0o2GltuPDq9M12onrIvmtOkEv5iZzFOkTbAaXQVkhPKvjrLBgHysB0yysB7f3bAkxsd_WJEpgvNTFm7WqfRK0bOksOdLs1lpa0Kwja6nlPidlNfD6O/s1600-h/9.3.09+002.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317524429209904818" style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCnsb8_SIXaLJXsYZXWOdReaKNPl0o2GltuPDq9M12onrIvmtOkEv5iZzFOkTbAaXQVkhPKvjrLBgHysB0yysB7f3bAkxsd_WJEpgvNTFm7WqfRK0bOksOdLs1lpa0Kwja6nlPidlNfD6O/s320/9.3.09+002.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The Pilot had a camera on a string so that he would be able to get a picture of all of us, I think it turned out pretty good.<br /></div><br /><div><div><br /><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOSkB7Ic4UgwKHdslAfj1lz3FwP9gRr9QxCxSZty-thAtkSkBhqPbeQT06KGfM34E7yLbG9FIIObo0bkHVv_Bs-_o2QlYB8e3AQGER_WegK9cciASxQdt0cFHSKJHaCpSrH4OdX-7K4IbR/s1600-h/9.3.09+005.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317524434446395746" style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOSkB7Ic4UgwKHdslAfj1lz3FwP9gRr9QxCxSZty-thAtkSkBhqPbeQT06KGfM34E7yLbG9FIIObo0bkHVv_Bs-_o2QlYB8e3AQGER_WegK9cciASxQdt0cFHSKJHaCpSrH4OdX-7K4IbR/s320/9.3.09+005.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div> </div><br /><div>A nice smooth landing. </div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWun3l6PJrvrXfUUpnekj33_CqdCpp-B0MP-k5ZlBcbT_JzQrAlVu5rK4Zn_b77wxyQLLLEeP8niEvLuW2-g35Cc-eWnOGnnJtrEi6qy92t0Hgl5LdH1BPqjJVP3i4m79MfqlNeLAy5Zem/s1600-h/Maasai+Mara+273.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317526290141215010" style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWun3l6PJrvrXfUUpnekj33_CqdCpp-B0MP-k5ZlBcbT_JzQrAlVu5rK4Zn_b77wxyQLLLEeP8niEvLuW2-g35Cc-eWnOGnnJtrEi6qy92t0Hgl5LdH1BPqjJVP3i4m79MfqlNeLAy5Zem/s320/Maasai+Mara+273.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div> </div><br /><div>Enjoying a wonderful time. We had breakfast and a game drive to compliment out balloon trip.</div><div> </div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhQrsG16TGhR-U8_mtYFQiyWHAsd87RdkdVeXYp0aZes32U4j546U_bC4mvgBiU8IFyXjZz9hvmrBFeGgHEIjk2E1hi4PABsSiPH8JiD0IPian73Ina9s4QPQBbAH5wzgUE1QNJ0Esx51T/s1600-h/Maasai+Mara+283.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317532234195845330" style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhQrsG16TGhR-U8_mtYFQiyWHAsd87RdkdVeXYp0aZes32U4j546U_bC4mvgBiU8IFyXjZz9hvmrBFeGgHEIjk2E1hi4PABsSiPH8JiD0IPian73Ina9s4QPQBbAH5wzgUE1QNJ0Esx51T/s320/Maasai+Mara+283.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div> </div><div>A nice glass of champagne by the rivers edge to toast a beautiful morning.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Dave & Suzannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12295050308668784777noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5906614383850180892.post-333355171439059092009-03-25T07:00:00.008-05:002009-03-25T13:02:19.089-05:00Fun with Pyramids<div>The Pyramids really are one of the true wonders of the world. Just the beauty and genius and sheer size created so long ago by some truly amazing people. </div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcyjzz6uzhJDzE18nIyExyeggrxyVdQornyDisL1yVomR-_1C23Yzyu04FiWvR51ygwHsVFxaaip0t0uR8oD-hURWerlM7z07EnKOLfmbjVedRq8Lkp_mVHrFO8-ITAhiN-bcc9lz7c3au/s1600-h/March+09+Trip+648.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317099466133237682" style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcyjzz6uzhJDzE18nIyExyeggrxyVdQornyDisL1yVomR-_1C23Yzyu04FiWvR51ygwHsVFxaaip0t0uR8oD-hURWerlM7z07EnKOLfmbjVedRq8Lkp_mVHrFO8-ITAhiN-bcc9lz7c3au/s320/March+09+Trip+648.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The step pyramid in Sakkara, really demonstrates the evolution of the pyramids. This beautifully preserved specimen, claimed to be the very first pyramid ever built.</div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi46Byv_k-HkpXWPU_wV-fN3BCVaAWEFVYR20EGQtXjoPKfzOXVg0Zrzu1xgExGfQZlHJMhsxzXgK8MQyRhV7Qru34ugObYboN8RDDW44NVDY5_SghR4oOFz4QLDhKOLpRxcK-OpAa8Znyg/s1600-h/March+09+Trip+654.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317099470586911682" style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi46Byv_k-HkpXWPU_wV-fN3BCVaAWEFVYR20EGQtXjoPKfzOXVg0Zrzu1xgExGfQZlHJMhsxzXgK8MQyRhV7Qru34ugObYboN8RDDW44NVDY5_SghR4oOFz4QLDhKOLpRxcK-OpAa8Znyg/s320/March+09+Trip+654.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><div>The pyramid to the left is called the bent pyramid. This is where the builders started at an angle that would not support the entire weight of all the bricks and needed to change the angle midstream.</div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgttt8vgfwXUceIfRoZRDxvHEjRYhpGw5aXzy3ZBiWQpCnea-w_hqzAJURWrjFC29We_1t-rIzziMjC4RUH0sShB3QHBkD2avH3y1GdBgHV4Yl0iRG0HTC2Qj7xWWxuNwtAZOw3IVo2rWJj/s1600-h/March+09+Trip+687.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317099477016759154" style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgttt8vgfwXUceIfRoZRDxvHEjRYhpGw5aXzy3ZBiWQpCnea-w_hqzAJURWrjFC29We_1t-rIzziMjC4RUH0sShB3QHBkD2avH3y1GdBgHV4Yl0iRG0HTC2Qj7xWWxuNwtAZOw3IVo2rWJj/s320/March+09+Trip+687.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div>Truly a great pyramid. The great size and amount of blocks that went into building this pyramid is simply astounding.</div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-ADO8W7JfX_L3lig20uoqax2BZW7Yol1PajJvE4fP5hfEx0wl7KeefayXKeqxQMpK_nD0o2SdZaEJn26Qw66knWc6HLLVRv3HFeSciVt15TQrpbxR4mWpuZqTM1fB1Fm8vb6aX7IPSDt2/s1600-h/March+09+Trip+719.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317099488798073858" style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-ADO8W7JfX_L3lig20uoqax2BZW7Yol1PajJvE4fP5hfEx0wl7KeefayXKeqxQMpK_nD0o2SdZaEJn26Qw66knWc6HLLVRv3HFeSciVt15TQrpbxR4mWpuZqTM1fB1Fm8vb6aX7IPSDt2/s320/March+09+Trip+719.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></div><p>Here is another angle where you can see all three of the great pyramids. This is from quite far away but in order to get all three in the picture it requires being far away.</p><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0-sy7TLjQM0S5mNBHpjEfCmsoE6Lq1EQceKMdu-3V1vZueWMlgTBVmE6sWpfrvqVgERyyZFBx9iFOV4cPUb7tW76AP5Ij0GG5VFK_7SlRoN9JcXzSDV6I48pq0DMXkMD5b5bKHPh36Vz6/s1600-h/March+09+Trip+737.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317099495615315298" style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0-sy7TLjQM0S5mNBHpjEfCmsoE6Lq1EQceKMdu-3V1vZueWMlgTBVmE6sWpfrvqVgERyyZFBx9iFOV4cPUb7tW76AP5Ij0GG5VFK_7SlRoN9JcXzSDV6I48pq0DMXkMD5b5bKHPh36Vz6/s320/March+09+Trip+737.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />A camel ride was quite interesting. Suzanne refused to get on the camel so she got to stand next to him.<br /><br /><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR0d96t3igFScqwqCtAmcTHRy4VWiwKiY0RVTxDufLcSjSp3TXQJdRTqC17Fm1WDlE6YjxeF0Orgda_e1E2SplZRqy_w4GDabsIhrgQLi-XR8jjYy-OqikoGv-i8TgqMcxnWc9GAWEg-sD/s1600-h/March+09+Trip+763.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317100142619357794" style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR0d96t3igFScqwqCtAmcTHRy4VWiwKiY0RVTxDufLcSjSp3TXQJdRTqC17Fm1WDlE6YjxeF0Orgda_e1E2SplZRqy_w4GDabsIhrgQLi-XR8jjYy-OqikoGv-i8TgqMcxnWc9GAWEg-sD/s320/March+09+Trip+763.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />View from the other side where you can see the great sphinx, another one of the amazing things to see here in Egypt.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisRygnA4XnU84Isx59e6XJLhmQ0NdSOJ50TwxOXzWHSb2Svoy2G1aeeY1ha7WCDqAihrNHqR4WZXuJ7BRMP44lZU9zC158n04cMFMLEAwTN-NH22tNa8hD9KFrOM7ThsBI7YCUusGReRSG/s1600-h/March+09+Trip+760.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317100137038973282" style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisRygnA4XnU84Isx59e6XJLhmQ0NdSOJ50TwxOXzWHSb2Svoy2G1aeeY1ha7WCDqAihrNHqR4WZXuJ7BRMP44lZU9zC158n04cMFMLEAwTN-NH22tNa8hD9KFrOM7ThsBI7YCUusGReRSG/s320/March+09+Trip+760.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>Us and the sphinx! Way cool! Yes Eric I was wearing my hat again. In case you didn't know its really sunny in Egypt. You know the pyramids were a little easier to capture in the pictures, they don't move quite as fast as some of the animals :)</div></div></div></div></div></div>Dave & Suzannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12295050308668784777noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5906614383850180892.post-55936368971705963682009-03-24T05:40:00.006-05:002009-03-24T11:51:39.847-05:00Maasai MaraFollowing are just some samples of the animals that we saw on this trip. It is really awesome to see all the animals not caged up but just running free and natural.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsCLWA5CaK3T_HXy-fnAyfXsYj7_7zD86YaG-dhqeKSaD_ZonEuEc3Hm0BqYQ7nXqUrVJUbmvzUJ2FTogZKQ5DXLRgZVBSrzzz9vXylKsbDJM-dCaY5OvtSaaoa5t8-DYqagc717A40AHj/s1600-h/Maasai+Mara+575.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316725634795212066" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsCLWA5CaK3T_HXy-fnAyfXsYj7_7zD86YaG-dhqeKSaD_ZonEuEc3Hm0BqYQ7nXqUrVJUbmvzUJ2FTogZKQ5DXLRgZVBSrzzz9vXylKsbDJM-dCaY5OvtSaaoa5t8-DYqagc717A40AHj/s320/Maasai+Mara+575.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />No safari would be complete without the king! This guy and 4 of his buddies were staring down a Buffalo. We didn't see them actually chasing after him but it was obvious what they were after.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyVW3PYiv9mVCxNcjhO80OJPSMdxag__IZnIzL0kX7xBzHvR4oaBkatWcFfV1Bhi1ninSC3Jse7QWAD5Y_dhoHrMqx6SeNvSMlra-Ljzm_auc1F0jWUbardVSTUUB6Z5l6oklS6dG7DIee/s1600-h/Maasai+Mara+308.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316723196535910850" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyVW3PYiv9mVCxNcjhO80OJPSMdxag__IZnIzL0kX7xBzHvR4oaBkatWcFfV1Bhi1ninSC3Jse7QWAD5Y_dhoHrMqx6SeNvSMlra-Ljzm_auc1F0jWUbardVSTUUB6Z5l6oklS6dG7DIee/s320/Maasai+Mara+308.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This guy would take more than just one Lion to take down but he could feed a whole pride for about a week if they got him.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRpjDbjCKPmfEGWOOrqO9PdeFxqheBdKCvcDopAGQs4NCyzHyUYGfUPGa7LWwq7HHSmxpJJh3M_r5KKn67umQeBMs1XjjFfwFBY5lvilg-kSR1qy2oOoI2u0-ivayZqP85fVMao1-_2Q_v/s1600-h/Maasai+Mara+481.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316724503731492450" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRpjDbjCKPmfEGWOOrqO9PdeFxqheBdKCvcDopAGQs4NCyzHyUYGfUPGa7LWwq7HHSmxpJJh3M_r5KKn67umQeBMs1XjjFfwFBY5lvilg-kSR1qy2oOoI2u0-ivayZqP85fVMao1-_2Q_v/s320/Maasai+Mara+481.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Here is a family of Elephants trekking to their patch of forest for the evening. If you look closely you can see a 4 day old baby. we got several pictures of him hiding behind his mama.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaVJIC78UZH-N075nFLMNVGcn5nzOmXaGRBLAmplTBbAheS-gGdUEOwkVCQSLzRYZlBeynVtEExB83TrGwBppmr8LRTg06HGQTuZv9jc6uWFSfX70-xqJJodw54iuZOYBV0C-MkC_OCUjb/s1600-h/Maasai+Mara+458.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316724494296024146" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaVJIC78UZH-N075nFLMNVGcn5nzOmXaGRBLAmplTBbAheS-gGdUEOwkVCQSLzRYZlBeynVtEExB83TrGwBppmr8LRTg06HGQTuZv9jc6uWFSfX70-xqJJodw54iuZOYBV0C-MkC_OCUjb/s320/Maasai+Mara+458.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This fella shares the waters with the Hippos. He is just slipping along waiting for his chance. The water was pretty low at the time so the Crocs were well exposed and the Zebras could tell where not to cross at this time.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcOF8n5iohknMSbJi-D-dcvmKd0nNEk6LSmhOO6Nbh50NLBQ6NFVUqNrV3Tox561QHNqYgzrRE9m0EwH3hpoflROW9b_rsSBeBmKGwkUs0-Bi2W5q0KcLwVn8f5CiFhL-N6yxMdoYecU5_/s1600-h/Maasai+Mara+435.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316725628307518178" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcOF8n5iohknMSbJi-D-dcvmKd0nNEk6LSmhOO6Nbh50NLBQ6NFVUqNrV3Tox561QHNqYgzrRE9m0EwH3hpoflROW9b_rsSBeBmKGwkUs0-Bi2W5q0KcLwVn8f5CiFhL-N6yxMdoYecU5_/s320/Maasai+Mara+435.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The Hippos just basking in the sun and bathing in the water. They pretty much stick to themselves unless you try to get in their area of the water.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHRo6-GVAaZ3OJng1_921QoUFKmbFJMbKkhfn3-0p9dqBXnFgBAC6jLtwxuahcEAb1c3HieqOfqqjlL2qWRtZor2PswP2EjZ9MDiLrcVzA59x-po1p1bvD0YQZENrdPMUbn9ldYaNGYtHz/s1600-h/Maasai+Mara+440.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316724496173914274" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHRo6-GVAaZ3OJng1_921QoUFKmbFJMbKkhfn3-0p9dqBXnFgBAC6jLtwxuahcEAb1c3HieqOfqqjlL2qWRtZor2PswP2EjZ9MDiLrcVzA59x-po1p1bvD0YQZENrdPMUbn9ldYaNGYtHz/s320/Maasai+Mara+440.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This was a very beautiful Impala looking out making sure nothing was coming his way. He is so perfect he looks almost like a statue.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhXMZv9hyjURLLE6AdHv61CowAJn8LDX4d6D2Bk1MRMxEHXgi9C5cfPdLU0AahMbtEYXtIIDCN6iPqCQJKTjB8ZsFxKlg8yvdTdoA8g-GM9PkpuSQnQOpARNG4BXuS44GvdXuxkux9yfxP/s1600-h/Maasai+Mara+431.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316724486693972450" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhXMZv9hyjURLLE6AdHv61CowAJn8LDX4d6D2Bk1MRMxEHXgi9C5cfPdLU0AahMbtEYXtIIDCN6iPqCQJKTjB8ZsFxKlg8yvdTdoA8g-GM9PkpuSQnQOpARNG4BXuS44GvdXuxkux9yfxP/s320/Maasai+Mara+431.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />A lone Wildebeest trotting along. The time that we went was several months away from the great migration time. This means that this guy and a couple others got separated from the herd, leaving them vulnerable to the many predators in the Mara.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP4AFEKEXoO3VYbZD7aisizBxAYWnF60R2pXIV06xmmWooKBte_G-69UVYv8E1rySHSjpKhaFZs-1SabuN5-uazpNDG6n1GL3yjHnxoNAcGC7AaVx68fx_ruY60Rr-1z2VBMrt2FA4Jfj2/s1600-h/Maasai+Mara+375.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316724482187835010" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP4AFEKEXoO3VYbZD7aisizBxAYWnF60R2pXIV06xmmWooKBte_G-69UVYv8E1rySHSjpKhaFZs-1SabuN5-uazpNDG6n1GL3yjHnxoNAcGC7AaVx68fx_ruY60Rr-1z2VBMrt2FA4Jfj2/s320/Maasai+Mara+375.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />A Hyena and a Vulture sparing over a piece of scraps left by the Lions. The Vulture was there first but the Hyena decided that the meal should be his.<br /><div><div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNoWtWK1g-XsD-bxXNQ_5HNxuOrNsqQE278ytxW1uwj5INus7LnmmCKq0lL58cZJ5Kl_9mMvnEROiFQbNEsaAB-tkL_DhM_ES6ss4Rfc_G980oolcIeH5p8vF84mV4f2UR0iwA19z6SQ_Q/s1600-h/Maasai+Mara+108.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316723183794611842" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNoWtWK1g-XsD-bxXNQ_5HNxuOrNsqQE278ytxW1uwj5INus7LnmmCKq0lL58cZJ5Kl_9mMvnEROiFQbNEsaAB-tkL_DhM_ES6ss4Rfc_G980oolcIeH5p8vF84mV4f2UR0iwA19z6SQ_Q/s320/Maasai+Mara+108.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Look at the little baby Zebra right in the middle. Since it was a few months before the great migration time, it was about time that the animals were having babies. We got to see several baby animals.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSVh-9ggcX-um4c5w5XU5TGvX98doUC-MYnXXGxweqeMox5w1ARpqxvo7-WKorXChlEpz3soPw7xDi_UE4p50UUGNdKQ4bHk_Gc-E5nHuT_7XXdxdBDl5AT4ALIqfM1dHzgau3ueAtoOgW/s1600-h/Maasai+Mara+357.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316723205193612418" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSVh-9ggcX-um4c5w5XU5TGvX98doUC-MYnXXGxweqeMox5w1ARpqxvo7-WKorXChlEpz3soPw7xDi_UE4p50UUGNdKQ4bHk_Gc-E5nHuT_7XXdxdBDl5AT4ALIqfM1dHzgau3ueAtoOgW/s320/Maasai+Mara+357.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div>A picture just for Sydney! There were many Giraffes there. This was a big male with several more of his family walking with him. The pictures that we have with all of them they are walking away, this one is a better view of the animal.</div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcElYQLxRcWP-PsJUdXt6m6vqwe86ln4QQX_x4Gp3ioo9SIDAjAWyN_eE8sc5yEx1seE-FesiHGK21LbXGu0QF98sxVimDJhvU-dVXuhl2Abfm7A31kGz8sJhOl2rI7RalWpag3PqlHvOn/s1600-h/Maasai+Mara+053.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316723177803681314" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcElYQLxRcWP-PsJUdXt6m6vqwe86ln4QQX_x4Gp3ioo9SIDAjAWyN_eE8sc5yEx1seE-FesiHGK21LbXGu0QF98sxVimDJhvU-dVXuhl2Abfm7A31kGz8sJhOl2rI7RalWpag3PqlHvOn/s320/Maasai+Mara+053.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div>A mama Cheetah teaching her two growing cubs how to hunt. The cubs came back empty handed but it was cool to watch them try.</div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNnkjO3nD0bQdIB2MROXbPaI6jT-fK1I1OQ0QR4A-bAnZofr4qbNRxspUqEPBpKUWnnvJ23MRtn2LjBp4uS0C3Zd0msOH7FBjq_gMNpBqjY1JUZyrlUAT7wpTP48WQyHit8gvxa0GVjfq3/s1600-h/Maasai+Mara+288.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316723185775636434" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNnkjO3nD0bQdIB2MROXbPaI6jT-fK1I1OQ0QR4A-bAnZofr4qbNRxspUqEPBpKUWnnvJ23MRtn2LjBp4uS0C3Zd0msOH7FBjq_gMNpBqjY1JUZyrlUAT7wpTP48WQyHit8gvxa0GVjfq3/s320/Maasai+Mara+288.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div>A couple of Homosapiens. They are very elusive and hard to catch up with, but we found a couple of the good looking ones!</div></div></div></div></div></div>Dave & Suzannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12295050308668784777noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5906614383850180892.post-73929934983764777162009-03-22T12:17:00.003-05:002009-03-22T12:37:38.695-05:001475The number of pictures that we took on this trip. I'll upload a lot of them eventually but that may mean that I'm blogging about this trip for quite a while.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQtRMfYjMJHrVHcbC-HxsWbB-H67tVdK5fJz1PXAhALhf8xadBNM0MYW3v58p81d1zpqnFRSUGy99lQwKFpvwMxfezwJZGuxQiLRRvNP7Nx_Vt6AU6zYhcOZTMi5oLK4BPvRAL88hpdNXt/s1600-h/March+09+Trip+927.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316065300109339154" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQtRMfYjMJHrVHcbC-HxsWbB-H67tVdK5fJz1PXAhALhf8xadBNM0MYW3v58p81d1zpqnFRSUGy99lQwKFpvwMxfezwJZGuxQiLRRvNP7Nx_Vt6AU6zYhcOZTMi5oLK4BPvRAL88hpdNXt/s320/March+09+Trip+927.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This was at the temple of Isis. This was a beautiful temple on an isle. There were so many beautiful temples and relics. This was a really cool trip!Dave & Suzannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12295050308668784777noreply@blogger.com3