Some holiday pics (not dialup friendly)

[Mr Toad]

Taken last month in Kenya


This really is a BigApe

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i247/Mr_Toad_650/Kenya2006/PICT0154.jpg


Mum & Dad

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i247/Mr_Toad_650/Kenya2006/Mum_and_Dad.jpg


Crazy Frog !

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i247/Mr_Toad_650/Kenya2006/Baboon2.jpg


Belive it or not, this is a called a Dik Dik

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i247/Mr_Toad_650/Kenya2006/DikDik.jpg


eek

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i247/Mr_Toad_650/Kenya2006/ElephantGrid.jpg


Zebras - white animals with black stripes, or black animals with white stripes :?:

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i247/Mr_Toad_650/Kenya2006/Zebras.jpg


Zebra Crossing !

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i247/Mr_Toad_650/Kenya2006/ZebraCrossing.jpg


Very Rare

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i247/Mr_Toad_650/Kenya2006/Rhino.jpg


One of Chewys mates ?

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i247/Mr_Toad_650/Kenya2006/Giraffe.jpg


Just a big Pussy Cat

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i247/Mr_Toad_650/Kenya2006/PussyCat.jpg


Delicious

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i247/Mr_Toad_650/Kenya2006/PussyCat2.jpg


How do Giraffes drink - carefully !

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i247/Mr_Toad_650/Kenya2006/Giraffe2.jpg


Queen of the Beasts

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i247/Mr_Toad_650/Kenya2006/Lion.jpg


Mrs Toad :-$

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i247/Mr_Toad_650/Kenya2006/MrsToad.jpg


Big ones

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i247/Mr_Toad_650/Kenya2006/Elephants.jpg


Small ones

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i247/Mr_Toad_650/Kenya2006/Nellie.jpg


A Pool with a View - Voi Safari Lodge

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i247/Mr_Toad_650/Kenya2006/SwimmingPoolwithaview.jpg

The roads near Mombasa were terrible - this fell off the edge of the tarmac and turned over a minute or so before we got there. That's the driver

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i247/Mr_Toad_650/Kenya2006/oops.jpg

[Saint Matt]

Crazy Frog !

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i247/Mr_Toad_650/Kenya2006/Baboon2.jpg


Lol that's awesome, got his **** and everything

[Carsick]

Zebras - white animals with black stripes, or black animals with white stripes :?:

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i247/Mr_Toad_650/Kenya2006/Zebras.jpg

Who cares, baby, they're all beautiful.

[Richie]

Fantastic photos you have there Mr Toad,

Just looking at the last one with the truck.... it's got 3 illegal tyres and the Diff is missing from the front axel.



(3rd world country engineering is Great , some of the fix it solutions I've seen have been gobsmacking)

[Quiff Wichard]

Crazy Frog !

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i247/Mr_Toad_650/Kenya2006/Baboon2.jpg


Lol that's awesome, got his d*ck and everything


u sure that aint called the dic dic...




absolutely awesome Toad..thanks..... serious-- whilst I was viewin them - it wasnt til i stopped that i realised my jaw had literally dropped..honset.. wow what a holiday .....
you must feel like the animals in a zoo and u r being observed- to see them in their natural habitat... something me and Kim want to do fer sure.... mone willing....

many more-- post em it wont be boring..

that pool-! ww- with the elephants nearby.. awe inspiring.

[Quiff Wichard]

Crazy Frog !

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i247/Mr_Toad_650/Kenya2006/Baboon2.jpg


Lol that's awesome, got his d*ck and everything


u sure that aint called the dic dic...




absolutely awesome Toad..thanks..... serious-- whilst I was viewin them - it wasnt til i stopped that i realised my jaw had literally dropped..honset.. wow what a holiday .....
you must feel like the animals in a zoo and u r being observed- to see them in their natural habitat... something me and Kim want to do fer sure.... mone willing....

many more-- post em it wont be boring..

that pool-! wow- with the elephants nearby.. awe inspiring.

wheter u think god made it or whatever- ... just simply- you cant beat nature.. its poetic

[thor]

Great pics! 8)

[Stormspiel]

Zebras - white animals with black stripes, or black animals with white stripes :?:

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i247/Mr_Toad_650/Kenya2006/Zebras.jpg

Who cares, baby, they're all beautiful.

I love the secretary Bird :D Any bird that purely eats snakes is awesome

[tricky]

Fantastic pics.
Did some work in Nairobi a few years ago, never got chance to get out the city and see any wildlife though :(

[mudge32]

Great shots :D ....geek time, what camera are you using?

[Mr Toad]

Nairobi national park is really close to the city - about 15 mins by taxi if the roads are clear. The nearby suburbs have a big problem with leopards - they eat the local guard dogs :shock:

[Iansv]

Great pics

[Fizzy Fish]

cool pics - looks like a great holiday!

[cosmiccharlie]

abso'bloomin'lutely amazing shots there :lol: , looks like you enjoyed it alright

[Mr Toad]

Great shots :D ....geek time, what camera are you using?

Camera is a Minolta Dynax 7D - unfortunately no longer in production as Minolta pulled out of making digital cameras as of a few months ago. I'm hoping to pick up some extra lenses on eBay cheaply in the coming months :D
Nice camera as it has built in Image Stabilisation in the body, very handy for low light shots & telephoto lenses.
Pretty robust - it was in my tank bag when I trashed the bike in France, ending up bouncing a long way down the road :cry:

A lot of the shots were taken with a 400mm lens, which is effectively 640mm on a DSLR, so the animals weren't as close as they might look . . .

[kwak zzr]

great pic's mr toad!!

[Spiderman]

Great pics Toady.

Not that i'd be interested in going there and seeing that sort of thing for myself. Oh no. :^o

[Stig]

Don't you find it amazing when you meet people you know so far away from home? :lol:

Amazing pictures Simon.

[amarko5]

Great Pics Toady

Im jealous :wink:

I so want to go to Kenya (maybe one day ) :?