Tsavo and Watamu

Highlights from the last month include a trip to Tsavo National Park where the movie about the man-eating lions, The Ghost and the Darkness, takes place.

We did not see any man-eaters but we were chased down by an angry mother rhino and her child. Fortunately, the rhino was intimidated by our Toyota Rav4 and backed down. The animals are much wilder in Tsavo than the other Kenyan parks.

Normally leopards are of the most difficult animals to see in the wild due to their shy nature and nocturnal feeding habits. My friends and I are becoming excellent game trackers and managed to get some close-up shots of this juvenile leopard.

Tsavo reminded me of parts of Boulder, Colorado.

I joined a few friends from Accenture on a trip over the Easter weekend to the coastal town of Watamu. Tourist season never happened due to the economy and we managed to get a fantastic rate at a beach-side Italian villa for the weekend.

I am not going to post the name of this place because of alleged ties to the mafia but here are some pictures.

Our group spent a day trying out careers in pirating aboard a wooden dhow.

The rest of my time is spent doling out work for the Grassroots Business Fund in our efforts to launch a new rural financial services company we are calling, Juhudi Kilimo. When we finally get this thing off the ground in the coming months, I know it will have a tremendous impact on rural poverty in Kenya.

With the spring months on their way, I thought it would be high time to return to the US for a few weeks. I will be attending a wedding in CA and Workshop in DC with the Grassroots Business Fund titled: Metrics from the Ground Up. The outcome of this trip home will likely determine my future in Kenya.