Today we started a new project...building a road!
One of my favorite parts about being here is being able to occasionally get out of the car and walk around Mara Naboisho. We get to do quite a bit of that this coming weekend, and I’m quite excited.
We aren’t actually building the road itself. We are clearing stones and branches, cutting down small trees, and making a good path for the guides to take clients on. We worked hard tonight and cleared about 200 meters of pathways of rocks and branches. We were satisfied with our day’s work, and only a little put off that a herd of elephants forced us to do a different stretch of road than we had planned. ;)
I’m even more excited about this project because it means we get to spend more time in one of my favorite areas of Naboisho. It is a gorge on the southeast side of the conservancy, and it is the most beautiful piece of land here. A river named Osipuke River runs through the middle, and on either side, steep rocky slopes rise up and makes the area feel like an African secret garden. Big patches of green grass open up after a smaller passageway, and whistling thorn thickets sit in the middle. We find eland, baboons, birds of prey, elephants, and more animals.
I love this place! And am looking forward to doing good work there over the next weekend.
One of my favorite parts about being here is being able to occasionally get out of the car and walk around Mara Naboisho. We get to do quite a bit of that this coming weekend, and I’m quite excited.
We aren’t actually building the road itself. We are clearing stones and branches, cutting down small trees, and making a good path for the guides to take clients on. We worked hard tonight and cleared about 200 meters of pathways of rocks and branches. We were satisfied with our day’s work, and only a little put off that a herd of elephants forced us to do a different stretch of road than we had planned. ;)
I’m even more excited about this project because it means we get to spend more time in one of my favorite areas of Naboisho. It is a gorge on the southeast side of the conservancy, and it is the most beautiful piece of land here. A river named Osipuke River runs through the middle, and on either side, steep rocky slopes rise up and makes the area feel like an African secret garden. Big patches of green grass open up after a smaller passageway, and whistling thorn thickets sit in the middle. We find eland, baboons, birds of prey, elephants, and more animals.
I love this place! And am looking forward to doing good work there over the next weekend.