well interesting day. have moved into my cabin, sleeping in the jungle surrounded by elephants, lepards baboons and nothing by a massive chimp to keep me company. a chimp that loves to throw anything she can get her hands on, at me. there is a caged window into her room in the corridor and i have to walk past it to go to bed. can't wait to see what she does when i walk by. and i was worried about kidnapping!
up till now i have had the luxury of a chef to cook all meals. now i have to cook my own and we all know what a great cook i am lol! but i still get my bed made and rooms cleaned daily, so not too bad :-).
i had a troop of other monkeys trying to break in to the cabin today. apparantly the previous volunteers cut a hole in the fence to let them in and provided food on the balcony. pretty stupid! now they will try and raid the houses to get food. later in the day a couple of baboons went screaming by. didn't see much though as i think they were fighting.
there is a british army base in town, where they train for Afganistan and also a Kenya army base, so the area is pretty protected. the place is full of Malays (prostitutes), so i'm not keen on venturing out to the pubs in town on saturday night. i think i have enough on my hands with Bili hahaha.
i bought a new camera in dubai. Canon 7d! its pretty cool but pics still not as sharp as i like, nor as good as Karls. I have been looking through Karl's photography. so awesome. the guy has been photographing wildlife for 20 years and his collection humbles me. his videos of slaughtering of rhinos and elephants for the tusks and chimps and gorillas for bush food is devistating. as he pointed out, Kenya has a population of 44million and they don't have enough food which is why they kill wildlife to eat. no different to us eating kangaroos i guess, but the result is devastating. they expect the population to rise to over 100 million. what then? so its not about educating the locals, its about waking up the government about what they will do in the future. other countries are the same and there is no way of stopping the killing of wildlife or destruction of forests for farming. what is happening cannot be stopped.
i feel so sorry for future generations. our generation have a hell of a lot to answer for.
i was planning on my own gallery to use as a education centre to bring awareness to what is happening, but it will have absolutely no effect. its up to the global govts to recognize the problem and find a solution and in some african and arab countries its the govt who are controlling the illegal trade. Karl has videos of such things and puts his life on the line for the cause. unfortunately no one wants to show these films becuase they don't have a happy ending!!!! I recon Green Peace should have their own broadcasting business for an outlet for real stories like this.
well, time to start on my books and start relaxing a bit... if Bili lets me.
good nite
up till now i have had the luxury of a chef to cook all meals. now i have to cook my own and we all know what a great cook i am lol! but i still get my bed made and rooms cleaned daily, so not too bad :-).
i had a troop of other monkeys trying to break in to the cabin today. apparantly the previous volunteers cut a hole in the fence to let them in and provided food on the balcony. pretty stupid! now they will try and raid the houses to get food. later in the day a couple of baboons went screaming by. didn't see much though as i think they were fighting.
there is a british army base in town, where they train for Afganistan and also a Kenya army base, so the area is pretty protected. the place is full of Malays (prostitutes), so i'm not keen on venturing out to the pubs in town on saturday night. i think i have enough on my hands with Bili hahaha.
i bought a new camera in dubai. Canon 7d! its pretty cool but pics still not as sharp as i like, nor as good as Karls. I have been looking through Karl's photography. so awesome. the guy has been photographing wildlife for 20 years and his collection humbles me. his videos of slaughtering of rhinos and elephants for the tusks and chimps and gorillas for bush food is devistating. as he pointed out, Kenya has a population of 44million and they don't have enough food which is why they kill wildlife to eat. no different to us eating kangaroos i guess, but the result is devastating. they expect the population to rise to over 100 million. what then? so its not about educating the locals, its about waking up the government about what they will do in the future. other countries are the same and there is no way of stopping the killing of wildlife or destruction of forests for farming. what is happening cannot be stopped.
i feel so sorry for future generations. our generation have a hell of a lot to answer for.
i was planning on my own gallery to use as a education centre to bring awareness to what is happening, but it will have absolutely no effect. its up to the global govts to recognize the problem and find a solution and in some african and arab countries its the govt who are controlling the illegal trade. Karl has videos of such things and puts his life on the line for the cause. unfortunately no one wants to show these films becuase they don't have a happy ending!!!! I recon Green Peace should have their own broadcasting business for an outlet for real stories like this.
well, time to start on my books and start relaxing a bit... if Bili lets me.
good nite
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