Personal Re-inventionToday is the first day of my new life.
3 weeks ago I virtually retired, resigning from my contract, I spent 2 weeks travelling 4,000klms from Melbourne to Wagga Wagga to Wollongong to Sydney to Coffs Harbour to Tweed Valley to Sunshine Coast and back to Melbourne to say hi and bye to my friends and family.
Last Sunday I flew out of Melbourne to spend 2 days seeing friends in Dubai before flying to Nairobi, Kenya and a 3 1/2 hr drive to my new home.
I was lucky enough to watch an awesome sunset across the Kenyan landscape and almost at the same time watch a full moon rise in the opposite direction. Pretty cool for my first night and even before I arrived at my cabin.
My hosts are from Switzerland and the US and have a beautiful large home next to the Fairmont Resort in the Mt Kenya Game Reserve, at the base of Mt Kenya. The property overlooks the lush forested hills of Mt Kenya with a salt lick only meters from the house where elephants, leopards, bush buck, water buffalow, baboons and hyenas occassionally frequent for the minerals. they also have two chimps, one I saw today for the first time and she is huge, almost a cross between a chimp and gorilla.
The past few weeks of travelling have drained me and haven't slept well, so I took a sleeping pill at 8:30 last night.
I spent some time standing near Bili's cage (the female chimp) just so she got us to me. she behaved while Karl was with me. Once he left she came down from the tree, checked to see if he had left, picked up a handful of dirt and stones and ran at me throwing it at me lol. after that she settled down extended her arm with her palm up. She was wanting me to follow her so we ended up walking around the enclosure, her on the inside, me on the outside. so i think she will get use to me.
I also met the male chimp today. so far so good
3 weeks ago I virtually retired, resigning from my contract, I spent 2 weeks travelling 4,000klms from Melbourne to Wagga Wagga to Wollongong to Sydney to Coffs Harbour to Tweed Valley to Sunshine Coast and back to Melbourne to say hi and bye to my friends and family.
Last Sunday I flew out of Melbourne to spend 2 days seeing friends in Dubai before flying to Nairobi, Kenya and a 3 1/2 hr drive to my new home.
I was lucky enough to watch an awesome sunset across the Kenyan landscape and almost at the same time watch a full moon rise in the opposite direction. Pretty cool for my first night and even before I arrived at my cabin.
My hosts are from Switzerland and the US and have a beautiful large home next to the Fairmont Resort in the Mt Kenya Game Reserve, at the base of Mt Kenya. The property overlooks the lush forested hills of Mt Kenya with a salt lick only meters from the house where elephants, leopards, bush buck, water buffalow, baboons and hyenas occassionally frequent for the minerals. they also have two chimps, one I saw today for the first time and she is huge, almost a cross between a chimp and gorilla.
The past few weeks of travelling have drained me and haven't slept well, so I took a sleeping pill at 8:30 last night.
I spent some time standing near Bili's cage (the female chimp) just so she got us to me. she behaved while Karl was with me. Once he left she came down from the tree, checked to see if he had left, picked up a handful of dirt and stones and ran at me throwing it at me lol. after that she settled down extended her arm with her palm up. She was wanting me to follow her so we ended up walking around the enclosure, her on the inside, me on the outside. so i think she will get use to me.
I also met the male chimp today. so far so good
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