visiting lake mburo national park,
with melissa and maama, neither of whom had ever seen such "african animals" before

melissa against the sky.
i think she laughed at me for taking this, but i love this pic.

the lake.
which i would have jumped into if not for talk of hippos and crocs.
i kept a video of this scene on my camera for a few months because i so love water.

sometimes, i feel like this is how the rest of the world imagines "africa".

but where i live, it usually looks a bit more like this.
(minus the zebra, of course).
(well, and often a bit greener).

maama was so happy.