Cascade Crew

Dewey316 · Last edited by Dewey316 on Sat Jul 07, 2007 6:58 pm; edited 1 time in total

Jambo!

I made it back. I landed about an hour and half ago, and just got back. I'll get started on the pictures and stuff tonight, and post some information.

Asante Sana, to Mike for doing a bunch of the admin stuff while I was gone!

Schultzy89GTA · Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 4:29 pm Post subject:

LAMA BOY!

Missed you buddy. Look forward to hearing all about it. Welcome back!

-Schultzy

Sellmanb · Member Joined: 30 Nov 2004 Posts: 727 Location: Tigard, OR

Glad you got back safe and sound, now on with the pictures! Wink

Quasi-Traction · Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 6:37 pm Post subject:

Did you manage to find a wife for a decent price? Pokey pokey

Just kidding.

Welcome back John.

Dewey316 · Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 6:57 pm Post subject:

Alright, here are the pictures!

Here is a shot of what a VERY LARGE number of people live in. This is a shot of the Mathare slums. The pictures don't even do it justice. You just can't describe what it is like to be there, and stand with the people, and smell the place.

This is as close as I came to bringing a girl back with me. This is a girl named Susan who lives in the slums. She was a the sweetest little girl, and brought me flowers that she found, on more than one occasion.

This here is one of the little boys in the orphanage that I spent some time working in. Most of the kids here are HIV positive, so most of them will never really find a home, since most people don't want to adopt HIV babies.

Here is a shot of what the typical look of things is. Most people get around by walking, or on bikes.

I also went and hung out with a diffrent kind of orphan. These are a couple of the guys who live at the Nairobi Elaphant Orphanage. I can say, that getting to play with, and pet baby elaphants was neat, but not the same as seeing the big boys out in the wild. (It is their winter now, so they had blankets on to keep them warm.)

So, that is the not so pretty part of my trip. Now the the AMAZING shots I took while on the Masai Mara in Eastern Kenya. I won't comment on each of them. I saw 4 out of the 5 "Big Five". I didn't see a leopard, but did see Lion, Rhino, Elaphant, and Cape Buffalo.

rjmcgee · The Hammer Joined: 08 Jan 2004 Posts: 2328

Welcome home John, awsome pictures.

See any third gens with Safari gear over there?

alloy · Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 10:33 pm Post subject:

I'll bet it was an experience you will never forget John. A memory that no one can take away from you as long as you live.

Glad to have you back...........now if I can remember all those Lama jokes we made while you were gone Pokey pokey

83Z28BlackBetty · Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 10:41 pm Post subject:

sweet man, glad everything went well!!

~JAKE

Al Hasse · Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 11:02 pm Post subject:

Welcome home! Great pics.

Twilightoptics · Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2007 2:28 pm Post subject:

Glad yer not dead!

Xophertony · Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2007 7:10 pm Post subject:

+1 to what paul said.

Dewey316 · Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2007 11:38 pm Post subject:

Jenn · Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 7:25 am Post subject:

welcome back!
Sounds like you had quite a time over there. Glad to see you're back.

Dewey316 · Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 3:15 pm Post subject:

Ok, since I didn't work today, I uploaded TONS of pictures and put them in a gallery, enjoy!

http://cascadecrew.org/John/Africa/

83Z28BlackBetty · Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 3:20 pm Post subject:

Those pictures are SOOOOO cool!!! that must have been one AWESOME trip.

~JAKE

Twilightoptics · Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 11:03 pm Post subject:

Experiance of a lifetime man. Damn I'm jelous!

Jenn · Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2007 10:11 am Post subject:

wow what an amazing trip!
Looks like you guys all did some very nice handy work.

Dewey316 · Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2007 10:14 am Post subject:

Yeah, I can't really put a lot of the trip into words. There are so many great story's from the trip.

As for the handy work, it was rather funny, we were working with people who spoke very little english, and I speak even less swahili. It made for some funny times when we were trying to build things.