My heart is definitely in Kenya. To be specific I love a dry, dusty area of Kenya near Mombasa just off the Nairobi-Mombasa highway. The scenery there is desert-like even during times of good rains. This year when there has been an extended drought, it was extremely dry.
This was in Tsavo National Park.
The elephants are in the greenest part of the park....and it isn't very green! Truthfully the elephants were kind of skinny.
The goats and cows in Taru were also looking quite thin.
The lack of the normal rains makes it tough for people to produce enough food. The majority of the people are subsistence farmers....they grow what they eat. The norm seems to be one meal a day for everyone.
Just about a thousand miles to the west Uganda seemed like the Garden of Eden.
So green and lush!
Average rainfall in this area of Uganda is 55 - 74 inches per year.
In Taru it is 2.5 inches per year.
For comparison, average rainfall in Portland is 36 inches per year.
In Boise it is abut 12 inches per year.
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All that rain does make for some beautiful scenery.
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