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I’ve integrated more commentary into the web pages rather than duplicating with my blog this time. It’s been awhile since we updated www.walleigh.com so we’re proudly announcing that we’ve posted pictures from our February to March 2009 trip to Ghana, Kenya and Namibia.
Rick taught a project management class to TechnoServe staff in Ghana, Kenya and Mozambique. Wendy also supported TechnoServe by visiting and profiling Ghanaian clients (http://www.walleigh.com/ghana_09.htm) and young Kenyan women entrepreneurs.
Then our intrepid friend Carolyn joined us for her 2nd visit to Africa with us. She and Wendy toured central Kenya (http://www.walleigh.com/kenya_09.htm) including: the animal filming site for Out of Africa; clambering down rocks and a thermal stream in Hellsgate; being mesmerized by thousands of flamingoes at Lake Elementaita; and playing with a 2-month old rhino and “toddler” elephants at Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage.
Then (http://www.walleigh.com/namibia_09.htm) Rick, Wendy and Carolyn flew to magnificent Namibia to
- spend time with the San Bushmen of the Kalahari Desert; visit thousands of years old rock art; meet new animals on safari (Desert Elephants);
- tour a village of statuesque, bare-breasted Himba women (http://www.walleigh.com/namibia2_09.htm);
- hike the red dunes--some over 3,000 feet high--of the Namib-Naukluft Desert (http://www.walleigh.com/namibia3_09.htm);
- and travel over steep hills and flooded dales for tens of hours throughout the country (http://www.walleigh.com/namibia4_09.htm).
Not only did we hunt with the San Bushmen but also witnessed their killing 25 kilogram African Porcupine with only spears; and learned how they survive on one meal a day. It is amazing to contemplate how little their lives had changed--probably for millennia!
Our journey highlights were the Bushmen, changing colors of the Nambian desert and as always, connecting with so many wonderful people and cultures. Please enjoy our website! //WW and Rick
