Daily Archives: May 28, 2025

Epilogue Uganda and Kenya 2025

After a stressful and frustrating start getting Ugandan visas, this month long adventure has worked out very happily. We had a good time visiting with Jonathan and staying at 2 of his properties. Connecting with our goddaughter, Juliana, was a delight. We are pleased to see her pursuing a medical career. We both deepened our relationships with her. We enjoyed the bit of time we had with Anivious, the young Batwa lady we sponsor, and we enjoyed spending time with Kellermann Foundation people, especially Scott, and meeting the Dental Vision construction crew. It was a pleasure connecting with some of the other donors and especially the bishop. Although the clinic is not finished, it will be reasonably soon and we will see it in action when we return in a year.

Kenya was full of people new to us, but several are now familiar friends. Our guide, Claire; our helicopter pilot, Andy; Claire’s husband, Rod, and their friends Wendy and Rob; property managers, Amory and Karina.

We hope to spend more time with all of them….again …..sometime.

It was difficult to download videos so I have chosen the two that would transmit plus some of our favorite stills. Hopefully you will enjoy them as much as we have.

Happy trails,

Julia and Mark

Flamingos on the ground and in the air
An orphan elephant rubs my head. These are the only two videos I could get to work. Sorry for that. There are several good videos
Snake attacking bird nest. It got one of the two babies inside. This was the only snake photo we saw and we missed the actual snake, thankfully.
A young lioness
A hippo enters the river
We are only 10 feet from Erick, the elephant. Unfortunately I cannot make the video work. Erick pressed his nose against the screen, getting 2 feet from us and I very nearly touched it.
Two playful baby lions
A Samburu warrior prepares to dance
An elderly Samburu lady. She was very lively.