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[Last OTR submission of a 10-day trek along the Tsavo & Galana Rivers in southern Kenya. Whew.]We began to feel the influence of the Indian Ocean in the change of vegetation during the final days of our walking safari. The mornig after we finished our last walk, we drove to Malindi. Driving out, the landscape shifted from open land, to small huts, to small farms, to villages, solar panels… Graceful women in lovely colorful skirts walking along the side of the road to fetch water, with yellow, 5-gallon containers balanced on their heads (~40 lbs when full). From Malindi we flew to Lamu Island in the Indian Ocean. An OTR for another day…
As we moved further east, we saw evidence of (illegal) cattle grazing in the park. Given the dryness of the terrain and the sparsity of grass, the cattle were competing with wildlife for food. And wherever they grazed, the fragile soil turned to sand. Desertification. Alas.
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