Mzima Springs and National Geographic

You can tell a lot about people when you rent their place, John Blois has stacks of National Geographic magazines piled up. I brought several books with me up to Cozy Cove Cottage but really didn’t pick them up much. Instead I traversed the world on the pages of NG. From Russia to Egypt I read wonderful stories and saw amazing photos. I was particularly fascinated by an article in the November 2001 NG; it was about the Hippos that habituate Mzima Springs in Kenya. I had the chance to visit there this past March. The info in the article about life amongst the Hippos and Crocs was intensive and for a bit I was back in Kenya. That’s along way from my peaceful perch up here in Southport Island, Maine.