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The Ground |
Whalers with |
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Whalers Team Vs |
Possibility: Before the first ball
is bowled |
Fiery Fast Bowling |
Play and Miss |
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Presentation from the
Kongolis |
Outside of the Club |
The Second Breakdown on the way to
Longonot |
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1 Hour to get to the Top |
Al sets a quick pace in the thin
air |
The View from The Top |
Ed summits |
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Everyone at the top |
Keeping fitness levels up with a
game of footy |
Practice on the wet ground for
Ruaraka game |
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Waiting for the sun (and
opposition!) |
But it wasn’t to be |
So a replacement sport was found |
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The Train |
Restaurant Car |
Happy Diners |
Sleeping Quarters |
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View from the train |
African |
Arrival the next morning |
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View from the (free) bar! |
Games 2 and 3 at |
Channa looking keen |
Elegant shot |
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Both games were competitive |
But both ended in defeat |
Super-fit Latif put us to the
sword finishing on 96 not out |
Seafood banquet between games |
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Relaxing after a game |
The locals were friendly |
Gouldy had to unpack on top of the
bus |
Relaxing in |
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Or a guided tour around the
historic port |
Scaffolding |
Port |
Jesus Fort |
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Getting ready to head back to |
It was a time for patriots |
And getting drunk |
Giraffe visit in |
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Carnivore restaurant was a big hit |
We made our own way home |
Party bus |
The start of the Rift Valley |
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It was a very long drive |
At first it was hard to spot
anything |
But quickly became easier |
The experience was incredible |
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Zebra Crossing |
Warthog with Wartlets |
Elephants |
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Lioness with cubs |
Best to let them lie |
Sunset |
Relaxing in the tree house bar |
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Giraffe |
Another sunset |
Heading back to the lodge as sunsets |
Some took to balloons for an even
better view |
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Cheetah |
Rhino |
The Kill! |
Family Kirkness |
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Money shot 2 |
Back in the van for the very long
drive to Nakuru |
The Whalers attracted several
thousand birds |
The lodge was in the national Park |
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Though the view could get boring |
Tree balancing |
Time for more safari |
Zebra |
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White Rhino |
Our final game was in Nakuru |
At and against the Rift Valley
Sports Club |
The full touring party |
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The team |
Presentation to Al |
Whalers were good in the field |
Attacking with the bat |
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Enthusiastic support |
The winning runs! |
First international victory! |
The celebrations began early |
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Khalil is Player of the tour |
Rich gets champagne moment for
hitting winning runs |
Al thanks the Whalettes in his own
way |
Channa is Muppet for taking his
roiling baccy out to bat and asking the umpire to remove it from his trousers |
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Everyone agreed James did a
fantastic job organizing |
The celebration continued into the
night |
We fly home early the next morning |
But not everyone |
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Gets the early night they should |
Hardcore |
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