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xausa
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Re: The first time I saw Africa
18/08/16 05:50 AM

September 1971, met at the airport in Nairobi by Dave Williams, my PH, taken to Ker, Downey and Selby offices, introduced around (met Donald Ker), then off to the New Stanley Hotel. Next day, left for Tsavo National Park for several days of acclimatization, the picked up at the park by Dave and crew and off for five weeks in the bush. Unforgettable.

I had attended the Game Coin International convention in San Antonio with John Buhmiller and his wife, where I had met Dave and several other PH's. I signed up with Dave and he stopped off in Nashville on his way home and spent some time with us there. (He learned of the birth of his first child, his daughter Tana, over the phone from my house.)

By the time Dave picked me up at Tsavo, I was pretty familiar with most of the more common animals and their Swahili names, and I continued to work on my "Up Country Swahili" the whole time I was there, so that I was soon able to go on stalks with only my gun bearer, who spoke not a word of English.

The characters in the photo are, from left to right, me, Kuri Bhai (Dave's gun bearer), Kaoli (my gun bearer), and our guide, a native herdsman. The cheerful soul up front is Sabuni (soap!?), the tracker. Kaoli still looks a little subdued. He was standing behind me when the shooting stopped and the dust cleared, after a few exciting moments when the rhino charged.

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The first time I saw Africa	Cazadero	13/08/16 12:07 PM
Re: The first time I saw Africa	93mouse	18/08/16 01:02 AM
Re: The first time I saw Africa	xausa	18/08/16 05:50 AM
Re: The first time I saw Africa	NitroX	18/08/16 02:54 PM
Re: The first time I saw Africa	pondoro62	24/08/16 09:57 AM
Re: The first time I saw Africa	BB416	18/08/16 07:56 AM
Re: The first time I saw Africa	pondoro62	18/08/16 10:43 AM
Re: The first time I saw Africa	NitroX	18/08/16 02:46 PM
Re: The first time I saw Africa	Rockdoc	14/08/16 01:48 PM
Re: The first time I saw Africa	Kano	16/08/16 08:48 PM
Re: The first time I saw Africa	Rockdoc	17/08/16 09:03 PM
Re: The first time I saw Africa	Rockdoc	17/08/16 09:08 PM
Re: The first time I saw Africa	Ripp	15/08/16 01:28 AM
Re: The first time I saw Africa	larcher	16/08/16 05:00 AM
Re: The first time I saw Africa	larcher	20/09/16 04:49 AM
Re: The first time I saw Africa	NitroX	30/10/23 05:29 PM
Re: The first time I saw Africa	Cazadero	01/12/23 12:42 PM
Re: The first time I saw Africa	Rule303	13/08/16 05:40 PM

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