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1724670-982768-thumbnail.jpg 'Kulafumbi' is our family home in Kenya, East Africa. 'Kulafumbi' is a play on the Kiswahili words "kula vumbi", which mean "eat dust", because it was so hot and dusty building our house in this remote, wild, wonderful place. Kulafumbi borders the Tsavo National Park - with no fences between us and the Park, the wildlife comes and goes of its own free will and treats our land as its own, which is exactly how we like it. In turn, we provide a protected area for the wild animals to do as they please. This protected area also creates an important buffer for the river, which forms the boundary between us and the park.
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21st May 2008 : A Jolly Good Bath!

DateWednesday, May 21, 2008 at 09:33PM

I thought this sweet little Yellow-vented Bulbul deserved an entry all to itself, for it was so comical and cute splashing around in the birdbath yesterday. It would hop into the water, frantically splash around for a couple of seconds, hop out absolutely soaking wet, fluff itself up on a sunny rock for a few seconds, then dash back into the water again - on and on for about 15 minutes...what a clean bird it was by the end of it!

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Very cute :)

May 22, 2008 | Unregistered Commenternuttycow

Happy Travels, Imogen (you must be getting on the plane very soon!) The weather has perked up here and the sun is shining, so hopefully you will have perfect weather and a great safari....

May 22, 2008 | Registered CommenterTanya

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