field in rural Niger
rural Niger
rice paddy outside of Niamey, Niger
Bamako, Mali
Chichi and I got into the groove of taking pictures of cool trees.
rice paddy outside of Bamako, Mali
cotton in a village in Mali
mango tree in Senegal
onions on the coast of Senegal
The crazy big tree on the right is very prevelant in Senegal - Boabab, it can be used for medicine, candy, food, building, etc.
onions
flowers on Goree Island, Senegal
Goree Island, Senegal
po-po or papaya
Me in front of a Boabab tree in Senegal
mango trees
garden in Senegal
The biggest po-po I've ever seen - Uganda
On the road in Uganda
The giant plants that remind me of dandilions are papyrus.
Maize tall enough even Iowans would be proud.
There's no place like home! Uganda
Sunflowers and amaranth in rural Uganda
The purple is a jacaranda tree (native to Austraila) the red is a bottle brush in Embu, Kenya
bottle brush
May the bird of paradise fly up your nose!
Don't know what this is but really like it. It was in the front yard of my host family.
po-po in my host family's yard
me in a tea field near Limuru
green pepper plants in Ulungu
'yellow fever' tree or acacia tree with a black rhino in the middle
coffee plantation
more flowers from my host family's yard
banana tree
banana tree on the shamba at 'home' - shamba is Swahili for farm
Moses, my host father with if I remember correctly, a macadamia tree?
Lake Naivasha, Kenya
My coworker, Catherine, with a cactus at Elsamere on Lake Naivasha
There are several types of acacia trees and this is one. The ants serve to help protect the tree.
another type of cactus
papyrus at Lake Naivasha
Mt Longonaut fronted by many different types of plants and flowers
Mt. Longonaut
acacia trees on the shore of Lake Naivasha
from a flower farm at Lake Naivasha
This is a giant and really awesome tree in Nyeri, Kenya
Isn't this awesome!
Some sort of fungus that grows on a tree. best looking fungus I've ever seen
just outside of Eldoret
Mennonite Guest House in Nairobi
Another type of acacia - white instead of yellow.
desert rose at Lake Baringo, Kenya
desert rose
This is one of my new faves
