Mara Mobile Veterinary Unit

Category: Life of a Vet | Date: Feb 25 2007 | By: admin

For this trip, Earthview Ltd has lent me a big canvas tent during my two months stay in Mara. After setting up the tent, I drove to Kichwa Tembo Camp to pick up the drug supplies which I sent a week ago. I didn’t realize that I had sent so many drug supplies. The boxes practically filled up the entire tent.　　I am much better equipped for this trip, as I came with an inverter so I can have some power in my tent. This would allow me to use my microscope and even some lighting at night.

In the evening, I once again hear the familiar rumble next to my tent and there was herd of elephant browsing the neighboring shrubs. Canvas tent gives me a funny false sense of security, almost making me forget that I am only have fabric material between me and the elephants. Tonight, I am not shaken up by their presence, I peacefully watch their gigantic bodies walk pass my tent.

Single bedroom house with a parking lot and 510 sq km garden