Category: Africa
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Top Ten (or so) Travel Experiences.
I don’t care much for lists when I travel. And I hate the term “Bucket List.” But I do like reflection and I believe there is a merit to an organized mind. So I decided to make a list of my most recent top ten (or so) travel experiences. I started it as an exercise…
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Mukiza in the mist: memories, post-cards & mountain gorilla trekking
“After about an hour of hiking and John communicating regularly with the trackers by radio, he pointed to a pile of excrement on the gourd. He looked up at me, told me what we were staring at, and said, “Now I guarantee that you will see mountain gorillas!” My heart was beating fast from the…
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Geting a Covid test in Tanzania: A how-to guide
This is post 4 of 4 in the series “Tanzania” Safari — Wildlife wonders & the journey of a lifetime Going Home: A Trip To The Cradle Of Humanity Africa on the cheap. What I spent on safari & more Geting a Covid test in Tanzania: A how-to guide
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Africa on the cheap. What I spent on safari & more
This is post 3 of 4 in the series “Tanzania” Safari — Wildlife wonders & the journey of a lifetime Going Home: A Trip To The Cradle Of Humanity Africa on the cheap. What I spent on safari & more Geting a Covid test in Tanzania: A how-to guide
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Going Home: A Trip To The Cradle Of Humanity
“We then walked through the muddy ground to visit the concealed 30 meter long track made by our human ancestors so long ago. My guide was unimpressed — honestly there is not much to see but I was moved to be standing in a place occupied by hominids for over three million years. I was…
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Safari — Wildlife wonders & the journey of a lifetime
[Our guide] spoke like this: “Zebras and wildebeests are friends.” “The enemy of the baboon is the lion.” Animals did not make sounds. Instead they had “voices.” He told us which conducted “revenge attacks” and why. Trees did not have habitats, they had “rules for living” Elephants — intelligent, social, and so improbable — were…