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Last time reporting from Africa.  Our flight leaves around 9 PM tonight.  So sad to be leaving all the animals 😦

Today we drove on real roads for a little bit.  What a treat.  We went to Lake Manyara, or as my grandfather kept calling it ‘Lake Marinara.’  There we saw a lot of baboons, vervet monkeys, and our first sighting … Continue reading →

Today we went down into the Ngorongoro crater.  It kind of felt like we were in an extra large snow globe or in the Truman Show; we were in a weird bubble that was a full ecosystem but enclosed by … Continue reading →

Apparently there are about 1.5 million wildebeest in the Serengeti and I am pretty sure I’ve seen just about every last one of them. After seeing the massive herds, we visited a Maasai village, which was really interesting.  They are … Continue reading →

Yes, this is my second blog title that uses a Bob Marley reference.  So it goes.  As the title suggests, we woke up early this morning to see three little genets right outside our door.  Genets are small nocturnal cats … Continue reading →

Wow.  What a day.  We saw herds of zebras, probably hundreds or thousands of them.  They are the animals that lead the migration, and they are pretty smart about it, too.  When zebras approach rivers, they let the wildebeest, who … Continue reading →

The internet is back and so is the blog.  Rapid fire 3 posts, here it goes….

I am alive after 12 hours of safari-ing.  From now on I’m going for witty blog post titles, but I have a fear that I may be sweating out all my wit and brainpower.  So, today we woke up a … Continue reading →

So.  Many.  Animals. I’m too exhausted to type anything witty, so I’ll just give the run down of the day.  We woke up early, flew out from Arusha to the Serengeti on a small plane.  We got off the plane … Continue reading →

Just came back from our tour of the city of Arusha.  It’s home to about 1 million people and it seemed like all 1 million were driving on the roads today.  While traffic is very bad in many major cities, … Continue reading →