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Monthly Archives: November 2012
Ngorongoro Crater
Before we left on our trip I talked about expectations and that we try not to have to high expectations in case things don’t turn out the way we think they should. Pascel, our guide, asks me what I want … Continue reading
Tarangire, Day 2
Second day in the park. More tembo, this park is known for its elephants. We have seen a lot of elephants which are amazing to us, but there is no shortage of other animals either. Waterbuck and Impala are in … Continue reading
Tarangire National Park
Pasco drives our Toyota Land Cruiser through the gate of Tarangire National Park and 100 m down the dirt road we see our first wild animal. A giraffe! We are in heaven! A giraffe! This is only the start of … Continue reading
Safari Time!
Up and at ‘em, at the crack of 8 am. Another long sleep, the jet lag won’t get us that easy. Today is the official start to the ‘safari’. We are to spend the day and night at a lodge … Continue reading
Arusha by Matatu
During the night, each time we wake up, there is a new sound to identify. Barking dogs, crickets, traffic. As it gets light to towards morning, there are new sounds, Birds, voices, the muezzin – the call to prayer for … Continue reading
Our First Day in Africa
We are generally calm about the whole thing, the Dar airport has a vaguely familiar feel to it. One of a dozen airports we have been to in the last few years. We are thru the international side, into the … Continue reading
Fly Time
We are sitting in the Domestic Departures in the Dar es Salaam airport, killing time and waiting for our flight to Arusha. We are in Tanzania. We made it. We have been flying/traveling for 24 hours now. It’s hot here. … Continue reading
Vancouver Walkabout
After dropping M&G at the Abbotsford airport we brave Hwy 1 and have a fast drive into Vancouver. We manage to find a FREE parking spot near the corner of Thurlow and Burnaby. Off we go for a long walk. … Continue reading
West Coast Rain
When I moved here in the 1970’s I was warned that a ‘prairie kid’ would find the forever overcast sky depressing. I left the province that has the most sunshine hours per year with the idea that the bleak skies … Continue reading
Urban meets Rural
Long ago while attending UBC, I lived in Vancouver. I remember the Fraser Valley as a peripheral blur caused by traveling 110 km/hr east and west on Hwy. 1. When we drove to Victoria last summer we diverted off the … Continue reading