Tag Archives: Tanzania

Tarangire National Park

Posted on November 10, 2012 by debbie

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 →

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Safari Time!

Posted on November 8, 2012 by debbie

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 →

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Arusha by Matatu

Posted on November 7, 2012 by debbie

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 →

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Our First Day in Africa

Posted on November 7, 2012 by murray

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 →

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Fly Time

Posted on November 6, 2012 by murray

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 →

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Travel Adapters for Electrical Outlets

Posted on October 13, 2012 by debbie

We got stung when we went to India and Bhutan because we didn’t thoroughly check what type of electrical outlet adapters we needed. We did have fun shopping for an adapter in Darjeeling and it all worked out in the … Continue reading →

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Today is the Day. I Hope.

Posted on September 9, 2012 by murray

When we drop out of house renovation mode and back into day to day mode we realize we have not touched our African travel plans in 2 months and the time is neigh to pay the balance on the safaris. … Continue reading →

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The Africa Trip’s “Do List”

Posted on August 2, 2012 by debbie

I suddenly realize that it is only three months until we leave on our Africa trip, so in between watching Olympics, I sort through our Africa file and make a list of major items we haven’t done for our trip. … Continue reading →

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Excitement for Africa

Posted on March 22, 2012 by debbie

Murray has been researching where to go and what to do in Africa pretty heavily lately. I am not so patient with investigating, so much of this is left to Murray. I go on the web to look at a … Continue reading →

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