Category Archives: Travels

November 29 – Safari

Posted on December 5, 2012 by debbie

Murray and I have been talking about the differences between the safari in Tanzania and the one in Botswana. The areas are very diverse with Tanzania being mostly arid, desert like in the Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater with areas of … Continue reading →

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Zanzibar

Posted on December 5, 2012 by murray

So this is Zanzibar. I imagine it is quite a bit different than it was 50 years ago when I first learned of its existence while I was collecting stamps. It has been on my list of places to visit … Continue reading →

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Wish I Had My Underwater Camera Housing

Posted on December 4, 2012 by murray

  We go scuba diving today – scuba safari. Nerves, of course, but still excited to be in the ocean. One Ocean has a couple of boats and today we are 14 divers and snorkelers on the big boat. Our … Continue reading →

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December 1, 2 and 3 – Money

Posted on December 3, 2012 by murray

Yesterday was an eventful travel day. Get on a plane, get off a plane, get on a plane, get off a plane, go to a hotel. So we didn’t even attempt to write a blog. Today however was far more … Continue reading →

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Safari Goodbyes

Posted on November 30, 2012 by debbie

I wake up hoping to see an elephant today. I know, I am not supposed to hope for things. But I do anyway. After saying goodbye and thank you to Pula, Mosh and Dunga, we three head off for our … Continue reading →

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Birders

Posted on November 28, 2012 by debbie

Pat is turning us into birders. He is been teaching us the names of all the birds that we see and hear. Unfortunately, we only remember a fraction of them. I only remember the ones I like. Like the Yellow … Continue reading →

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Khwai Village

Posted on November 27, 2012 by murray

Today we move to the Moremi Game Reserve, our last stop. We drive by the location of the wild dogs but they are not visible. It is extremely quiet and we see almost no wild life except impala. We stop … Continue reading →

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Weather

Posted on November 26, 2012 by murray

Temperature After relatively nice temperatures in Tanzania we arrive to sweltering temperatures in Botswana. Kasane, a small town in the north, our safari starting point is 35C and rising.  There is no breeze and the heat is suffocating. We walk … Continue reading →

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African Wild Dogs

Posted on November 26, 2012 by murray

The weather this morn, chilly. I have to wear a jacket to stay warm while we ply the trails looking for whatever the wilderness will cough up. Since there is not the abundance of animals we have been use to, … Continue reading →

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Sleeping, Eating and Floating

Posted on November 25, 2012 by debbie

We are camping, safari camping, not North American mountain camping. We have a tent just large enough to fit two cots and two small tables. Our cots have sheets, pillows and comforters on them. The tables have African motif cloths … Continue reading →

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