December 9th, 2005

Zanzibar is the kind of place where you don’t feel guilty for just lounging around a bit. In fact, you’re supposed to. Hence the last post.
Tanya and I didn’t just sit arou...
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December 6th, 2005

The more we read about Kenya, the less appealing the country sounded. It seemed the main attractions are the game reserves, and Tanya and I are fairly safarid out by this time. Furth...
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December 5th, 2005

The 2 days of safaris were separated by a walk around Manyara, a small town with over 120 tribes from Tanzania and Kenya, and just as many different types of bananas. Although our...
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December 4th, 2005

A month of safaris in Africa has spoiled us. A zebra? Seen hundreds. Elephants? All sizes. The blue butts of baboons? Okay, so that still gets me every time. The point is: our stan...
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November 30th, 2005

When Tanya and I arrived at the Kilimanjaro airport, we were yet to plot our next move. We found a travel company that offered a free ride to their office in Arusha, but unfortuna...
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November 24th, 2005
“Karibu!” from a different place,
With a different culture and different race,
With different sights to love or hate,
With different days to celebrate.
In Africa, it’s another day,
No pie to eat or phrase to say.
They do not know that turkeys roast,
They do not know that families toast,
They do not know it has a name,
They do not know each year the same:
A reunion for friends w...
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