Tag: 2014 Africa

  • African Buffalo

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    African Buffalo

    First of the “Big 5“ Sitting Bull These African Buffalo seem unconcerned about our presence. African Buffalo One of the “Big 5”, these buffaloes watch us closely as we watch them

  • Safari

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    Safari

    As we were planning and the arranging the Safari, I wondered if this would be a trip into the wild and uncontrolled or a Sunday drive through some managed theme park, like African Lion Safari, albeit on a larger scale.  The former implies a randomness spawning various dangers; the latter removes that edge of the…

  • Africa

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    Africa

    As we drove east towards Ngorongoro Crater, behind us were the planes of the Serengeti and Olduvai Gorge, where were found the 1.4 million year old bones of our human ancestors.  The terrain became increasing hilly; the Rift Valley that extends north into in Kenya.  To the East, beyond the crater, is Arusha and Mount…