Animals seen (new in bold): At least 5 thousand gnu, running through a river valley with At least a thousand zebra, including adorable brown-striped baby zeebs A few hundred more Thomson gazelle, mostly at a distance though vs yesterday A hundred or so “Superb Starlings” with glorious iridescent plumage A couple dozen Masaai giraffe A […]

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Animals seen: Massive herds of wildebeest/gnu Almost as massive herds of zebra  Fairly large groups of Cape Buffalo  Scattered groupings of Thomson gazelle A dozen or so warthogs and their adorable pint sized piglets Two troops of baboons 11 hippopotamus (hippopotamuses?hippopotami?)  5 lions (one male)  3 elephants  2 cokes hartebeest  One Grant gazelle hiding out […]

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So there we were –  we’d just finished a nice buffet lunch in Arusha with our new driver and constant companion for the next 8 days,  Paul,  and given him the other 50% of the tour fee for the the safari. He’d just exchanged those cash dollars for literally several million Tanzanian shillings.  We were […]

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It was an embarrassing dinner. Using the newfound Power of the Internet, Christine and I found a restaurant just north of the Millennium towers called Rose Garden that had pretty good Google maps reviews. Side note – I’ve so far been very impressed with the diligence of business owners,  putting a dozen or so photos […]

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“It means, ‘explorer’” said our city bicycling tour guide, Fedinand, this morning, when the first pack of cheering, smiling little children ran after our bicycles,  holding out the little hands to high five us. “It’s not a bad word, I promise. They really like seeing you guys here.” It was a word we’d be hearing […]

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Okay,  I’ll admit that we could really get used this… Complimentary 12 year old Glenlivet, a selection of sandwiches –  both vegetarian and tasteful meat varieties –  and some nice coffee machines. That Chase sapphire card is making itself valuable already…

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