There are so many pictures that we have taken of these countries. Just things that you won't see at home. But that goes for anyplace. Since I've been at the Serengeti we've seen so many wild animals, but if it appears on National Geographic TV your going to spend alot of idle time waiting for... Continue Reading →
Our Safari Driver Daniel - Great Guy! When you drive through the game preserves, they're so huge it forever amazes me how our driver Daniel knew which way to go. As were looking for the animals it was Daniel who more likely than not was the first one to spot something moving in the Bush.... Continue Reading →
Entering the Serengeti Game Preserve. Can you actually believe it...we got off the ground Lol Our first hyena, we were all excited. The Serengeti looks alot like the background behind the trees that the monkeys are playing in. Camping out, and when we pulled in we were met by zebras roaming throughout our tents. Leaving... Continue Reading →
This is where we spent the night before heading out the next day to the Serengeti. In the Tarangire park we did see a leopard, but they're so far away, my phone is of no use for photos. They rarely move, and just like pictures you see, them lying out on some branch with their... Continue Reading →
After we spent our night at the coffee plantation we were introduced to our driver, Daniel who would be our guide for the next 8 days. Took off for our 1st safari which we had a choice of seeing Lake Manyara, where you will see wild animal, but it's a bird watchers paradise. Daniel suggested... Continue Reading →
We left Egypt with alot of great memories. Now it's onto Tanzania and the animal migration...9 days. The Roads in Arusha Arrived early in Arusha (Northern part) and were on our way to our hotel. Not a rough looking area, just a poor area. As we turned off the highway onto a dirt road I... Continue Reading →
One final story about our Egypt trip. I wanted to take Jeanette on a felucca (an Egyptian sail boat) that ply the Nile river. I didn't want to do a motorized one. Anyway our driver set it up for us and since he lived in Luxor brought his son along on our outing. The deckhand... Continue Reading →
On our Nile cruise we made a stop at Komo Omvo and Edfu. In Edfu we visited the temple of Horus, built around 3000 BC. We found hieroglyphics showing the Egyptians were the first to have wifi. (Look at symbols in photos) On our way to Luxor our cruise boat had to go through LOCKS... Continue Reading →
On Tuesday July 17 we had to be ready by 330am for our 3.5 hour drive to Abu Simbel - a village in Nubia, southern Egypt, a For 3000 years it sat on the west bank of the Nile. What makes Abu Simbel special is it had to be taken apart and moved 200 feet... Continue Reading →
On July 16 we had a 515am flight to Aswan for our 4 day 3 night Nile Cruise. The first day/night was just staying in Aswan. After getting picked up at the airport around 7a our new guide gave us about an hour to get settled in before our tour of the Aswan High Dam... Continue Reading →
