The circle of life sure can be a little gory… Disney’s “The Lion King” romanticised the concept of “the circle of life”. As we discovered today, however, the truth is far gorier than any cartoon would dare show you! Our lesson in life and death, savannah-style, came not […]
Shaken, not stirred – thank you Charles… When we booked our East African safari we knew some of the roads would be pretty bad, but nothing prepared for us for “African massage” we got today! We’ve been shaken, jolted, rattled, bumped and “massaged”* to within an inch of […]
Lion-spotting at Lake Manyara National Park We had an awesome day exploring Lake Manyara National Park today! We saw monkeys, baboons, giraffe, hyenas, buffalo, water buck and even lions! Lake Manyara National Park is one of Tanzania’s smallest national parks but one of its richest in terms […]
Border crossings – African style! We left Kenya behind this morning and crossed into Tanzania. We’re spending just over a week here and are really excited as neither of us has seen Tanzania before*. Our plan whilst we’re here is to visit some of Tanzania’s most famous national […]
Sunrise over Mt Kilimanjaro Sunrise this morning was just spectacular, and the all-day game drive we went on afterwards even better. We spent more than 8 hours driving through the Amboseli National Park in “safari mode”, “hunting” animals with the binoculars and “shooting” them with our camera. Elephants, […]
Wandering Soles 