A few years back I set off to travel the world. The journey enabled me to swim with Amazonian pink dolphins, summit the highest peak on the African continent, and sail below the Antarctica circle. The 1 1/2 year trip netted me a worldwide troop of friends and stories out the ying-yang. Currently I live in New York City and have decided to write about the energetic madness that occurs here on a daily basis.
Arusha, or “Arushatown” as the locals here refer to it is where Dr. Marvin and I are spending the bulkload of our downtime here. According to all of the guidebooks, it is one of the most expensive and weathy cities in all of Tanzania. It is a tourist town, plain and simple. It serves as the gateway [...]
Alas, our adventure in the bush has come to its conclusion. 6 days. 6 people. 1 semi-shot Toyota Land Cruiser. 90 Mosquito bites on Marvin’s legs. 1 Mosquito bite on my leg. 50 Elephants. 20 lions. 3 different kinds of animals engaged in passionate love making. 80 giraffes. 2 leopard. 40 warthogs. 1.2 million Wildebeest. [...]
The Serengeti National Park is plain and simply breathtaking. Rolling plains of high grass surround us for what seems like eternity. This morning we awoke in our campsite, situated smack dab in the middle of the park with no fences, just before dawn. While I was brushing my teeth at the edge of the boundaries [...]
Again typing from a satellite internet link. Forgive me if this
This is an excerpt taken directly from my journal while on safari in Tanzania.
NOTES (Because, sometimes it is just easier to take notes):
> Donald, our driver, has a serious thirst for knowledge of American slang. So far we have taught him “whack”, “my bad”, “sweet”, and [...]
Let me preface this post by saying that I am on a five dollar per 15 minute computer on the rim of the Ngorogoro crater. This is satellite internet. It will be a miracle of God if this actually gets published.
This expert is taken directly from my journal:
After a day or two mucking around organizing [...]
