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Arizona – Petrified Forest National Park
We stayed in a town called Show Low. It was very interesting how it got it’s name. Supposedly two men owned a huge ranch, but no longer got along. They decided to play poker to decide who would get to keep the ranch. The game went on and on until one suggested they “show low”…
Safari Stop #3 – Namiri Plains Camp in the Serengeti, Tanzania
The managers Ann, Mennina, and Edwin had a lovely sendoff for us in the morning from Naboisho. We all agreed that the people in Kenya are some of the warmest and most caring folks we’ve ever encountered traveling. Departing from Naboisho we had a long drive to the air strip and then flew to another…
Naboisho Conservancy – Part 2
Our morning started out cloudy and damp. Because of my back pain, I was riding in the front with Jakob and he kindly brought me a hot water bottle to cushion my back. This small herd of elephants had two babies that were playing. It was an auspicious start, because at lunch the elephant research…
Safari Stop #2 – Naboisho Conservancy
While we had to get up early to go to the airstrip, thank god it wasn’t as early as the game drives! Our trip to the strip would take about an hour but we left with time to stop if we saw anything of interest. On our way out we came across a young bull…
Ol Pejeta Conservancy – Part 2
After lunch we went onward to see what else we could find. Our guide, Duma – explaining where we are. Another herd of elephants with a baby. More jackals, this time with three pups. Jackals are monogamous and mate for life. They are opportunistic omnivores. A very muddy rhino! Rhinos, hippos, warthogs, buffalo, and elephants…
Safari! Ol Pejeta Conservancy
We left the our floating home in Mauritius with our friends David and Naomi on a four+ hour flight to Nairobi to start the safari. We were visiting three locations in Kenya and Tanzania, Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya, Mara Naboisho Conservancy in Kenya, and Namiri Plains in the Serengeti, Tanzania. The three locations each…
Cruising the Indian Ocean
Sorry I’m posting this belatedly. I took too many photos! After Madagascar we went to the small island of Mayotte and then on to Zanzibar, an island in Tanzania, know for the birthplace of Freddie Mercury. While the population on the mainland is largely Christian, the island is 99% Muslim with mosques on every corner.…
Madagascar – wet and wild!
The ship departed to Madagascar from Mauritius for the first of our stops. We went onto the island to see the lemurs. Unfortunately we started our tour in a torrential downpour 😦 We ended up soaked literally to our skin! Lemurs are considered to be the most social primate and they are so darn cute…
Onward from France to Mauritius and our ship
We closed our time in France with a great lunch with Christian’s sister and husband in Goudargues. When we got back we took the Christmas tree down, packed up our stuff that stays in France and drove 8 hours back to Paris to the airport. This began the trip from hell 😦 The Hilton that…
The south of France
We stay at a lovely rental that we have been to for years just minutes from Christian’s family. It is in the small medieval village of St Victor la Coste. Our Christmas tree 🙂 We went to the vineyard Chateau d’ Aqueiria that Christian’s niece manages to get some great wines for the stay. Then…
France!
We made it on our standby flight to France but just barely! This time we broke up the drive south from Charles de Gaulle to the south of France with a stay in Beaune. We were here previously but it was too short a stay, so this time we thought we would spend two nights.…
Lost at Sea – Part 2
In the last post I mentioned a storm? Well it was a whopper! We had to reroute to Tahiti to tie up to the dock for a night while they waited to figure out the storm’s path, and then we headed out to sea rather than to the Cook Islands. Tahiti ended up issuing a code red…
3 For the Road 