Tanzania

Stone Town, Zanzibar
January 31, 2008 - Zanzibar, Tanzania
Dave: The trip from Arusha flying through Dar Saleem to Zanzibar was relatively uneventful accept for Namita losing her expensive sunglasses, she was none to happy about that. Stone Town is the only real town on Zanzibar island which otherwise is made up of local villages and beach resorts. Namita and I arrived a few hours ahead of Mark and...
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Final Day of Safari
January 30, 2008 - Lake Manyara, Tanzania
Lake Manyara Namita: Today was the last day of our 7 day safari.  We would be visiting our fifth and final national park, Lake Manyara.  We drove back throuh the Masaai village stopping to hand out pencils that to school children. Mark and Terry brought a couple of boxes from home. Before even entering the park, we saw dozens and dozens of...
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Ngorongoro Crater
January 28, 2008 - Ngorongoro, Tanzania
Namita: Today we made our way down into the Ngorongoro Crater.  Dave and I had heard from others how amazing the crater was but this we did not expect.  The landscape was stunning and some areas were so lush.  The area was just full of animals and it was unbelieveable that all of the animals in the crater were able to co-exist.  As we drove...
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Serengeti Day 2
January 27, 2008 - Serengeti, Tanzania
Dave: On the second day at the Serengeti, Mark, Terry and I decided to do another early morning game drive. Namita wanted to stay back to sleep in and then write in the journal. I had my doubts on the journal part and sure enough when we returned at 8:30 she was just getting out of the shower. That moring we actually saw another leopard,...
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Incredible Serengeti
January 26, 2008 - Serengeti, Tanzania
Dave: our first full day in the Serengeti, which proved to be one of the highlights of the safari, started with a very early morning game drive. Getting up before dawn reminded me of when I was a kid and my dad would take my brother and I fishing before sunrise. Although on this day we weren't in search of Lake Huron Perch but rather The African...
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