Tanzania

African Safari
January 23, 2008 - Arusha, Tanzania
Arusha Namita: Today we headed to Arusha, Tanzania to start our next big excursion in Africa - safari in East Africa!  Initially we were scheduled to fly from Jo'burg to Arusha via Nairobi but with the Canadian government having issued a warning against non-essential travel in Kenya, we changed our flight and flew directly to Arusha.  With...
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Zanzibar, Tanzania
February 7, 2008 - Zanzibar, Tanzania
Our last week in Africa was spent on the island of Zanzibar in the archipelago by the same name off the Eastern coast of Tanzania. Zanzibar is a slightly touristy destination known for beaches and resorts. Terry and I arrived in Zanzibar a couple hours after Dave and Namita and they were nice enough to do all the leg work on the accommodations....
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Tanzania Safari Part II
January 30, 2008 - Arusha, Tanzania
Another note on Bariki, our driver and guide. He drives through the game parks watching the road for pot holes and puddles. He takes care not to make sudden turns and stops since he knows we are balancing on our seats trying to shoot the next cover of National Geographic. He also is careful not to drive under any low-hanging thorny acacia...
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Tanzania Safari Part I
January 27, 2008 - Arusha, Tanzania
It is just the four of us and our driver/guide. Our safari vehicle is a Toyota Land Cruiser with custom removable top conversion. We all have a window seat and a space when the top is off. We have been talking about our Tanzania safari since the camping trip through Botswana. Before leaving Arusha we stopped at a camera store and Terry and I...
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Arriving in Tanzania
January 23, 2008 - Arusha, Tanzania
The visa process entering Tanzania was frustrating mainly because in the first 30 seconds I had figured-out a much better system. One agent was collecting passports, visa and custom forms, and the visa fee in US cash. He would collect a number of these and give the huge stack to an agent behind a window. Passports seemed to be collected much...
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