Crater Rim View Karatu

Karatu, Tanzania

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Family day

A travel blog entry by dolezalek

... the bags for food, he decided to go with some muffins, pulled them out and went off to he trees. Although we were standing only a couple of meteres away from the car, we didn"t notice the bomboo in the beginning..
The prak itself is lovely situated between the great East African Rift - a steep slope where Africa breaks into 2 pieces, and the ...

Banana Beer or Banana Wine???

A travel blog entry by dmarek

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A lovely young woman, whose name I can't remember, was our guide to the grounds. She walked us around the buildings - there were separate ones for the different levels. The upper levels were expanding as the school children aged - they were accepted when they were around 6 years old. I think they are just beginning to have kids move on to higher education. We watched a video at the end and at some point we learned about the very rigorous ...

The Lion, the Rain and the Waterbed!

A travel blog entry by gavandgeorge

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... torch that had a range of about 1 foot! The only thing for it was to have couple of beers to help us have a good nights sleep. Well, apart from the Lions and Hyena's that we could here in our campsite, we slept fine!!!

The next day we had another great day viewing animals and were lucky enough to see a pride of 12 lions, Leopards and Cheetahs. We had more of the same the next day and then head back to our camp and Mto Wa Mbu for our first shower in 4 days!


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School Visit

A travel blog entry by brettandjulie

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... from and our names. Despite the fact there are so many poor people in this country (average yearly income is $400), there is limited begging. We could walk around a village and not be solicited for money. They are also very happy people, smiling and laughing often. I came for the safari, but the people were an unexpected bonus.

After the school visit we visit one more tribe called Iraqw. They live in a village of 50 families (most of the families have ...

Border crossing shenanigan's

A travel blog entry by jamesinafrica

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... now, will be a nice keepsake.

Heading south from Nairobi, I was shocked at how quickly the landscape changed to a dry, dusty and what appeared to be inhospitable. The whirling dervishes across the horizon were impressive, like mini tornado's throwing dusty and debris up into the air.

Weather is hotting up, ...