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Two days in Tarangire National Park
The Tarangire National Park is teeming with wildlife, beast, bird and human alike. I have been slow to post updates on my trip as our days have been full and internet access not always guaranteed. We stayed for two nights at the Tarangire Safari Lodge, a tented camp with accommodations that were not entirely tent-like,…
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A day in Arusha
Jambo from Tanzania! An hour’s drive from Kilimanjaro Airport in Tanzania lies a little corner of paradise called Arusha Serena Hotel. We arrived after dark when the paths were lit with small low lamps and the whole place looked like a fairy wonderland.
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A day in London
Greetings from London! Travelling is so much faster and easier than it used to be. Entering a country means feeding your passport, photo down, into a machine and looking into a camera for the face recognition software. The downside is you no longer have a stamp in your passport you can look at later to…
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Shooting game … with my camera of course!
If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together. African proverb Elephants, rhinos, lions, leopards and buffalo – the big five photographic beasts – and more! Such wondrous wildlife and soooo photogenic. I can hardly wait to shoot them. I am travelling to Kenya and Tanzania with my…
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NZ to BC – a sad return home
What a remarkable country New Zealand is. Two official languages – Māori and English. Sincere respect and appreciation from the Māori and non-Māori populations for the other’s culture and language. Canadians think themselves open and tolerant, but we pale in comparison to the Kiwis.
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Queenstown – bungy jumping (not me!!) and some news
Queenstown lies on the shore of Lake Wakatipu, on the edge of the Southern Alps. This town is the adventure capital of New Zealand. When I looked online for things to do in our free time, they all seemed apt for uber-fit 25 year olds! The town buzzes with people, and to my eye they…
