Poosh Travel Inc.
The adventures and experiences of two wandering souls, Poorwa the brave and adventureous, and Ash the conservative and pathological planner!
About Me
- Name: Ash
- Location: Stanford, United States
hitching a ride across the galaxy with my towel
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Sunday, August 06, 2006
Africa Safari - 2005 - Part III - Serengeti - our first leopard
While in the Mara, we did not have good luck with sighting a leopard. We did manage to get the tail of one, as it ran away when it heard the sound of our jeep! But the story at Serengeti was different. We saw so many leopard while there, that we thought..leopard..aaah...big deal!
phenomenally lazy creatures
but look at those teeth
Serengeti giraffes look stupid too!
:P
hornbill ?
Africa Safari - 2005 - Part II - Fishing on Lake Victoria
Our first stop in Tanzania was a lodge at Speke bay, owned by a Dutch family. It was really nice to be on this largest lake in Africa, which is the source of the Nile & borders three countries (Tanzania, Uganda and Rwanda). It is off the tourist track, and i would highly recommend this place.
The waters of the Lake Victoria
We stayed in one of those "huts" on the lake
The view from our "hut"
and we went "fishing" on the lake too ! (more in next entry)
Africa Safari - 2005 - Part II - Off to Tanzania (Lake Victoria)
so we were to be picked up by a jeep coming from Tanzania to take us over. However, he was stopped at the border and could not make it. So, from the mara (where my cell phone worked), I called my agent in Holland (who was awesome), he got in touch with some agents in Kenya, who took us to the border post, and we crossed over the border and entered Tanzania on foot, along with several 1000s of people, who were not asked for their passports, but we were. It was a little creepy walking across the border on foot, dealing with the immigration authorities there...but everything went well
:)
waiting for our ride:)
Poo used this "toilet" at the border. Behind the wire fence in the backgroud is Tanzania, this side being Kenya. The "toilet" was just a hole in the groud, but locked !