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Cycling in Florida – Flamingo, Florida and Crocodiles

We woke up this morning with frost on the picnic table but with a nice blue sky overhead so we decided that cycling to Flamingo to see the crocodiles would be a good way to spend the day. We decided … Continue reading

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African Safari – Lake Manyara National Park – Background information

African Safari – Lake Manyara National Park – Background information The entrance to the park is quite nice with an interpretive centre, a nice nature trail and modern washrooms. Our directions were simple for the day “Show us the tree-climbing … Continue reading

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African Safari – Arusha to Lake Manyara

African Safari – Arusha to Lake Manyara As we were driving along the road from Arusha to the Lake Manyara National Park we would pass by some Maasai villages and many donkeys doing their thing as beasts of burden.

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African Safari – October 25th – Evening game drive – Lake Nakuru National Park

After a quick lunch we headed out for our first game drive at Nakuru Lake where we had our safari vans with pop-up roofs. There were a lot of animals, but our first of the big five was the White … Continue reading

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African Safari – Getting to our Lake Nakuru Accomodation

African Safari – Getting to our Lake Nakuru accommodation After leaving the monkeys at the gate of the park, we began the journey on rough, unpaved roads to the end of the lake where our accommodation was located. We would … Continue reading

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African Safari – Lake Nakuru National Park – Monkey Video

Lake Nakuru – Background Information and video I’ve put the wildlife video of the animals that we saw at the park in this post (rhinos, hyenas, etc) while the other posts on the park will follow specifically what we saw … Continue reading

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African Safari – October 25th – Lake Nakuru National Park and Monkeying around

African Safari – October 25th – Lake Nakuru National Park and Monkeying around After a long drive along some bumpy roads, we arrived at our first National Park. Before even getting through the gates, we saw some monkeys, photographed some … Continue reading

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African Safari – October 25th – Driving through the Great Rift Valley

African Safari – October 25th – Down into the Valley Once we had crested the top of the escarpment and stopped for a bit of time to take in the view and visited the curio shops that perched precariously on … Continue reading

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African Safari – October 25th – Nairobi to the Great Rift Valley

African Safari – October 25th – Nairobi to the Great Rift Valley Having survived our long flight without incident we awoke early for our first day of our safari. 6 AM – heading for breakfast. 6:05 AM – Didn’t have … Continue reading

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Animals to Photograph on Safari

Animals to Photograph on Safari As we prepare to go on our trip, I’m starting to develop a “hit list” of animals I want to capture photos and videos of (in the wild, outside of a zoo) while on our … Continue reading

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