On Saturday we went on another safari. We woke up at 2:30am, left the house by 3, and made the 4-hour drive to Mikumi National Park. We had booked a safari truck and guide in advance. When we arrived, the guide showed up with a toyota SUV, similar to the one we were already in…
As blogland and Pinterest are bursting with the news of Autumn’s arrival, Dar es Salaam is beginning to see its first signs of Spring. There might not be any noticeable changes in outfits or weather, but if I look outside I can see my plumeria and African tulip trees are blooming again after a mostly-bare…
I decided to take my own advice and take pictures of some of the signs and billboards here. They’re all quite interesting to me, especially after living in a place where billboards are illegal for so long (Hawaii). There are probably better ones I could snap pictures of, but I alway seem to miss them.…
The Village Museum is unlike any museum I have ever visited. It is entirely outdoors, and it consists of about 20 different huts, representing traditional housing from all the different ethnic groups that can be found in Tanzania. Their motto is “Where you can see Tanzania in one day.” What’s cool about this museum is…
Today’s prompt for the Blog Every Day in May Challenge is “just pictures.” I planned on posting “just” the pictures from our little hike last Sunday, but decided they were worth an explanation. A while back shared some photos from atop the Sea Cliffs at Coco Beach. Well, last Sunday it was very low tide…
I wasn’t expecting our first Safari to be quite so amazing. First of all, it was rainy season, which is supposedly the worst time to go on Safari because the animals are all spread out rather than concentrated around a few set watering holes. Secondly, we only went to Mikumi National Park, not the famous…
I wasn’t expecting our first Safari to be quite so amazing. First of all, it was rainy season, which is supposedly the worst time to go on Safari because the animals are all spread out rather than concentrated around a few set watering holes. Secondly, we only went to Mikumi National Park, not the famous…
Although our intentions were to visit Udzungwa Mountains National Park, we followed some cleverly placed signs to Udzungwa Falls Lodge, which we later learned isn’t actually part of the national park (typical). Regardless, I really have no complaints. We were still able to hike through the Udzungwa Mountains to a beautiful waterfall and lookout. I…
After uploading all my pictures from safari, I realized I have over a thousand. I hate to do “teaser” posts, or posts divided into parts, but putting everything into one post would simply be ridiculous in this case. So today I’ll just share some pictures from our first time on the road in Tanzania. Most…