tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6797279863646287512024-03-21T20:26:08.129-04:00The Circle of LifeOn Safari in Tanzania with My FatherYasinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12954747304702013344noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-679727986364628751.post-91803849217761875632008-11-01T14:18:00.009-04:002008-12-03T20:08:07.673-05:00Dar Es Salaam<p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKjHIpwmop_dvI_KFjMRDigaUrzq8oyb_heUcDjEVuy9nu-3lmTygwCCYN2128dUN9xJgk86sb6iXVhm4ol7Dh08wxy_wNVGzqfXhh6p1IVEcWqYhtLCkT5YMbO6ulPfZM0Pb7eRat1nfh/s1600-h/DSCF1165.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKjHIpwmop_dvI_KFjMRDigaUrzq8oyb_heUcDjEVuy9nu-3lmTygwCCYN2128dUN9xJgk86sb6iXVhm4ol7Dh08wxy_wNVGzqfXhh6p1IVEcWqYhtLCkT5YMbO6ulPfZM0Pb7eRat1nfh/s400/DSCF1165.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263757660048831090" /></a></p><p>Everyone there was excited about Obama. It was a great conversation starter.<br /></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1xjSQqxkWXRC7686VqWAMECPH_FWu9WOxxaYKAaE6MHEnU4YK1Rwzi87rYtWrPtWhOkCrigkFmQxZK0Qn-ljlg2tTEjPmT9nzjM4kG_WpnWE8uJFVZaKKT9FkB8vGHqo9qFAWXAkT0N6c/s1600-h/DSCF1162.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1xjSQqxkWXRC7686VqWAMECPH_FWu9WOxxaYKAaE6MHEnU4YK1Rwzi87rYtWrPtWhOkCrigkFmQxZK0Qn-ljlg2tTEjPmT9nzjM4kG_WpnWE8uJFVZaKKT9FkB8vGHqo9qFAWXAkT0N6c/s400/DSCF1162.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263757211363264018" /></a><br /><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO2we58o5yNR_0Uj3J-mYxKL4c3uvm6YqmNhhKhB5venVOSCSac4CdOMHw4-PQ-oWFT6tQYH5z_x34nCjROzM2NNQDUF-jejueTo9jPudFZkRZYQQZKl8KFDL_taoIaQSiLCG_NFcMjVM5/s1600-h/DSCF1164.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO2we58o5yNR_0Uj3J-mYxKL4c3uvm6YqmNhhKhB5venVOSCSac4CdOMHw4-PQ-oWFT6tQYH5z_x34nCjROzM2NNQDUF-jejueTo9jPudFZkRZYQQZKl8KFDL_taoIaQSiLCG_NFcMjVM5/s400/DSCF1164.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263757193137513874" /></a></p><p>Dad and I were both curious about what it looked like inside an African mall. It was pretty much like a normal American mall except that some of the shops looked like they didn't have any electricity even though they were open. After I took this picture a security guard with an uzi walked up to me and asked me if I wanted to go outside with him to see the sign that said 'no cameras'. I said "gulp, that's fine, I'll just put the camera away" and put it away faster than you can say "Michael Fay".<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN_9nH83kXSy4yOmWGxd9uGvHQ7zwPKM0ifwWPRO9Y42B7UzYUHdqHDMZeID6xUc8pwrR_Ima6w9EvywpHmgEV8B1K9NXTLpL7y4-9m8xi79Fmp3d8QRCo7byfrp3GAS56uZih_SA2NaH6/s1600-h/DSCF1173.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN_9nH83kXSy4yOmWGxd9uGvHQ7zwPKM0ifwWPRO9Y42B7UzYUHdqHDMZeID6xUc8pwrR_Ima6w9EvywpHmgEV8B1K9NXTLpL7y4-9m8xi79Fmp3d8QRCo7byfrp3GAS56uZih_SA2NaH6/s400/DSCF1173.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263757184260513122" /></a></p><p>City Bus Classic. Stencils, baby!</p><p><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-PgKLqF9UQd4n6zms0wYKl6vU1m-mdcBMYL-heFDbxBa60JCV2a3LKwJGhO_wNd-16xdgG-hiIHZ8c71JibsBfDI6Pk9ADCqno5YHYE997OSLVI3wE_F8N1cLiM4N1qDTJFKOAqtGKR_X/s1600-h/DSCF1175.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-PgKLqF9UQd4n6zms0wYKl6vU1m-mdcBMYL-heFDbxBa60JCV2a3LKwJGhO_wNd-16xdgG-hiIHZ8c71JibsBfDI6Pk9ADCqno5YHYE997OSLVI3wE_F8N1cLiM4N1qDTJFKOAqtGKR_X/s400/DSCF1175.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263756318536664626" /></a></p><p>This is a ride. I never saw anybody on it, but I think it's operated by a guy riding the bike at the bottom. Where's Lance, I wanna fly!</p><p><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqY82f7R2uTnAE_zSVRlqj6IaK-x2WsKK-JCmNMM0rzN-t8FLlRMpkLPHF9NrJDRK3HR93DblToRTu2KEa19_3h9PndtB7CopmUZJytcKY0U-3_NYZuz6-Gl8qCPuuyw72O-g-8pNX0Jvf/s1600-h/DSCN0948.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqY82f7R2uTnAE_zSVRlqj6IaK-x2WsKK-JCmNMM0rzN-t8FLlRMpkLPHF9NrJDRK3HR93DblToRTu2KEa19_3h9PndtB7CopmUZJytcKY0U-3_NYZuz6-Gl8qCPuuyw72O-g-8pNX0Jvf/s400/DSCN0948.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263756309425333362" /></a></p><p>Daladala city bus - more personality than NYC cabs.</p><p><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMnnWG7szc114opZlB17ffM83xG3pgSqR0BKlYd0Hv82WDVL6DzwCr6kHHgoKp3Ws_m3X85U5sose-xvCOuKYLRAFOcQwO6ylFUDKu7rsV8PfyPFz_LxnnW9PaMBlgf_O0kNcb-tr52BGX/s1600-h/DSCN0949.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMnnWG7szc114opZlB17ffM83xG3pgSqR0BKlYd0Hv82WDVL6DzwCr6kHHgoKp3Ws_m3X85U5sose-xvCOuKYLRAFOcQwO6ylFUDKu7rsV8PfyPFz_LxnnW9PaMBlgf_O0kNcb-tr52BGX/s400/DSCN0949.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263756301555857266" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzCQ8Zifim8WRU8d1sjsObn1XErdGlsOj9piPqwH0wi1kHa9xA3c2_oH25IvAy-WRsFFPinnybSV_t93KDY_jCRRxbBuxUgqLlWftvAr5iVUpWbfwHRe7LaFQ-hGzD7hkDkYAll8opWIZO/s1600-h/DSCN0950.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzCQ8Zifim8WRU8d1sjsObn1XErdGlsOj9piPqwH0wi1kHa9xA3c2_oH25IvAy-WRsFFPinnybSV_t93KDY_jCRRxbBuxUgqLlWftvAr5iVUpWbfwHRe7LaFQ-hGzD7hkDkYAll8opWIZO/s400/DSCN0950.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263756289972042530" /></a></p><p>It's hard to tell, but this ketchup is pink.</p><p><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbJbUjtkalrEJ1_DKeFgNpRNm1jDPIxiq7Eu2YKaH7MD1SX0TTK-nMYVa4UjKlTcm1XMBblBe8t1Ru4yXE8VBKGce_AXE_3nhnHuKlXuRZjZbTc5LJIr9wObIYGLzjsp2qsxlzk29J9ftx/s1600-h/DSCN0951.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbJbUjtkalrEJ1_DKeFgNpRNm1jDPIxiq7Eu2YKaH7MD1SX0TTK-nMYVa4UjKlTcm1XMBblBe8t1Ru4yXE8VBKGce_AXE_3nhnHuKlXuRZjZbTc5LJIr9wObIYGLzjsp2qsxlzk29J9ftx/s400/DSCN0951.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263755844542452210" /></a></p><p>This is a buddhist temple. Note the swastikas.</p><p> <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha7cBI5XMoIwGeKFZxk9NFQ3UdQcAjfK5IShhEplBkysmsIS7rxa2xkBndA6cCNlq7gQYp562kQMuEmQ-Sy9hGhpfKLFex-qz6tcLJz3vyxJ9xU2jCRYw-utk5pitXoRLaDFQt-BPe9_Ye/s1600-h/DSCN0953.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha7cBI5XMoIwGeKFZxk9NFQ3UdQcAjfK5IShhEplBkysmsIS7rxa2xkBndA6cCNlq7gQYp562kQMuEmQ-Sy9hGhpfKLFex-qz6tcLJz3vyxJ9xU2jCRYw-utk5pitXoRLaDFQt-BPe9_Ye/s400/DSCN0953.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263755836216878306" /></a></p><p>This picture was taken in a Indian Paan shoppe. Paan is a small snack eaten in a single bite which contains around a dozen ingredients. It's also mildly narcotic. The customers in front of me were two Indian women visiting from Zanzibar. They said they come to this paan shoppe every time they travel to the mainland, buying about 40 or 50 of these little treats which last them about 2 weeks. I got to watch this man lay out 50 fresh leaves and meticulously add pinch after pinch of countless mystery spices, herbs, and compotes. During this time, a couple of older disheveled 'paan heads' would come up and just grab a leaf, wipe some of the goo on it, and gobble it up right there. It didn't seem to bother anybody, but it was strange. </p><p><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkZ1gGlPqJo_wQihvlPMAUbvQeC-FRNN0P9VdQA4l8U3ANUOkj6a-3HmlrZmwEraKpANZUtuVBteqw5LeIi7rH32APRwL6HNvRrH8UnhPQnTJ5BMKJ-HfpJBzVJC1MNrFo3qvCLxnU_ksB/s1600-h/DSCN0962.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkZ1gGlPqJo_wQihvlPMAUbvQeC-FRNN0P9VdQA4l8U3ANUOkj6a-3HmlrZmwEraKpANZUtuVBteqw5LeIi7rH32APRwL6HNvRrH8UnhPQnTJ5BMKJ-HfpJBzVJC1MNrFo3qvCLxnU_ksB/s400/DSCN0962.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263755821732604258" /></a>Here's my dad at Sea Cliff Village where we stayed shaking hands with a Massai porter. The Massai are struggling to hold on to their heritage, but like the American Indians, are being quickly gentrified out of existence. The lucky ones are able to make a living posing for tourist photographs, like this one.</p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg27Aq6ytzTyQukAYaOm3OCgJBaN7aUdLODhZJtOrvk_VZLVd3whkkG4TMgQqgT9JF6Q56D4sl4DQ4g90H5gJoP6AxKIRYqW3KlArfUMfMaZaTQ2dZDmlQA2gxEQ1YmkKCLXlDkhee0z-Td/s1600-h/DSCN0983.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg27Aq6ytzTyQukAYaOm3OCgJBaN7aUdLODhZJtOrvk_VZLVd3whkkG4TMgQqgT9JF6Q56D4sl4DQ4g90H5gJoP6AxKIRYqW3KlArfUMfMaZaTQ2dZDmlQA2gxEQ1YmkKCLXlDkhee0z-Td/s400/DSCN0983.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263755813991997058" /></a></p>Yasinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12954747304702013344noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-679727986364628751.post-46998177708394251612008-11-01T14:14:00.003-04:002008-11-01T14:18:37.174-04:00Child is the Father of the Man is the Son of the Child<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-XnffBw73WaWV2QWK2Ex1PlxOjG3VUBkFPhlDbtsavtqb1pYdfTv759xLc8UjrDYu9gacb18dKYBoj6kgP8ycJfOWvOfu13QvShHJ_6sfe-A4oRm7j3IXOPphQ45eVrBx6LdouEueAlf_/s1600-h/DSCF1176.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 143px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-XnffBw73WaWV2QWK2Ex1PlxOjG3VUBkFPhlDbtsavtqb1pYdfTv759xLc8UjrDYu9gacb18dKYBoj6kgP8ycJfOWvOfu13QvShHJ_6sfe-A4oRm7j3IXOPphQ45eVrBx6LdouEueAlf_/s400/DSCF1176.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263754221453607490" /></a>Yasinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12954747304702013344noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-679727986364628751.post-64502730329099012282008-11-01T14:01:00.006-04:002008-12-03T21:27:09.839-05:00The Cape Buffalo - Not for the queasy!<p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrycrphIrO92XxMfRfDVdcT3x-pb6Qe9LOHkfmFWbLfsQfI9cQIHq9UaYk8ClQTkn2CqgepBJRdn-mgerXXqnrC_Sm5WMdsPxfdrCmwLor9rWC9-zbqo-w7tF_9rwPQPmA9hVj3sH9YkFY/s1600-h/DSCF1003.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrycrphIrO92XxMfRfDVdcT3x-pb6Qe9LOHkfmFWbLfsQfI9cQIHq9UaYk8ClQTkn2CqgepBJRdn-mgerXXqnrC_Sm5WMdsPxfdrCmwLor9rWC9-zbqo-w7tF_9rwPQPmA9hVj3sH9YkFY/s400/DSCF1003.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263753612637313298" /></a></p><p>This is the cape buffalo (in swahili, "nyati mbogo") that my father killed. It took five bullets and a lot of help to end this animal's life.<br /></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqfEqCdqOuJtvp4XV1X8eD7hzNZnLU-sKJTq1iJbxvawMsbjGb6Yo1uCCj9bh0vBTXCExi_hez0M6pCRgFM0YmNRV-O2lBPyWeVwF3bR01jvKIRWWbSKhYtfFj6GCytO2UHwQ5Fgamb3Jy/s1600-h/DSCF1017.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqfEqCdqOuJtvp4XV1X8eD7hzNZnLU-sKJTq1iJbxvawMsbjGb6Yo1uCCj9bh0vBTXCExi_hez0M6pCRgFM0YmNRV-O2lBPyWeVwF3bR01jvKIRWWbSKhYtfFj6GCytO2UHwQ5Fgamb3Jy/s400/DSCF1017.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263753603592952946" /></a></p><p>We had followed a herd of buffalo all day, having tracked them from where we first spotted them the evening before. Our trackers Anton and Alan did an incredible job, following invisible hoofprints and patient intuition through miles and miles of forests and bush. It was late afternoon by the time we finally found the herd, crossing the river at the other end of a large valley. Whether or not the mbogo knew they were entering an area we legally couldn't hunt didn't matter: there were no bulls in the group. <br /></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBPSXBg2wRIt8_1Vhtt3scRnqZkwwPV1NgO_hJRS_QnjcazW48zPtZm9fW9uIueVDyo0_m5m-09d3hy-8oi8Rvuyd6fz1_rD9JNIwDREPuqeoHp4K54sClTeic30RBFjd-3plJEL4gQlKS/s1600-h/DSCF1021.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBPSXBg2wRIt8_1Vhtt3scRnqZkwwPV1NgO_hJRS_QnjcazW48zPtZm9fW9uIueVDyo0_m5m-09d3hy-8oi8Rvuyd6fz1_rD9JNIwDREPuqeoHp4K54sClTeic30RBFjd-3plJEL4gQlKS/s400/DSCF1021.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263753594449900322" /></a></p><p>Resting under a thorn bush in the valley, we drank the rest of the water we had packed and prepared to call Lema on the walkie-talkie to pick us up in the truck. It was getting close to sunset and we had had a long day. But then a smaller herd of buffalo emerged from our side of the vally, half-a-mile away.<br /></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8N4Rx8uu_jO1W-Wfe55knWFiLuSqZzFmSPLkTqkVaewc7TZRw5YttgxGzXL8ly676KzfFJ12U_h3DzS3zJKAOpzbAshC2hOzjS65P6jkrFxTbTschJ_on-WFvyWIn_pArUc-JLAvwwq2Q/s1600-h/DSCF1025.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8N4Rx8uu_jO1W-Wfe55knWFiLuSqZzFmSPLkTqkVaewc7TZRw5YttgxGzXL8ly676KzfFJ12U_h3DzS3zJKAOpzbAshC2hOzjS65P6jkrFxTbTschJ_on-WFvyWIn_pArUc-JLAvwwq2Q/s400/DSCF1025.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263753265446815906" /></a></p><p>As Anton, Paul, and my father left the shade to get a closer look at the unexpected herd, I waited with Alan and Tollo, expecting there to be no bulls, as per usual.<br /></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLNGf8TzripTKBhAEOq6BCex-SOX5xNrvviqwCvS_mDrtA2G_Bx1pPIS31BuI9HekgmBYScLQSF8w50pDoTwwoBlhDZil4JH2UNH-DdG1mWMn1_8FOnZ2KhWeA26s6TTY3w_95JarE3E-n/s1600-h/DSCF1052.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLNGf8TzripTKBhAEOq6BCex-SOX5xNrvviqwCvS_mDrtA2G_Bx1pPIS31BuI9HekgmBYScLQSF8w50pDoTwwoBlhDZil4JH2UNH-DdG1mWMn1_8FOnZ2KhWeA26s6TTY3w_95JarE3E-n/s400/DSCF1052.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263753254083577986" /></a></p><p>Just then a shot rang out in the valley. I felt like I could see the sound bounce back and forth between the ridge of the hill and the distant forest for the three or four seconds it took to completely decay. It had been three days since any of us had heard a sound that size, to such contrast that it seemed like there had only been silence in between. We all sprang to our feet. Another shot cracked the air and we started to run. Then another shot. And another. What was going on? We were too far away to see anything, and for some reason I assumed that the wounded buffalo had charged my father and he was frantically trying to defend his life.<br /></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9HuhPXCOLUPDoyBKhKMhtYu0ZYkGtUtw1qbY0G5KvaVjn31z5a6lUYZuVGtA1saDUoPc700w9ruNxk3jZ0aD6EhM0Fo1GOYw50CZnxuo5gZQEmbn2J7pMt7jeqtEjyRYZoaNA_zxXwv6W/s1600-h/DSCF1057.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9HuhPXCOLUPDoyBKhKMhtYu0ZYkGtUtw1qbY0G5KvaVjn31z5a6lUYZuVGtA1saDUoPc700w9ruNxk3jZ0aD6EhM0Fo1GOYw50CZnxuo5gZQEmbn2J7pMt7jeqtEjyRYZoaNA_zxXwv6W/s400/DSCF1057.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263753250582592914" /></a></p><p>Of course that wasn't the case, it just takes a lot of bullets to kill something the size of a European car. By the time I finally reached the buffalo, I was completely winded from having sprinted half a mile. In exhausted awe, I watched the buffalo take it's final breaths.<br /></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2ZXobwHQd3MOiYnUwfTNUd8jBLUYQGQ3wX-Z9IUb9Cnt6pXYSOOgEttge70PNHVRMyhYt80QxE58CUrzQGPqUWgyXW3zCH_0Ccp66GI757YkfkhDzeaZM8hjUZBugFJom3AGeKCt4vUtx/s1600-h/DSCF1063.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2ZXobwHQd3MOiYnUwfTNUd8jBLUYQGQ3wX-Z9IUb9Cnt6pXYSOOgEttge70PNHVRMyhYt80QxE58CUrzQGPqUWgyXW3zCH_0Ccp66GI757YkfkhDzeaZM8hjUZBugFJom3AGeKCt4vUtx/s400/DSCF1063.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263753242821232210" /></a></p><p>Since our location was inaccessible to the truck, we skinned the buffalo there, working as quickly as possible as to beat the oncoming darkness. Alan cut down a small tree over which the animal's head was hung so two men could carry it out of the valley. We climbed the final hill in twilight, Alan and Tollo struggling to find their footing while carrying a 200-pound trophy, me following behind, my mind completey blown away by everything that had just happened as I held a severed leg in each hand, and my father walking behind us all, holding his head high. <br /></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjedaiokT-sIZ2JEhLkVRXiT3XTqa6JyQbkc0CwXXLpo-iNPFRoGzlezdmsRxMvH6Mibi1ZGdDdlqq1KTAkQMXSxJfXj0hIbBZ6egnU6oisCkNh6ow1ZIL6LrFp_XcGihNPAxxdCgh_Frv1/s1600-h/DSCF1133.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjedaiokT-sIZ2JEhLkVRXiT3XTqa6JyQbkc0CwXXLpo-iNPFRoGzlezdmsRxMvH6Mibi1ZGdDdlqq1KTAkQMXSxJfXj0hIbBZ6egnU6oisCkNh6ow1ZIL6LrFp_XcGihNPAxxdCgh_Frv1/s400/DSCF1133.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263753230004688610" /></a></p><p>When we got to the truck we didn't leave right away. We sat under the stars and drank carbonated things. It was too dark to see each other's smiling faces. We told jokes in different languages. My father and I reminisced about the days when we lived together and he would put on Graceland and I would fall in love.</p>Yasinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12954747304702013344noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-679727986364628751.post-73628486130398658672008-11-01T13:55:00.001-04:002008-11-01T14:01:30.796-04:00Silence<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHyVAiTGKuBUnYeuMNBALqIYXns_RKNfS57-2Xckagdozm28gBPwN5A16mtvg0zb7uzG12oYf8Cxhc1bM7uL5WR_bTiLvlNEyJvCeTMY36ONgnpw1uj2qFxoW_M3RgPX59hRqNUxno3Swz/s1600-h/DSCF0598.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHyVAiTGKuBUnYeuMNBALqIYXns_RKNfS57-2Xckagdozm28gBPwN5A16mtvg0zb7uzG12oYf8Cxhc1bM7uL5WR_bTiLvlNEyJvCeTMY36ONgnpw1uj2qFxoW_M3RgPX59hRqNUxno3Swz/s400/DSCF0598.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263750391297226786" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHxwZyZKKxEZc6qm_QDuu4iJKgWXLTUPThPcmZFbrun22R2htsZry9OgEfDUdrpwOivYVXBGOCXmhOH0BOeXTWwqFQiFMHwAoHIapl1RIkKQ1SGvNEtSI5dexWoNzP3Maj-HBCM8H5IgtJ/s1600-h/DSCF0600.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNAX_UbvA_kbVN8W3nJj-FYD9wNXU4pKm4CTGY21nJwJd9nNL0BE71GiDnN3Y6Ff6l53nirS7lXKXPlclwk-wZoJdYW7__liZAjuqSMxb2kLE_L6qNoLMjeVi-UdOavHbIQTv-kJx6qNjb/s400/DSCF0717.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263750355497374546" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRPQFBY_nPsZ4PtGLVWD-CfQjsUve2Arl8OEoYnuadBtVgSngChI19l2Lc4ZfZwihTnewezT94AU_iLHU8qMWLP4nopGXFn8jWx3yUr-Y3c-zUn10g5CICr0ngwxCw3PmIXQRqO34aQAwB/s1600-h/DSCF0923.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 96px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRPQFBY_nPsZ4PtGLVWD-CfQjsUve2Arl8OEoYnuadBtVgSngChI19l2Lc4ZfZwihTnewezT94AU_iLHU8qMWLP4nopGXFn8jWx3yUr-Y3c-zUn10g5CICr0ngwxCw3PmIXQRqO34aQAwB/s400/DSCF0923.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263750339823312354" /></a>Yasinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12954747304702013344noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-679727986364628751.post-37877325977458441422008-11-01T13:40:00.001-04:002008-11-01T13:54:44.975-04:00Africa's Highest Mountain<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLCZrYszQlUV9iWhmr3jpswnDNREfWdA66kdjgre8fg1s-oynht9C6nDpc02qBXYXh4nvlCzeTPQ7SvbPb6KXBOEWpX6P0_JABV3QfL9Wvzh1BPg1qFUQM7ahLKjXWN2DFUC4kO1Jg6JBQ/s1600-h/DSCF0504.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLCZrYszQlUV9iWhmr3jpswnDNREfWdA66kdjgre8fg1s-oynht9C6nDpc02qBXYXh4nvlCzeTPQ7SvbPb6KXBOEWpX6P0_JABV3QfL9Wvzh1BPg1qFUQM7ahLKjXWN2DFUC4kO1Jg6JBQ/s400/DSCF0504.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263745748511649410" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3n-AUL2FYROELC84B6Cg7LConikjrbIMxQFY2dZpajZwv11M-LZQSYRzgomd61vLuB-9LJ5OENyqy6YnC1I0jmOxOfcV35yBFbw9lOGA_6bd7TEoIzhaM0QjmmwjO7-grFpt_cFjCkv6p/s1600-h/DSCF0506.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3n-AUL2FYROELC84B6Cg7LConikjrbIMxQFY2dZpajZwv11M-LZQSYRzgomd61vLuB-9LJ5OENyqy6YnC1I0jmOxOfcV35yBFbw9lOGA_6bd7TEoIzhaM0QjmmwjO7-grFpt_cFjCkv6p/s400/DSCF0506.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263745745176203362" /></a>Yasinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12954747304702013344noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-679727986364628751.post-35143708132601823452008-11-01T13:32:00.002-04:002008-12-03T21:43:09.988-05:00Is There Life On Earth?<p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyjoSysD87Cl_R-rARfw9CF-XOM55PEoLvNj02tJ-WKFe0-N8Lx6GmnioUafhpMfdD94BktG_zxNLb6iaeuRxhaHZr6c6O4cmHXE3tuJKIYcYhzVwf_xV7mW7wGr7d-PeNYbt9_zZoVAq3/s1600-h/hog1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyjoSysD87Cl_R-rARfw9CF-XOM55PEoLvNj02tJ-WKFe0-N8Lx6GmnioUafhpMfdD94BktG_zxNLb6iaeuRxhaHZr6c6O4cmHXE3tuJKIYcYhzVwf_xV7mW7wGr7d-PeNYbt9_zZoVAq3/s400/hog1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263744734837505170" /></a></p><p>Warthog<br /></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2VAQKngDbfQhn94qWtSZ-oyA0j7TQS2a07VtJ_8duPfr-SySWz3oRhLNAqfWOTYMxcYQKErZL588IU0324O0rK-Eaq9LeGoINUHNU6M_CQsJVCXavO83VHmoTLjOTzHNNTwixpUM2xjm0/s1600-h/stickbug1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2VAQKngDbfQhn94qWtSZ-oyA0j7TQS2a07VtJ_8duPfr-SySWz3oRhLNAqfWOTYMxcYQKErZL588IU0324O0rK-Eaq9LeGoINUHNU6M_CQsJVCXavO83VHmoTLjOTzHNNTwixpUM2xjm0/s400/stickbug1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263744731949445538" /></a></p><p>Stickbug<br /></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKvXzPf3bpjRQZsgTdfIarIve9lbgpF2CRv4RWmj7Jv7mQhx9lWQK71bY01qYoBOHJtG3M_NwTO65PYnr-xrvvxK8mm-73zYQGTDA6BX5vId6-S5ln6v8y62lpkKYuLQ1JINRIQBbknMLj/s1600-h/pede1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKvXzPf3bpjRQZsgTdfIarIve9lbgpF2CRv4RWmj7Jv7mQhx9lWQK71bY01qYoBOHJtG3M_NwTO65PYnr-xrvvxK8mm-73zYQGTDA6BX5vId6-S5ln6v8y62lpkKYuLQ1JINRIQBbknMLj/s400/pede1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263744713032382786" /></a></p><p>This bug was about a foot long.<br /></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPDMXsixVQrXHHr1CLrRQtnQ2FwagkD5L9v8eOphRcvVYx0PMA6JSW41FLSlU_m7GOwMMNpNorlubU31AmiyAj9Lpsv0GYWi7AHItXaXGnfiYLmaGbI9rgqTVvevMUDores4-0FP9jBSE2/s1600-h/monitor.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPDMXsixVQrXHHr1CLrRQtnQ2FwagkD5L9v8eOphRcvVYx0PMA6JSW41FLSlU_m7GOwMMNpNorlubU31AmiyAj9Lpsv0GYWi7AHItXaXGnfiYLmaGbI9rgqTVvevMUDores4-0FP9jBSE2/s400/monitor.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263744699399132450" /></a></p><p>Monitor lizard. At one point we saw a Black Mamba snake in a tree and all the Africans freaked out. Dad and I had not idea that if you get bitten by one, you die in five minutes. Paul told us a story of a Black Mamba that he had to grab and fling from the truck one time after it fell out of a tree. He said that as they drove away, <em>the snake chased them</em>. <br /></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3reEvVC5SzPwivs4bDAdP_bRvRpBHMYA0VtlGgrhtH5zzjw1HLC7rAmXf-qeomcPDjT__Zesarfkj-kapsrgmFpy3VyERB32YPj7CiI00ml0N0SrmZh2C8yNK8CA5x1d1FfzK80or2ss5/s1600-h/mbogo3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3reEvVC5SzPwivs4bDAdP_bRvRpBHMYA0VtlGgrhtH5zzjw1HLC7rAmXf-qeomcPDjT__Zesarfkj-kapsrgmFpy3VyERB32YPj7CiI00ml0N0SrmZh2C8yNK8CA5x1d1FfzK80or2ss5/s400/mbogo3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263743926305008098" /></a><br /></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCjjtxsMCjC0yVQHH2jDedMczpmLPILnvAJTmjnP0LG39v6222FjHitVLPZIiyZQur8G2ecM_4zdi3N60rc5gjK3sn4ioQ0nQm4QeU6O4OMw-FM45ZJ4wVVcDOEPvb8fTM-pX-JtOfNKVr/s1600-h/mbogo4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCjjtxsMCjC0yVQHH2jDedMczpmLPILnvAJTmjnP0LG39v6222FjHitVLPZIiyZQur8G2ecM_4zdi3N60rc5gjK3sn4ioQ0nQm4QeU6O4OMw-FM45ZJ4wVVcDOEPvb8fTM-pX-JtOfNKVr/s400/mbogo4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263743920871691714" /></a></p><p>Zapruder-style buffalo. Unlike the Serengeti, the Selous is not known for it's photo opportunities. I think that's why the Selous is seen as more of a challenging hunting destination.<br /></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpkuRZIm2UKiHRIDp4IZcB2YMcDXGKgMl5_9ES1YY1k6D3dWbT9WjZmhR4ivKyTrBjiKC7JRfo1XkpRi5bOlbmeP23bTKOCgRq_se5XuhG92zR9LBV7x384TOY8gX8Ryx0tqP4gkheAkEX/s1600-h/bunny.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpkuRZIm2UKiHRIDp4IZcB2YMcDXGKgMl5_9ES1YY1k6D3dWbT9WjZmhR4ivKyTrBjiKC7JRfo1XkpRi5bOlbmeP23bTKOCgRq_se5XuhG92zR9LBV7x384TOY8gX8Ryx0tqP4gkheAkEX/s400/bunny.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263743916236791474" /></a></p><p>Bunny<br /></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg8YR78YqqFQMeChx_rFGri0r3JX131jEWNHfhEMBDVAm3PyKYGXu7fcheB2rxeqSHjdQvwG-MpVZ9Z-YN6q6NYJ12bM6PuztQysXGn9fobkXf166QpmeQDMF0JajDdUbCHcmrLTiUzZ-3/s1600-h/buckoff.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg8YR78YqqFQMeChx_rFGri0r3JX131jEWNHfhEMBDVAm3PyKYGXu7fcheB2rxeqSHjdQvwG-MpVZ9Z-YN6q6NYJ12bM6PuztQysXGn9fobkXf166QpmeQDMF0JajDdUbCHcmrLTiUzZ-3/s400/buckoff.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263743909814415074" /></a>Yasinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12954747304702013344noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-679727986364628751.post-81694025180421842172008-11-01T13:31:00.000-04:002008-11-01T13:32:20.543-04:00Moon<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnhP0lnGokMXqriX-lYKc9By1Qck6IYKM5fMZ8-JDPY7bR_dIjV3bv59mxfSyhYoGdYPsEvgGIMYOy9y_qZTK138j6UQ0kOp8_5JTh2hB0arrpDF59zx8PpF5HguBrYzga7K7wmP1fR3LK/s1600-h/DSCF0668.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnhP0lnGokMXqriX-lYKc9By1Qck6IYKM5fMZ8-JDPY7bR_dIjV3bv59mxfSyhYoGdYPsEvgGIMYOy9y_qZTK138j6UQ0kOp8_5JTh2hB0arrpDF59zx8PpF5HguBrYzga7K7wmP1fR3LK/s400/DSCF0668.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263743191092993778" /></a>Yasinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12954747304702013344noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-679727986364628751.post-2274441084702377342008-11-01T13:20:00.004-04:002008-12-03T22:10:44.559-05:00Souvenirs<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA-EDuvf1E106MAKzDPI7gmQsFGk1E7wRaB4dkmXHtZQ5Wp3swNfPje8OM554wgv-9WrmikhTq0n4uOSyWltEAb8ijDSMPINyNoGfRLIiXyRUX9RU_JDafKGGTio6mNWooAZD8kPRnvehJ/s1600-h/DSCF1122.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA-EDuvf1E106MAKzDPI7gmQsFGk1E7wRaB4dkmXHtZQ5Wp3swNfPje8OM554wgv-9WrmikhTq0n4uOSyWltEAb8ijDSMPINyNoGfRLIiXyRUX9RU_JDafKGGTio6mNWooAZD8kPRnvehJ/s400/DSCF1122.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263742313316575810" /></a><br /><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH2GBIg0mXB5wVm8yMUgD_XQbCt8XFiXZdrZTGADLiyZVsvTTAw_nCHNAnK5rUSHZVUM_LIYkNpITDCcJW6bQSPJEPJoSg-6slBc-3BSNOrgYtS3hI3E4jId6DJIFxpCgKxVZoBTwHaSO4/s1600-h/DSCF1115.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH2GBIg0mXB5wVm8yMUgD_XQbCt8XFiXZdrZTGADLiyZVsvTTAw_nCHNAnK5rUSHZVUM_LIYkNpITDCcJW6bQSPJEPJoSg-6slBc-3BSNOrgYtS3hI3E4jId6DJIFxpCgKxVZoBTwHaSO4/s400/DSCF1115.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263742305746755682" /></a></p><p>This is a buffalo tooth.<br /></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM85sg-i0WNC2UuvfOalbKYoRxlMC3w1s7fJC4GbboOSr7pQKMbLsZ04DjLwGRHxQ4IWZSadZzLgWutMCDqb877OV_6_em3TjFtbLLIgmHmnZaHbve2Orsi-jnZzcAeCJ8kZenkZKaUjVL/s1600-h/DSCF1114.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM85sg-i0WNC2UuvfOalbKYoRxlMC3w1s7fJC4GbboOSr7pQKMbLsZ04DjLwGRHxQ4IWZSadZzLgWutMCDqb877OV_6_em3TjFtbLLIgmHmnZaHbve2Orsi-jnZzcAeCJ8kZenkZKaUjVL/s400/DSCF1114.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263742298356115042" /></a></p><p>This is a lion claw that I bought from an intimidating man in the back of a hut after a sweaty and intense bargaining session. I came out of the hut with a bracelet made from elephant tail hair as well. Someone compared me to a slave trader for buying these probably illegal things. What do you think?<br /></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicKG3dKtbxeLCKdgsuWrtLp3xrWtRDcbp2VdFgVRpB2Gra4R_Wkzg3DboI-f47w5KfKPGpl5gwZhmHE6KRAgWR5iZlIutl8JdQbmhsVoLnDCCQ2V8OD8EcDUAb4wKF1HTLOKLovO5H_4va/s1600-h/DSCF0919.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicKG3dKtbxeLCKdgsuWrtLp3xrWtRDcbp2VdFgVRpB2Gra4R_Wkzg3DboI-f47w5KfKPGpl5gwZhmHE6KRAgWR5iZlIutl8JdQbmhsVoLnDCCQ2V8OD8EcDUAb4wKF1HTLOKLovO5H_4va/s400/DSCF0919.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263742291323066626" /></a></p><p>I packaged this stuff up with my father's trophies to be sent to the US. It's a bunch of shells, petrified wood, a vulture feather, a porcupine quill, and an African toothpick. I will probably never see these things again.<br /></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihD3pJHXl71LkblEunAFuI0lyxv54f3Fw70VZ2FyYusllKktXHvhghDSHE6hoKbKkYWtWbZwfNd5QTRAqMkp28LitneVAgp6zl0YaP8TSzYd7lYEZZaVR4Q-rm9AtdgpMQiMgctz6xeaEG/s1600-h/DSCF0910.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihD3pJHXl71LkblEunAFuI0lyxv54f3Fw70VZ2FyYusllKktXHvhghDSHE6hoKbKkYWtWbZwfNd5QTRAqMkp28LitneVAgp6zl0YaP8TSzYd7lYEZZaVR4Q-rm9AtdgpMQiMgctz6xeaEG/s400/DSCF0910.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263741699248809138" /></a></p><p>One day at lunch we collected a bunch of these seeds. They're called 'bomba kofi' and are used as playing pieces in some sort of African board game.<br /></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHH1mIo-ZYcYjujEbADEejGpfUAcI7kltX7ak95Fht7esUXWTJkc95At6SfeFZ8koO1hwD083ehz5g9ykLdL-1MlrGouAVkmZ1MZU3M61MhcmG0y_UenYfziyHmJLOPGH8y2NXNJ-Wsg8p/s1600-h/DSCF0901.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHH1mIo-ZYcYjujEbADEejGpfUAcI7kltX7ak95Fht7esUXWTJkc95At6SfeFZ8koO1hwD083ehz5g9ykLdL-1MlrGouAVkmZ1MZU3M61MhcmG0y_UenYfziyHmJLOPGH8y2NXNJ-Wsg8p/s400/DSCF0901.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263741684021170562" /></a></p><p>Eland skull<br /></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK_ZeYMAE_5sGFO_qlPA1r8nVMHqxtaz9EAemAlGJBKky6v4TtX_45klnuVNJtb1enB2-CCPW9C4uueKZE9W4l47IYI5-KNFclqtQ89Fb8k6bGmEfFmIRzAqeD0LqkBozsCq_-KxfIVAm6/s1600-h/DSCF0763.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK_ZeYMAE_5sGFO_qlPA1r8nVMHqxtaz9EAemAlGJBKky6v4TtX_45klnuVNJtb1enB2-CCPW9C4uueKZE9W4l47IYI5-KNFclqtQ89Fb8k6bGmEfFmIRzAqeD0LqkBozsCq_-KxfIVAm6/s400/DSCF0763.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263741681940427154" /></a></p><p>This is a elephant tusk we fount deep in the forest. Tollo, the park ranger, had to carry it for a couple of hours, taking it back to camp for anti-poaching purposes.<br /></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6sNR2pzHIIGJqNkiIu89pD8WkdrAyZ7LfLDtd2siBLBLScNlkaFXAjaIughFkjq3Nmn_n8jEGwtbsjXcsdsBjT6rUFjljrvk86Mi7Bk91Puv5Fb1hwf6DgMMU-598acfK_QUF2RA89SJm/s1600-h/DSCF0761.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6sNR2pzHIIGJqNkiIu89pD8WkdrAyZ7LfLDtd2siBLBLScNlkaFXAjaIughFkjq3Nmn_n8jEGwtbsjXcsdsBjT6rUFjljrvk86Mi7Bk91Puv5Fb1hwf6DgMMU-598acfK_QUF2RA89SJm/s400/DSCF0761.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263741671035673890" /></a></p><p>Porcupine quill<br /></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfDR3EQMSnZoHK8JrlHJUTRJwfAbArRDjic2aInsCLDEqnwmBXyicyzHkQjDbrdA6IIxouHiuxphzibdIq_Q0c0X5uOOSaqEJRcqwLGk3qQ4yz2Gpw1LoQQDMy2ndry5H1rtJZsvhfYXwe/s1600-h/DSCF0434.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfDR3EQMSnZoHK8JrlHJUTRJwfAbArRDjic2aInsCLDEqnwmBXyicyzHkQjDbrdA6IIxouHiuxphzibdIq_Q0c0X5uOOSaqEJRcqwLGk3qQ4yz2Gpw1LoQQDMy2ndry5H1rtJZsvhfYXwe/s400/DSCF0434.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263741667708944434" /></a></p><p>Paul had some Tanzanite. On the entire earth, Tanzanite is only found in a single mountain range in Tanzania, where Paul once worked with his brother. Dozens of miners die there every year.</p>Yasinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12954747304702013344noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-679727986364628751.post-25444837254272451232008-11-01T05:03:00.003-04:002008-11-01T05:16:39.992-04:00National Geographic<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZSkZoCsCxva779uvQBjS3LWJL4VzUgA1TVF6bT0htGEcKqU06znQf6oaBH5YfoE-RrWFZQ6OoVCZcn40LJtkS9QT-yT4Gsb0BPHmhikxCoUY4hzgoMbcDVsswpTBMbkxG5-auLzslIyvr/s1600-h/DSCF0497.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZSkZoCsCxva779uvQBjS3LWJL4VzUgA1TVF6bT0htGEcKqU06znQf6oaBH5YfoE-RrWFZQ6OoVCZcn40LJtkS9QT-yT4Gsb0BPHmhikxCoUY4hzgoMbcDVsswpTBMbkxG5-auLzslIyvr/s400/DSCF0497.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263613438933637698" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNlrl7FiVRbrNpKv_t_q1XS9wvqcndSM7dMNSGo5Wwa68HVBYSlas1CWWUr9YYerwBQwaPPlxSA1yKbrAdDh721p84HwzzQ2X4tl45PK71CWt3FAOknesp-YGwWGdfO0Tr89L8LRJmElqi/s1600-h/DSCF0390.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFnWDFn5UoHnKYd47cUm0ZhKtjyXev57aSuHGK1E_Zz89krE6eVKDYhyJMPiNq1wIiGao_0X_zu3kslyWiWvGaIqrDxSSam2qbv5B-nXlVcEFoiuE6T9VWf_LkJLyUI1O8KpDSQNm9_92R/s400/DSCF0322.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263613421660890290" /></a></p><p>One time as we were driving, Alan lit a piece of a cardboard box on fire and just threw it from the truck into a field of grass.<br /></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggc_2aDXH_HoWDe3HXj3wbzjx3i67MkL51dax2WHweTIdDO5eVk9r-F49U65y0k50493O4czqDjUPiD6pxvUrxn04dnvmRfXeg0exZRCifiDotAl7qa8q9vUrJkaVxWb6mPHQDgufLa7oj/s1600-h/DSCF0310.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggc_2aDXH_HoWDe3HXj3wbzjx3i67MkL51dax2WHweTIdDO5eVk9r-F49U65y0k50493O4czqDjUPiD6pxvUrxn04dnvmRfXeg0exZRCifiDotAl7qa8q9vUrJkaVxWb6mPHQDgufLa7oj/s400/DSCF0310.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263612899566398546" /></a></p><p>They called these trees 'Sausage' Trees.<br /></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3T6CTGd3JSwiBUBmSgLW06-jShe8UDnMDz8BPvdu7P41riArDlDGF5Pl25Cu5p00Zc4qiL-_m6O0oIyspRKhv6Du1DxQFNMtGpV4m0-4BENdKglXagTXT6qW7iOKObgfe0c2eNRiKNLwV/s1600-h/DSCF0300.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3T6CTGd3JSwiBUBmSgLW06-jShe8UDnMDz8BPvdu7P41riArDlDGF5Pl25Cu5p00Zc4qiL-_m6O0oIyspRKhv6Du1DxQFNMtGpV4m0-4BENdKglXagTXT6qW7iOKObgfe0c2eNRiKNLwV/s400/DSCF0300.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263612889678824162" /></a></p><p>This is the famous baobab tree.<br /></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHF4sfSZpwsRAfdrBBOpOcNpvhVxGqRENv61YWQu0NBIP5c_B5SW-gAoF-LlQyqv2FGlqZxFpRZV_1RmSqvwQ4m26I3lLLV1lDriQ9aXfJBejxyTHZxAVn78ID2meSUwmks3RPs6T9UGQU/s1600-h/DSCF0254.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHF4sfSZpwsRAfdrBBOpOcNpvhVxGqRENv61YWQu0NBIP5c_B5SW-gAoF-LlQyqv2FGlqZxFpRZV_1RmSqvwQ4m26I3lLLV1lDriQ9aXfJBejxyTHZxAVn78ID2meSUwmks3RPs6T9UGQU/s400/DSCF0254.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263612887886109554" /></a><br /><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYkkfV9sQD-AE9bBr0MJy8FPxcIJxvr6G39K3LPXXChXIaJRr514JG0kwFZ-LobEkQdu6e5HGo4lF1gWrToBaKm65nnmrqgSJTXhZwljcFzssJUc_OWsXNqRk2gzw7E7_1Crfiv7WcGlZl/s1600-h/DSCF0205.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYkkfV9sQD-AE9bBr0MJy8FPxcIJxvr6G39K3LPXXChXIaJRr514JG0kwFZ-LobEkQdu6e5HGo4lF1gWrToBaKm65nnmrqgSJTXhZwljcFzssJUc_OWsXNqRk2gzw7E7_1Crfiv7WcGlZl/s400/DSCF0205.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263612877293099186" /></a>This was the closest butte to our camp; it's name is Nkuti.</p>Yasinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12954747304702013344noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-679727986364628751.post-15756827126936759712008-11-01T04:50:00.003-04:002008-11-01T05:19:11.416-04:00Food Chain<p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigE3Z6xvjA_JRBbbABRsQlwE0ma92tZvqA3otj5gTXZZrd7SNnPqrxed1bbMcHe9CJEsA1WQnYlWTJbeYn_Yw7Pyq8Maj3bqdTNhr2KeFTfl-kHRfU5fuo9Ro4EPYwzHuuUR-j2IkbED3K/s1600-h/elephant.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihMla-50AA6eX8KaisKmw3vfCM626f473Jw6PFMpj9Ez0YNuE_jPsSPC6X2FK-SYUrFXPH1so_3-VzZ3yp-JmT511Lb6D0RK2t5FJp2snXHJp503brJjDYl7dRXxYtTIg91Yw_e0o_rvKo/s400/whitefrog1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263609848917218354" /></a>Anton had never even seen a white frog before. I offered that perhaps it had been struck by lightning.</p>Yasinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12954747304702013344noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-679727986364628751.post-84910579705663567412008-11-01T04:41:00.001-04:002008-11-01T04:47:53.540-04:00Mystery Death<p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsLeiyjGJ61fpTgjP1BCTUH-Yjq_wTfXFB61bLmIoN7pD7FTjDD5FBjCqSj5cjUPDVaWC0neLUxRFtGi7Nn3PUPbAJZ-YCOEWdYRtJNWk5lwQpK361uvk1p4RbJFRd3CTKnITSaJBXPmVA/s1600-h/DSCF0855.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsLeiyjGJ61fpTgjP1BCTUH-Yjq_wTfXFB61bLmIoN7pD7FTjDD5FBjCqSj5cjUPDVaWC0neLUxRFtGi7Nn3PUPbAJZ-YCOEWdYRtJNWk5lwQpK361uvk1p4RbJFRd3CTKnITSaJBXPmVA/s400/DSCF0855.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263607371737569634" /></a></p><p>This was a dead velvet monkey that I alone witnessed.<br /></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV4vBoIpgCs9mBv9osYD_8jaMdJvbixn3fsmTe5Sl5LVrJ-tHCyyMfhOt1whrA1MiPzTzVWcCNyC6t5g-fSvblKeUWUr67QUNpZ82zwfXtTs8bSm_xjvyGmrHdDw4cJ0XxxKt-SNJfzfCg/s1600-h/DSCF0859.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV4vBoIpgCs9mBv9osYD_8jaMdJvbixn3fsmTe5Sl5LVrJ-tHCyyMfhOt1whrA1MiPzTzVWcCNyC6t5g-fSvblKeUWUr67QUNpZ82zwfXtTs8bSm_xjvyGmrHdDw4cJ0XxxKt-SNJfzfCg/s400/DSCF0859.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263607363637515554" /></a></p><p>It was so freshly dead that only the ants had found him yet.<br /></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZTO00WGfNWNmdIuzSCRIIbEE_tGONNUzlpP9hhnTemeRfdp0HkxCVmb2-3ECvWA-ZeevKIPw05cqkWH0hhsrDlArT20D80Go8Ae-cSD9nkV4bpKNfkpGnZF1JZUwsfsBa77SaFEzE18x7/s1600-h/DSCF0864.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZTO00WGfNWNmdIuzSCRIIbEE_tGONNUzlpP9hhnTemeRfdp0HkxCVmb2-3ECvWA-ZeevKIPw05cqkWH0hhsrDlArT20D80Go8Ae-cSD9nkV4bpKNfkpGnZF1JZUwsfsBa77SaFEzE18x7/s400/DSCF0864.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263607345975914818" /></a>We suspected that a black mamba snake may have killed him.</p>Yasinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12954747304702013344noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-679727986364628751.post-27258763879673051712008-11-01T04:35:00.002-04:002008-11-01T04:39:57.907-04:00Family<p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvLqlQgixRtNLhafUvtM75VkGoJf3CmCBgwycdg8BjX9hW9MNYKYNwZV7hFo_3NTjr4twmPcnLtr8auVV8syIdjFBr8g5SO5y3hJDn7zrUjM_NHLyWEt9uxRAljH5XOermIkkIZFX5hMEE/s1600-h/deadelephant.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvLqlQgixRtNLhafUvtM75VkGoJf3CmCBgwycdg8BjX9hW9MNYKYNwZV7hFo_3NTjr4twmPcnLtr8auVV8syIdjFBr8g5SO5y3hJDn7zrUjM_NHLyWEt9uxRAljH5XOermIkkIZFX5hMEE/s400/deadelephant.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263605287120840690" /></a>There was another elephant skeleton next to this one.</p>Yasinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12954747304702013344noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-679727986364628751.post-77672312856313982182008-11-01T04:19:00.002-04:002008-11-01T04:34:03.715-04:00Animals<p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivsXNpYEPQYbFDMaL24taSWH5D3ASvz9wol8zf6L1XpgiMU-dqLXX_AO81h93XYNl_QKhTvW6P_GaUYJdB4egFIrgs7kZCxzuv2OG8l-VTf4puccXJ2DJe1x0kQYN8l2hxefxepwsQkMSd/s1600-h/baboon4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivsXNpYEPQYbFDMaL24taSWH5D3ASvz9wol8zf6L1XpgiMU-dqLXX_AO81h93XYNl_QKhTvW6P_GaUYJdB4egFIrgs7kZCxzuv2OG8l-VTf4puccXJ2DJe1x0kQYN8l2hxefxepwsQkMSd/s400/baboon4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263602601977464002" /></a></p><p>This playful little scamp would take your face off.<br /></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiui717HseubeYzQEtjtBYmv4taz1OIZD6icAiZNOP48V7Iw5plCe1RYaL3YVY7j42fn1jfw1oTOtFO68FxqwJJo3AL4pSO5KGBlFYHxP0EM4CBbBfZAbvOqHnKMoO6eL9r6La4Krecc8ZV/s1600-h/baboon3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiui717HseubeYzQEtjtBYmv4taz1OIZD6icAiZNOP48V7Iw5plCe1RYaL3YVY7j42fn1jfw1oTOtFO68FxqwJJo3AL4pSO5KGBlFYHxP0EM4CBbBfZAbvOqHnKMoO6eL9r6La4Krecc8ZV/s400/baboon3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263602593021357922" /></a></p><p>The baboons weren't as scared of us as most of the other animals were. They would run, yes, but not before checking us out.<br /></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTbcn6DhMJizoa0vvLceLI0cvwyn5vCbdQaG7P0VwZGDFzgSTQRkXxhIlJUcAkNWi_sVB3HqzSIaMCwdMCQ4NaIOtr6BR9XbS4ibKmXlx92pV_RcHvJczlUOqDYr7CQ8B_bLjsSMCfAhLG/s1600-h/baboon2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTbcn6DhMJizoa0vvLceLI0cvwyn5vCbdQaG7P0VwZGDFzgSTQRkXxhIlJUcAkNWi_sVB3HqzSIaMCwdMCQ4NaIOtr6BR9XbS4ibKmXlx92pV_RcHvJczlUOqDYr7CQ8B_bLjsSMCfAhLG/s400/baboon2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263602583488306514" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy2zDjcZXlpwAOg1RBmn5_ODbtfNmW8oRin8Gk7Gt-o5lLEDxhRQC_jGSkEM2t7ZOzsA6OM4-6CPVTixdhLr7g6nBCd1xR9idN9keVOTRCUrneNNXNBo4pdTiwBVLnKEFooYJUiXCx1oVG/s1600-h/baboon1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy2zDjcZXlpwAOg1RBmn5_ODbtfNmW8oRin8Gk7Gt-o5lLEDxhRQC_jGSkEM2t7ZOzsA6OM4-6CPVTixdhLr7g6nBCd1xR9idN9keVOTRCUrneNNXNBo4pdTiwBVLnKEFooYJUiXCx1oVG/s400/baboon1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263602579677197218" /></a><br /><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHK90RwlzRt7-9oBAy_-Y6H6O8HgsoBE9SHWzNyC3NHnjZ11RB2kwgDbPcVPTIQ-pTg_bge6D3gz6KBg_aPoIvtncImnx_9sBn8f7K_yhpOnMg9ks57SIm944lnfjpxfTnHwJVqExARvL0/s1600-h/hippobuck.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHK90RwlzRt7-9oBAy_-Y6H6O8HgsoBE9SHWzNyC3NHnjZ11RB2kwgDbPcVPTIQ-pTg_bge6D3gz6KBg_aPoIvtncImnx_9sBn8f7K_yhpOnMg9ks57SIm944lnfjpxfTnHwJVqExARvL0/s400/hippobuck.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263601923951822658" /></a></p><p>The hippo would make incredible honking and barking sounds at night when they woke up.<br /></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvCOXVNdVDpjGmdlIGdSHd5XconYSiZ4guvo5LboMUjojmy_odDlFaX9YMgrXT6IZvkELtblkC0MO8AWua3Endiy91rA6XwqrQ4bjFxjr4JLMyAu8Yhg2sk75fKRw5Bvm4QREqRqQkVR_j/s1600-h/charge!.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvCOXVNdVDpjGmdlIGdSHd5XconYSiZ4guvo5LboMUjojmy_odDlFaX9YMgrXT6IZvkELtblkC0MO8AWua3Endiy91rA6XwqrQ4bjFxjr4JLMyAu8Yhg2sk75fKRw5Bvm4QREqRqQkVR_j/s400/charge!.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263601907562340322" /></a></p><p>This is an elephant that charged us. Tollo cocked his gun and I thought he was going to shoot it, but we drove away first.<br /></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdCqCyCtGbgFZ_1qwoSK09hEeoPBMqHibCsu8wuikOGgngj4e4DgwPZaxsXMP3aDB4cSkJ-rCUb8WBcxHf8ghXhtbHVTwtgVOB38eNRHZ1vrC8fY64ih-lRkARRH3XV1CLNVVHCchwr156/s1600-h/butterfly1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdCqCyCtGbgFZ_1qwoSK09hEeoPBMqHibCsu8wuikOGgngj4e4DgwPZaxsXMP3aDB4cSkJ-rCUb8WBcxHf8ghXhtbHVTwtgVOB38eNRHZ1vrC8fY64ih-lRkARRH3XV1CLNVVHCchwr156/s400/butterfly1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263601906770327650" /></a>Yasinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12954747304702013344noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-679727986364628751.post-70391153594203829602008-11-01T03:57:00.003-04:002008-11-01T04:11:00.408-04:00The Warthog<p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuzCfNrzRZ2X1iA2eQH-POjm_dS523poGIA5c8E_1dIo4lF0oRnuqpQiKSlhzhZx3y0Vy6Cv3dx9RyIGPXBFL6ENEWnQP7vHtY_HqW42GZRpZoHFTao4TVDfJgjqGrxGUR3oQzRZzCwCQd/s1600-h/DSCF0551.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuzCfNrzRZ2X1iA2eQH-POjm_dS523poGIA5c8E_1dIo4lF0oRnuqpQiKSlhzhZx3y0Vy6Cv3dx9RyIGPXBFL6ENEWnQP7vHtY_HqW42GZRpZoHFTao4TVDfJgjqGrxGUR3oQzRZzCwCQd/s400/DSCF0551.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263596686069940834" /></a></p><p>This warthog was killed on the third shot.<br /></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5kHduZLLa_NmZMMfL_ekYEJqNIJmFOK6EFp0N5uXlOiFG_2hy5sgiORrBM0w98YWq1woqx0EdpT1xSVp-B1UyRcc-Dpr0fwWeiQVW5W2X2TPSEOS9fvmZ3U1Jz-tJO31rs-CepjcuyyTA/s1600-h/DSCF0557.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5kHduZLLa_NmZMMfL_ekYEJqNIJmFOK6EFp0N5uXlOiFG_2hy5sgiORrBM0w98YWq1woqx0EdpT1xSVp-B1UyRcc-Dpr0fwWeiQVW5W2X2TPSEOS9fvmZ3U1Jz-tJO31rs-CepjcuyyTA/s400/DSCF0557.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263596676140584338" /></a></p><p>My father: a beautiful man.<br /></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmZSd7nR0P7EB5eE10CH9czFJ3aNUfi7QfXk0O0E_AIQyNyx-qgPZSd-3-2XXbLg439NgOUn73hOkEMlcoEldUNmx7bPaX-kcVlvp6YPB2fNLMeTQQLL94eIzBXKV2pxHfe9z_AQD00kg2/s1600-h/DSCF0555.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmZSd7nR0P7EB5eE10CH9czFJ3aNUfi7QfXk0O0E_AIQyNyx-qgPZSd-3-2XXbLg439NgOUn73hOkEMlcoEldUNmx7bPaX-kcVlvp6YPB2fNLMeTQQLL94eIzBXKV2pxHfe9z_AQD00kg2/s400/DSCF0555.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263596669331205186" /></a><br /><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcoCpmMLRPASOSJY7_zFZorrJRMJ4nH51EfNLuRQWWdepB_E9opVqkQ_5JfOSqv81O-_1Ro32RCDxxEWeIP5kOsSsN9RdCx6ZxwF90wlqC-YfUAmS4BOYK-CNluXmS6AvPsqnKvfbz_L_r/s1600-h/DSCF0564.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcoCpmMLRPASOSJY7_zFZorrJRMJ4nH51EfNLuRQWWdepB_E9opVqkQ_5JfOSqv81O-_1Ro32RCDxxEWeIP5kOsSsN9RdCx6ZxwF90wlqC-YfUAmS4BOYK-CNluXmS6AvPsqnKvfbz_L_r/s400/DSCF0564.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263596659349136930" /></a></p><p>One of the bullets actually hit it's tail.<br /></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSPWcx-huqP4rNqFDuZJHX2FRHetBBCoJYcVyrWNlumWC6JwJZCo0qSl7o4uPZUXElB9HbYFYYyAu6LSUYogwr2ZzvWcWxlf9-RTrKnyepzDWMl-iOIIK7rw7Acs0mgSQ2vSaJhGpO3Hnq/s1600-h/DSCF0567.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSPWcx-huqP4rNqFDuZJHX2FRHetBBCoJYcVyrWNlumWC6JwJZCo0qSl7o4uPZUXElB9HbYFYYyAu6LSUYogwr2ZzvWcWxlf9-RTrKnyepzDWMl-iOIIK7rw7Acs0mgSQ2vSaJhGpO3Hnq/s400/DSCF0567.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263595896662300594" /></a></p><p>Lema, Tollo, Anton, and Alan. Amazing, funny, talented men.<br /></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm9dr5fWszvWH58ngqJFHN2sji47HQ2oFyJUf6lOyQdyb-d_Ez9RoRxv8_W-s1FNoWWr_qT3m5Sph2xIIYNJX4ygxbgtu627wdBm_sEpXoVHUObbgrvc-De3cAYM3cTCLesN_FB7vRwzt1/s1600-h/DSCF0574.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm9dr5fWszvWH58ngqJFHN2sji47HQ2oFyJUf6lOyQdyb-d_Ez9RoRxv8_W-s1FNoWWr_qT3m5Sph2xIIYNJX4ygxbgtu627wdBm_sEpXoVHUObbgrvc-De3cAYM3cTCLesN_FB7vRwzt1/s400/DSCF0574.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263595892553172146" /></a><br /></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjldh2oTFJe8ZWjLQM9DwpKdRleb40vVzk8osIlnHRFS4BPYkJMTkimwUIkksxDfwrK0g06Bt0jsKmDOeoKA9LIiE_u-I05YZ_3R1TFMA_3upTrb0j3oJEUbV0ToAgo7ulCxB5gH3H6yiOQ/s1600-h/DSCF0576.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjldh2oTFJe8ZWjLQM9DwpKdRleb40vVzk8osIlnHRFS4BPYkJMTkimwUIkksxDfwrK0g06Bt0jsKmDOeoKA9LIiE_u-I05YZ_3R1TFMA_3upTrb0j3oJEUbV0ToAgo7ulCxB5gH3H6yiOQ/s400/DSCF0576.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263595882685198674" /></a><br /><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVhSnoqTjZYDCLzn7gqQqRekjOO3X_Ngfn3be09Q6xu8jrxDiCIKAtL9qKgCSK_x8NdVoFY7wPN2nmRqMLS7ZHQnU2WsY8aE0dd6E0dVNdUZFM-E3rvixkDhCu1xwbse_0laUwiwriGevf/s1600-h/DSCF0616.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVhSnoqTjZYDCLzn7gqQqRekjOO3X_Ngfn3be09Q6xu8jrxDiCIKAtL9qKgCSK_x8NdVoFY7wPN2nmRqMLS7ZHQnU2WsY8aE0dd6E0dVNdUZFM-E3rvixkDhCu1xwbse_0laUwiwriGevf/s400/DSCF0616.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263595879115669570" /></a>I will make music with it's hooves.</p>Yasinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12954747304702013344noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-679727986364628751.post-36578550675504371922008-10-31T17:30:00.002-04:002008-10-31T17:41:15.394-04:00Hunting<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8nddjxD54oiiTroB1nUmJhcmf0XxLFwZacWdlLSBlnhHJ6P_4mCBKPXyDidmAb_xrbB6xi8cXMrtCxyj8_hGCRCaiYK6n3Iq1B3J8R2ysQcUc_fXdObV9ZAMiRCki_bqHq4IiWAxSiAmY/s1600-h/DSCF0162.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyIX-ZWMBBsZl0sMeE3IzNF8vGMDQPNSAh8MfVTklGcmOPiF3AJ2_8BMQ6TO8rQNAONAulyHXOB69O1qKRUTbEB2qeDGx3loxGK4026XOiBFWO2f1tRtuLQF3EdEx-MZt6ZiGAsKl72fBM/s400/DSCF0679.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263434660808405970" /></a></p><p>Tollo said this was a 'game post'. It was in the exact middle of nowhere.<br /></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitxXlQpiJamgepZrmZhVSqgXN32RStnsY-434QgovfcTMu4AxaCzSb-8r0QZSnRhBuMZgby8o5_6EprJ-ERe3vmeEBsT8UH7Kx3xGpxpgwhXFCjC4eYFnBw6xpzW9U_-JOCvefFi_rCtt7/s1600-h/DSCF0698.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitxXlQpiJamgepZrmZhVSqgXN32RStnsY-434QgovfcTMu4AxaCzSb-8r0QZSnRhBuMZgby8o5_6EprJ-ERe3vmeEBsT8UH7Kx3xGpxpgwhXFCjC4eYFnBw6xpzW9U_-JOCvefFi_rCtt7/s400/DSCF0698.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263434649852340338" /></a></p><p>Sometimes we would crawl on our hands and knees to get up close to the buffalo.<br /></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNKa5XOzbBOf-FgGjNRwQttQqEnYmKDKeehJgV35fPw4J1-JLectDU-Taj_bOpQvXTCIOzpUXDPlwKmLdGrt9D2X4YziWcsdOI7DhejMsqwHEeUH5-rn5c7fpCyuAYGDGP6pshJVRg4ZFr/s1600-h/DSCF0708.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNKa5XOzbBOf-FgGjNRwQttQqEnYmKDKeehJgV35fPw4J1-JLectDU-Taj_bOpQvXTCIOzpUXDPlwKmLdGrt9D2X4YziWcsdOI7DhejMsqwHEeUH5-rn5c7fpCyuAYGDGP6pshJVRg4ZFr/s400/DSCF0708.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263434637763542434" /></a><br /><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx85qDTGwasjIFbOmb9BKJw4K593gXe8Hzid4RqHPFeLT4r-mjFdlzibIQa1msOzk2SnGQTLGRPBdf_bjd0klZi2vnrDMQBXSMoaMmwdWgJUfz-PX6XuRvtqiCSXDu3Kumpaz4cIPoio2K/s1600-h/DSCF0767.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx85qDTGwasjIFbOmb9BKJw4K593gXe8Hzid4RqHPFeLT4r-mjFdlzibIQa1msOzk2SnGQTLGRPBdf_bjd0klZi2vnrDMQBXSMoaMmwdWgJUfz-PX6XuRvtqiCSXDu3Kumpaz4cIPoio2K/s400/DSCF0767.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263434628422279170" /></a>Game trails.</p>Yasinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12954747304702013344noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-679727986364628751.post-87387327939300531242008-10-31T17:08:00.001-04:002008-10-31T17:29:59.457-04:00African Sunsets<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIkB4PjS_Jb8Ct3pJM9kC0cePzG5DVRC91qG2AKkpACwD5L3QvM05EqJjuje9rALRQBM_jd1Nb4oiThyqPk8wOXtEbZrPThdE1s-1t9I6-u21I-bbkGXAEKYyknoYrvsyc0pJJB9RkGS3y/s1600-h/DSCF0742.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF-3Gr3dEObMduYq9xu86BMJWKfRpMqkYerL_x9XsrbKmrUlsqVeTedq_Q2SGmWo1KTgrTThc8RvRrGF_cI7tKa8iK5Du-FTZscNNt0nDEomrQ20UhhiExdZP-SUgMGUMlxUB15cvKOXjv/s400/DSCF0212.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263433277454808226" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7iI5r0EMt945KNPdKvvzGVlYB5Rzijy-P5aIgEfzejUT9x5YIbbHoyM9HhndEOxBMP2Zk96AX4KxdkUWJ6wbLDcZHWTruHZj4j1fsv5_l5-zcPNXEmVkVMtL9DGUJEIcduK25R1AYyh5j/s1600-h/DSCF0209.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7iI5r0EMt945KNPdKvvzGVlYB5Rzijy-P5aIgEfzejUT9x5YIbbHoyM9HhndEOxBMP2Zk96AX4KxdkUWJ6wbLDcZHWTruHZj4j1fsv5_l5-zcPNXEmVkVMtL9DGUJEIcduK25R1AYyh5j/s400/DSCF0209.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263433269032267970" /></a>Yasinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12954747304702013344noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-679727986364628751.post-33514201525670749082008-10-31T16:52:00.003-04:002008-10-31T17:07:08.780-04:00Strategy<p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU1ZETe0SPW0QSs4van6rjdv5dMw7hIIUMy_LsVJJO_TbA0HYhIxOpsDweY6ppiLpi19Az-u0CRijnQfMsNGONhTBUY5T3Li5FCmI7GVkmZYu_WVnO1B4IqvK45RT40Y7DOQ6vD6WOY60y/s1600-h/DSCF0320.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU1ZETe0SPW0QSs4van6rjdv5dMw7hIIUMy_LsVJJO_TbA0HYhIxOpsDweY6ppiLpi19Az-u0CRijnQfMsNGONhTBUY5T3Li5FCmI7GVkmZYu_WVnO1B4IqvK45RT40Y7DOQ6vD6WOY60y/s400/DSCF0320.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263424328346821282" /></a></p><p>This is some old lion bait that Alan cut down. It was a dried up husk of an elephant leg, but was probably once very appetizing.<br /></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJe_L5UDbyKUDHPp_NkQMFXxsKjK7Ikwi6yzMQbzHWqnjnxQM7m3GMJ8Y2YBVq5pU2PIQVK60sjxQaUmmUNo4_TPs3h_LG1EawR2vTNT4mGCH3a4ZC3Q_mPzhcwcbt6h-JuB1zBcL5XxlI/s1600-h/DSCF0321.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJe_L5UDbyKUDHPp_NkQMFXxsKjK7Ikwi6yzMQbzHWqnjnxQM7m3GMJ8Y2YBVq5pU2PIQVK60sjxQaUmmUNo4_TPs3h_LG1EawR2vTNT4mGCH3a4ZC3Q_mPzhcwcbt6h-JuB1zBcL5XxlI/s400/DSCF0321.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263424321787562706" /></a><br /></p><p>Lion are hard to hunt; they're very nervy. This safari would have been boring if we had had to just sit and wait under a bush all night waiting for a lion to show up. Instead, we followed buffalo around on foot for hours and hours at a time, through thick forest and blasting humidity.</p>Yasinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12954747304702013344noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-679727986364628751.post-69228814528761905242008-10-31T16:47:00.001-04:002008-10-31T16:50:47.774-04:00Flying<p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB98OCElwEDOCyBdglLP4_1Frz8WAhZdBeuDkM_X9Kd_owKn9qPsB7t2yP_WzttlWPVJAPcAV1Y637YJ7EdaUZRIIpyoxBfwx0HMrXeH2Yrviz2CDwI6NC3MOPi_QwIW4eZTz7yCWXV4VL/s1600-h/DSCN1019.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB98OCElwEDOCyBdglLP4_1Frz8WAhZdBeuDkM_X9Kd_owKn9qPsB7t2yP_WzttlWPVJAPcAV1Y637YJ7EdaUZRIIpyoxBfwx0HMrXeH2Yrviz2CDwI6NC3MOPi_QwIW4eZTz7yCWXV4VL/s400/DSCN1019.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263422955960171106" /></a></p><p>This is the airport we landed at in the bush.<br /></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga3m1i1TVFOJNuYVgr9MBG_N4u2rHl-pc51cT4Ye38dxOTQxQFHjhievEJqeKLFL8up78zg5Rk4-l9QqcBnwKiXXj-rgemxkpnVHI1l3Dyk31HJ6LwumjlxVtQt9kShnQSdmovt0-JC5q0/s1600-h/DSCN1020.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga3m1i1TVFOJNuYVgr9MBG_N4u2rHl-pc51cT4Ye38dxOTQxQFHjhievEJqeKLFL8up78zg5Rk4-l9QqcBnwKiXXj-rgemxkpnVHI1l3Dyk31HJ6LwumjlxVtQt9kShnQSdmovt0-JC5q0/s400/DSCN1020.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263422948267259746" /></a>Yasinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12954747304702013344noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-679727986364628751.post-84213069205813421922008-10-31T16:28:00.003-04:002008-10-31T16:45:21.807-04:00Camp on the Luego<p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH2zuEEow75HQkeTYv4a2QhFhSCGtQ8w8uZPoOt0yEns4k0UmepoSoZM2EYkkFM9nvVtcx93FBTfLQvC_G2uS1CO2j0hh_Nl4j_fMLfVN4G0H6Z5AO-DUa9eVLD-eLfyiPbNiwcvjkCpkW/s1600-h/DSCF1145.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH2zuEEow75HQkeTYv4a2QhFhSCGtQ8w8uZPoOt0yEns4k0UmepoSoZM2EYkkFM9nvVtcx93FBTfLQvC_G2uS1CO2j0hh_Nl4j_fMLfVN4G0H6Z5AO-DUa9eVLD-eLfyiPbNiwcvjkCpkW/s400/DSCF1145.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263419675040089266" /></a></p><p>This is everyone who was at the camp. They were all awesome and friendly. <br /></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvmWoekqTL191ZUoIHd6Y8TdY0sfWKlKlAfBekuxGU7f-r_CPMUwyXefdET45al_gda8L4VRY8qr5KFNkptFb8eKvfG0vp2NLmVnz_xTFekBCoLEWL4bqblrUYZfoTkWeZyH6yrep2Eth3/s1600-h/DSCF0377.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 94px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvmWoekqTL191ZUoIHd6Y8TdY0sfWKlKlAfBekuxGU7f-r_CPMUwyXefdET45al_gda8L4VRY8qr5KFNkptFb8eKvfG0vp2NLmVnz_xTFekBCoLEWL4bqblrUYZfoTkWeZyH6yrep2Eth3/s400/DSCF0377.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263419671182878018" /></a></p><p>We stayed right on the edge of the Luego River.<br /></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOXTUO2At2zs1-pC5jPFDLEhQ-PSZu9HFW3qCompy4blQ9YIA_3PKG-eBPQoL2H7r6T6Xd8yhePoOohNC1rqxZ9ENVS82EWw8sqF6VXrY2OilVL2L6PCUGdmRi4eP6ZblRKMLwHGwXxgV3/s1600-h/DSCF1110.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOXTUO2At2zs1-pC5jPFDLEhQ-PSZu9HFW3qCompy4blQ9YIA_3PKG-eBPQoL2H7r6T6Xd8yhePoOohNC1rqxZ9ENVS82EWw8sqF6VXrY2OilVL2L6PCUGdmRi4eP6ZblRKMLwHGwXxgV3/s400/DSCF1110.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263419660852695634" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNnMy741sAlyWshKj3_QfIzRZCTXd02ikShzgjNg9Qm7aW9yc0tbgsReMAhy-ZUg2pkmbZ6teJYblLtTSzd_NVQ52vhhqL5L90sQ9We6t8EdIzBGsV1bRF7fRO4bqOGFAp7KDFYSjPwpfd/s1600-h/DSCF1083.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 94px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNnMy741sAlyWshKj3_QfIzRZCTXd02ikShzgjNg9Qm7aW9yc0tbgsReMAhy-ZUg2pkmbZ6teJYblLtTSzd_NVQ52vhhqL5L90sQ9We6t8EdIzBGsV1bRF7fRO4bqOGFAp7KDFYSjPwpfd/s400/DSCF1083.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263418866211144914" /></a><br /><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXFWcrZKV76vIaZweIAk691Qi7BY04bO-YzElRyktgbU9NzTMhekZbo0UrCTO_ssScuS5NzKYsDu5tDD8XKxHHay3QiLVWHq5z6LYMkKLCL52V-6YQqKaIbeKy5-N8YVAud90km8mIpSSv/s1600-h/DSCF1090.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXFWcrZKV76vIaZweIAk691Qi7BY04bO-YzElRyktgbU9NzTMhekZbo0UrCTO_ssScuS5NzKYsDu5tDD8XKxHHay3QiLVWHq5z6LYMkKLCL52V-6YQqKaIbeKy5-N8YVAud90km8mIpSSv/s400/DSCF1090.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263418858424988706" /></a></p><p>This rather sturdy building has to be strong enough to keep hyenas and other scavengers out. It's full of delicious dead animals!<br /></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilOnmRUkm_0Dc2SV12eETR-voiGH6S7SvieFDyS3_5xQHU8zXsIEvWAOloRcqwkIKEJRk1EpVu71ceK0uvZUkOcyvbSR-l4JyDw-6LzApkHgAK9C9J2mNSrZjVLOnm1eeCHyaka6QXgwKN/s1600-h/DSCF0436.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilOnmRUkm_0Dc2SV12eETR-voiGH6S7SvieFDyS3_5xQHU8zXsIEvWAOloRcqwkIKEJRk1EpVu71ceK0uvZUkOcyvbSR-l4JyDw-6LzApkHgAK9C9J2mNSrZjVLOnm1eeCHyaka6QXgwKN/s400/DSCF0436.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263418819945080194" /></a></p><p>Lema cutting up some jerky strips. The word for 'meat' in Swahili is 'nyama'.<br /></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxfKWxd_j3CXshFAf6VJHvTdCvWwX3qBtk_SC-cU3RGvfe4q60na1TaG_gVQ1ufHTRjc0lq0kkB5U-uMomxEeSonm9JygdFpEAinIOZkrFl2NN3cRu2-9ctBq9eFdF5ZMAHVFkO5CfNwId/s1600-h/DSCF1081.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxfKWxd_j3CXshFAf6VJHvTdCvWwX3qBtk_SC-cU3RGvfe4q60na1TaG_gVQ1ufHTRjc0lq0kkB5U-uMomxEeSonm9JygdFpEAinIOZkrFl2NN3cRu2-9ctBq9eFdF5ZMAHVFkO5CfNwId/s400/DSCF1081.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263418811593400242" /></a></p><p>Mbogo skull roasting away.<br /></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMIHI5dJkfrkjw3Kml8QObv7T7_F7dQPFmmWkqW7YQ3gG78eDwCxSP5aToD429EiY4CybEDgbGcIA4iVjALatO8_317FRPavMkgZ9Gakb8gPiZ78JAna1pGqlRd5uq8bB9Aqw47rXMR5T4/s1600-h/DSCF0418.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMIHI5dJkfrkjw3Kml8QObv7T7_F7dQPFmmWkqW7YQ3gG78eDwCxSP5aToD429EiY4CybEDgbGcIA4iVjALatO8_317FRPavMkgZ9Gakb8gPiZ78JAna1pGqlRd5uq8bB9Aqw47rXMR5T4/s400/DSCF0418.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263418802316894466" /></a>All the animals killed so far this season.</p>Yasinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12954747304702013344noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-679727986364628751.post-62269094495904047482008-10-31T15:48:00.006-04:002008-10-31T16:27:15.851-04:00Impala<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk3xTiW35uTXuRJ8fes1n900WkI3vSeBvWAL577-v27P9nUIjoac4UdgjgIY4xzFu9VHAgEa1azUwYRdXLFzBYP-49HueXqcvwtM8aMAopHafc5CYUpYIllkJYWmG2PET9mag2ZpbMdTJY/s1600-h/DSCF0403.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXFmr5MNbOxpsKqOdccodHZXl8A4UCYZS3MZNZKGlGMSVILq36w3d4VfCd3uXIFlF2Dor3XV6kzyWHgIlqxY_-cgE5n2pKzF0cjdj3uVB3fHy9Elqxl-ZJIs6Qrx1mW5mDnZsIg-QRmzLN/s400/DSCF0405.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263415931286805250" /></a><br /><br /><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs_O_PhUlmmBsqGIQi2quLK67F-2u2q7NjSZ8A174Gg2kP4tC4AkL2MyPHysDUhAs_ckvOCA_EM33Yyxipt-wSMIAkksLKXVxApHdF9gT8G2VTuEtlow8dQviOA__LXCSODxtRtgj3k52C/s1600-h/DSCF0415.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs_O_PhUlmmBsqGIQi2quLK67F-2u2q7NjSZ8A174Gg2kP4tC4AkL2MyPHysDUhAs_ckvOCA_EM33Yyxipt-wSMIAkksLKXVxApHdF9gT8G2VTuEtlow8dQviOA__LXCSODxtRtgj3k52C/s400/DSCF0415.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263413431280261506" /></a></p><p>There were vultures circling almost immediately.<br /></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRn18FwIM2mfBdMdoDBJjCQH0RqC6d_udp28x4-Vz1ZGZnTIGidGetPXIhQB0xmQ-EKZr4J3ce79BYgbKD7Vop9-OsiBZFcQY_iPESG1BT3LHJpmIrvCFCagGRk5S2G27tZFmgtIRbybBX/s1600-h/DSCF0422.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRn18FwIM2mfBdMdoDBJjCQH0RqC6d_udp28x4-Vz1ZGZnTIGidGetPXIhQB0xmQ-EKZr4J3ce79BYgbKD7Vop9-OsiBZFcQY_iPESG1BT3LHJpmIrvCFCagGRk5S2G27tZFmgtIRbybBX/s400/DSCF0422.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263413425546883730" /></a></p><p>Anton removed the guts and squeezed the contents of the small intestine into an empty water bottle. He would later boil and drink the content. I wanted some but was too shy to ask.<br /></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUj6_H-i3DT6A84WYgmZ2C3yS9AKhbpzPi27rPaR-MjrMdfqJ_1ITTCLwiPjvqDnLxOIQ_q5KUd4oKAxaLjGOd3S8Xgk_bfnPCJ8YHr_C0T99Ejriy2Ph2FzRfU2L3FmJTPjVnEVF462Gp/s1600-h/DSCF0426.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUj6_H-i3DT6A84WYgmZ2C3yS9AKhbpzPi27rPaR-MjrMdfqJ_1ITTCLwiPjvqDnLxOIQ_q5KUd4oKAxaLjGOd3S8Xgk_bfnPCJ8YHr_C0T99Ejriy2Ph2FzRfU2L3FmJTPjVnEVF462Gp/s400/DSCF0426.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263412723229852962" /></a></p><p>A single bullet through the heart and lungs killed this impala.<br /></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTW_VX2pTHy8u1L7SjkWIBn46WW1WZEYncp4DaqvmSSr_CnaWMdsti0saDvm2mgOhJduSSXArNCNmBcscU_JgtZ_rAGFEpnKX1zbevxKioZZ2Pc80OBhZMpMitEowo27OD8NI668qySRnw/s1600-h/DSCF0620.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTW_VX2pTHy8u1L7SjkWIBn46WW1WZEYncp4DaqvmSSr_CnaWMdsti0saDvm2mgOhJduSSXArNCNmBcscU_JgtZ_rAGFEpnKX1zbevxKioZZ2Pc80OBhZMpMitEowo27OD8NI668qySRnw/s400/DSCF0620.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263412713301214546" /></a>Yasinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12954747304702013344noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-679727986364628751.post-179976423112744862008-10-25T23:11:00.001-04:002008-10-26T02:43:36.593-04:00Toyota<p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk4BiVv-4LFcFzoRiUcxEQrlU9wWu_H9AESremV9ivWcNLxegDe7TRDPmfAUDQrfMPFlJcbCxgnBhcmZ0lwKF3tYEsdxeWQoC7HJXQnx83Gs8M5c4cpZc67wVNxbX8qFi5dam6P1eWrwgU/s1600-h/00024.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk4BiVv-4LFcFzoRiUcxEQrlU9wWu_H9AESremV9ivWcNLxegDe7TRDPmfAUDQrfMPFlJcbCxgnBhcmZ0lwKF3tYEsdxeWQoC7HJXQnx83Gs8M5c4cpZc67wVNxbX8qFi5dam6P1eWrwgU/s400/00024.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261295140341793170" /></a>Don't worry, folks! These people have never heard of Aryans!</p>Yasinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12954747304702013344noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-679727986364628751.post-8013265427664503182008-10-25T22:31:00.001-04:002008-10-25T22:44:22.227-04:00Locals<p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfUtFe7AD_khQwenZvga7zNszn0v26WBUgriBcpYe_3_QEuYwKqfLbLzVSjdtkNbazCTyXMkchxCTFndXe5AZh6gZm9OybC9iQa_x7DfKsHJs2UKA39cCfj_-zqRmHH-CGObKqFbYUyWcw/s1600-h/00022.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfUtFe7AD_khQwenZvga7zNszn0v26WBUgriBcpYe_3_QEuYwKqfLbLzVSjdtkNbazCTyXMkchxCTFndXe5AZh6gZm9OybC9iQa_x7DfKsHJs2UKA39cCfj_-zqRmHH-CGObKqFbYUyWcw/s400/00022.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261284955116440738" /></a></p><p>Here is my dad at the Makonde Highway Strip Mall. The unassuming entrepreneur walking behind him would later burn us for tens of thousands of shillings in exchange for trinkets we could have bought at the airport for a fraction of the price.<br /></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7yXqS9fbIFZEST-wKK6KE4gDqEefvaIuxc03IU16aPywVckYKA1s3Zs8RmQWSxDKHrvhOnQpuElVgh0EpnQWW67sDKZgLdaUwbg_Z-aovrHycwGsYiljr0QzJAn32kkVAEdQAy-qWKyjb/s1600-h/00019.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7yXqS9fbIFZEST-wKK6KE4gDqEefvaIuxc03IU16aPywVckYKA1s3Zs8RmQWSxDKHrvhOnQpuElVgh0EpnQWW67sDKZgLdaUwbg_Z-aovrHycwGsYiljr0QzJAn32kkVAEdQAy-qWKyjb/s400/00019.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261284946548699122" /></a><br /></p><p>They may look relaxed, but these men and many others (women, too) were toiling away furiosly carving elephants and coke bottles out of ebony.</p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlj1C3ifciWEJ7Bmn1GqrpoMtIGJXGCKoyROYRLbVGSUcVKKfmqgbWPwIG1JEYvSqe0sRRi2x7RijEZXV8iC8VUYLw_53SpNgHaUTPvlCGLQJPFNHdta3yLII-PDKBOY386HEnK2Lyu5AH/s1600-h/00016.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlj1C3ifciWEJ7Bmn1GqrpoMtIGJXGCKoyROYRLbVGSUcVKKfmqgbWPwIG1JEYvSqe0sRRi2x7RijEZXV8iC8VUYLw_53SpNgHaUTPvlCGLQJPFNHdta3yLII-PDKBOY386HEnK2Lyu5AH/s400/00016.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261284940351861282" /></a><br /></p><p>I gave this man 1000 shillings for the right to take his picture. He seemed very happy, and his friends thought it was hilarious for some reason.</p>Yasinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12954747304702013344noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-679727986364628751.post-10657894861106902432008-10-25T22:27:00.002-04:002008-10-25T22:48:49.044-04:00Eats<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-xz_HH1dpwtZPHX6XUR3pUiKXsENB4JIvg2bTHwUDR0tZBAKjzYqPmwLazoEVbKbOqs-hEW0Y7jKmltpMEtTFAbVROyr6QoV-jZrxgWKgMCy2yqY7Uo7JQoChEJ0gGzpmMoiDbjd2TzXt/s1600-h/00015.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-xz_HH1dpwtZPHX6XUR3pUiKXsENB4JIvg2bTHwUDR0tZBAKjzYqPmwLazoEVbKbOqs-hEW0Y7jKmltpMEtTFAbVROyr6QoV-jZrxgWKgMCy2yqY7Uo7JQoChEJ0gGzpmMoiDbjd2TzXt/s400/00015.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261288965358267794" /></a>There were piles of fried sardines all over the place in Kariakoo market.Yasinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12954747304702013344noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-679727986364628751.post-36138348424898354342008-10-25T22:25:00.002-04:002008-10-25T22:50:00.109-04:00Father and Son<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5gAVDJZeyNfpHq9vcH2UEniJYGfAJy7ybHKiKHT0NRUFDs8oeTFvfhGBj9wyX7x4kQGrQGePmcT4U_ko8E9erENGkcA4Q4-3g4hS6TUE03X7W7VlidSHCEXdMD15mlusGQ48a2bst-OmE/s1600-h/00014.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5gAVDJZeyNfpHq9vcH2UEniJYGfAJy7ybHKiKHT0NRUFDs8oeTFvfhGBj9wyX7x4kQGrQGePmcT4U_ko8E9erENGkcA4Q4-3g4hS6TUE03X7W7VlidSHCEXdMD15mlusGQ48a2bst-OmE/s400/00014.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261289328018247826" /></a>Everyone asked us if we were related.Yasinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12954747304702013344noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-679727986364628751.post-43485439179419309642008-10-25T22:20:00.002-04:002008-10-25T23:00:38.428-04:00Dar Es Salaam<p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgudQ9VS9lGZoMv2YyAwwDR6ErstvIfd4XpZHS50uIsedYWmoEMGXYWXYWxPV78q-lPXCLZtizzuakK-qhsAwTw9pdDW5DlHInztuhpAQszByjs9CIuHIdjpC-iNWB53S6trHKJV-y8qPnz/s1600-h/00013.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgudQ9VS9lGZoMv2YyAwwDR6ErstvIfd4XpZHS50uIsedYWmoEMGXYWXYWxPV78q-lPXCLZtizzuakK-qhsAwTw9pdDW5DlHInztuhpAQszByjs9CIuHIdjpC-iNWB53S6trHKJV-y8qPnz/s400/00013.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261290686171502066" /></a></p><p>Dar is growing at an incredible rate. Every building under construction uses sticks to keep the new floors up.<br /></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4z-xbCMdktIK2HDeGQJ0qJ3q23ZrbOUVXnl98MzffBgr7GOKn8JrtxPjtHHbj5Fl73vZLZo24_Q2GcFqBHRPWMCPS_fdHlol3cFCNVDDWWkhd3lHO0JEN-8-UdELGVN5uaMBhLKiwuxf-/s1600-h/00012.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4z-xbCMdktIK2HDeGQJ0qJ3q23ZrbOUVXnl98MzffBgr7GOKn8JrtxPjtHHbj5Fl73vZLZo24_Q2GcFqBHRPWMCPS_fdHlol3cFCNVDDWWkhd3lHO0JEN-8-UdELGVN5uaMBhLKiwuxf-/s400/00012.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261290679020156530" /></a></p><p>In the suburbs. This is what a condo park looks like in Tanzania. I wonder who lives there?<br /></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqntmL5SL6V6OY7F44hJhxbjJGwQUAaRi79MbgfT6LfyuarOFErjoXS4yea-zdlaoFE3sZcNcd6VLUovJvKXdvIQHd0WEg2J_fejvY8tRVoYbtJg-N2cjmYqGgAO1EN7OEXg3fkwtT4DHI/s1600-h/00008.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqntmL5SL6V6OY7F44hJhxbjJGwQUAaRi79MbgfT6LfyuarOFErjoXS4yea-zdlaoFE3sZcNcd6VLUovJvKXdvIQHd0WEg2J_fejvY8tRVoYbtJg-N2cjmYqGgAO1EN7OEXg3fkwtT4DHI/s400/00008.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261290679340377730" /></a>There were tons of identical furniture stores in Dar Es Salaam, the largest city in Tanzania and the only one I visited.Yasinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12954747304702013344noreply@blogger.com0