Time to Go!! Finally the day has arrived. I had packed and repacked the day before. I felt I was taking far too much clothes so I edited things down a bit and reconfigured by camera bag a little. I opted to check my normal carryon roller bag so IContinue Reading

More stories to come about this day, but this was in my pre-safari safari. It was on our way out of the park, Arusha National Park to be exact. I had already put away all of my camera equipment/batteries had died, when this giraffe was standing in the road (veryContinue Reading

I’m still alive! So I was hoping to maybe get you the next Tanzanian installment but it will take me awhile to get through everything. It’s coming I promise! This post does have cats in it! Just so happens it’s the smaller kind rather than the big paws of Africa.Continue Reading

Jambo!  (Hello in Kiswahili or Swahili) I’mmmmm baaacckkkk! First of all let me apologize for not posting for the past few weeks. It was my intention to post along the way, but with so much to do and such limited internet I had to adjust the plans. But I’m backContinue Reading

I’m not Canadian, but being a Minnesotan we sometimes joke we are basically Canada. So in Honor of Canada Day and their 150th celebration, I chose this for the feature of the week. Lake Louise in Banff National Park, taken earlier in the morning before the mass of tourists were outContinue Reading

To recap the trip. It was awesome. I don’t know if I can articulate my expectations I had going into the trip but it far exceeded my expectations. It was a great trip in total. Itinerary: Sunday – Arrive in Dubai in AM. Settle in, nap. Dinner at local LebaneseContinue Reading