Now its time for my favorite road again but this time with a twist. We decided to not drive exactly on the road but next to the road and swap sides from time to time. This drive was probably the dustiest of all of our days and there were timesContinue Reading
So I woke up to the sound of warthogs grunting around, to find out apparently I know nothing of animal sounds. I told Eric that the animals don’t sound like they are supposed to. Zebra bark like dogs, hyena cackle, hyrax sound like birds, and impalas sounds like pigs. ItContinue Reading
Day 4 of Safari started with a hot air balloon ride over the Serengeti. We had a stunning sunrise, spotted lots of hippos and generally had a peaceful dawn, topped off with a champagne toast upon our landing.Continue Reading
The Eland, the largest of the antelope, I don’t know if I was really aware of the Eland’s presence before I went on safari but they command such presence when you see them. Here this one wanted to show a strong profile this morning in our shoot. Taken at f/9Continue Reading
An Unexpected Surprise There is no such thing as sleeping in on safari. 6 AM was go time. We had a long day of driving ahead. Name of the game today was to head north. When I had made arrangements for the trip and the safari I looked at the timingContinue Reading
Can you say Cat Fight?! This is a legit cat fight though, not a hand slapping, hair pulling girl fight. In this pride of momma cats and I swear about a dozen cubs one of the momma’s was finishing up eating and whenever anyone came near her gazelle she wouldContinue Reading
Day 3 of Safari and its the first full day in the Serengeti. There are spots everywhere, cheetah, leopard, servals! Cats on cats on cats. Today we say more Cheetah than anything else but we also got some headbanging zebra, antelope, hippos everything you see on National Geographic!Continue Reading
Things that go bump in the night Clomp, clomp, clomp. I woke up, hearing the sound of boots on the ground outside my tent. I thought, okay so I guess they didn’t trust me to wake up at 4 AM by myself. I check the time, its 1:30 AM. Clomp,Continue Reading
Ah Africa, hands down best sunrises ever in my life. It makes me think of this quote from Richard Mullen, “The only man I envy is the man who has not yet been to Africa – for he has much to look forward to.” Such a magical sunrise on theContinue Reading