Ngorongoro Crater -heaven for wild animals

Apparently only 4X4 can be used to go to the crater because the road out of it is very steep and non 4X4s would definitely have trouble getting out. There are only two roads in and out of the crater which was made following the path laid out by the…

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Serengeti – best Safari experience to date

Serengeti was very different compared to Masai Mara, the landscape that is. There weren’t many trees, just grass for acres and acres as far as the eye can see. We drove for quite a while and there didn’t seem to be as many animals as in Masai Mara for some…

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My first safari – Masai Mara, Kenya

We set off for our first game drive to the Masai Mara National Park and immediately saw gazelles and a warthog as we were leaving the camp. It wasn’t long before we saw zebras, more gazelles, impalas, antelopes, wildebeests and no doubt the highlight of the short 2 hour game…

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The Masai people of Arusha, Tanzania

I slept really well for the first time since I got to Africa. It was really cold the previous night. The first thing on today’s list was to visit the nearby Masai Museum and village. The explanation we got in the museum was exactly like what I watched last night…

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Diving and enjoying the sun in Barbados

We were lucky to have been able to complete our PADI Open Water course in a place so beautiful like Barbados. From the first dive we were able to see shipwrecks which were in the marine park right off the shore from Barbados Blue, the company we chose. Our final…

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St. Lucia’s – Caribbean’s most beautiful island?

The views we had of the lush green volcanic moutains of St. Lucia and the majestic world-famous Pitons as the cruise ship approached the island while we were enjoying a scrumptious breakfast, is one I will treasure for the rest of my life. To this day, that is one of…

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Hiking in the mountains of Grindelwald

It was an incredibly hot day for the end of September when our Mauritian friends came to visit from London for the weekend. The weather couldn’t have been more perfect for a trip up into the mountains. We decided to go to Grindelwald. We parked the car and took the cable car…

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