Friday 2 September 2016
Tuesday 16 August 2016
Tanzania: On the search for the 'BIG FIVE'
A safari in Africa usually includes an attempt to spot the "Big Five". This includes seeing an African lion, an African elephant, a rhinoceros, a leopard and ... a Cape buffalo.
'Wait!' I hear you cry. 'A buffalo? Not a cheetah or a hippo? Or even a giraffe?'
Nope. The fifth animal that you must see on safari in Africa is definitely the Cape buffalo. I did not make this up.
Wednesday 10 August 2016
Under the sea!
During our honeymoon in Tanzania, we took the opportunity to explore below sea as well as above.
We went diving a number of times with One Ocean Dive Centres, who had one of their many satellite bases at our hotel, Ocean Paradise, on Zanzibar.
We went diving a number of times with One Ocean Dive Centres, who had one of their many satellite bases at our hotel, Ocean Paradise, on Zanzibar.
Sunday 7 August 2016
Jambo! Swahili for beginners
Any tourist visiting Swahili-speaking Kenya or Tanzania, will quickly learn to greet people they meet with a friendly 'jambo'. And like many other Swahili words it's easy for English speakers to pronounce and really quite nice to say!
However, 'jambo' by itself is usually only really used with foreigners. If you want to make that little bit more effort, the correct greeting is 'hujambo' if you are the first person to speak. The response is 'sijambo'.
Monday 25 July 2016
Saturday 9 July 2016
Arabian nights in Stone Town
Stone Town on the whole was a little bit of a disappointment. Lonely Planet describes it as 'a magical jumble of cobbled alleyways ... (which) make it easy to spend days wandering round and getting lost'.
In reality, it felt more than a little tired, with the once fine buildings in desperate need of some TLC and the 'jumble of cobbled alleyways' filled with small shops selling the same tourist fare for over-inflated prices.
In reality, it felt more than a little tired, with the once fine buildings in desperate need of some TLC and the 'jumble of cobbled alleyways' filled with small shops selling the same tourist fare for over-inflated prices.
Labels:
Africa,
food,
Stone Town,
Tanzania,
Vegetarian,
Zanzibar
Sunday 3 July 2016
Doors of Zanzibar
Wednesday 29 June 2016
Monday 27 June 2016
Trip report: Tanzanian Safari
Our safari in Tanzania was with Kudu Safaris. We had four days with them (although the fourth day was really only driving back from the Ngorongoro Crater to Arusha) and visited Tarangire National Park, Lake Manyara National Park and the Ngorongoro Conservation Area.
Thursday 23 June 2016
Lions!
Labels:
Africa,
big cats,
Lake Manyara,
lions,
Ngorongoro,
safari,
Tanzania
Saturday 18 June 2016
Is that Bigfoot? No it's a black rhino (It really is, I promise!)
Bigfoot or a black African Rhino |
While this photo looks like some forged, far
off, out of focus picture that people bring out to show the existence of
Bigfoot, I can absolutely assure you that this a genuine photo of a Black
African Rhino. I promise. Even if James did accuse it of being a hippo when he
first looked at it through the binoculars, our guide was quick to correct him: 'no no
that is a rhino, my friend'. Judging by the other tourists in the vicinity, he
was not the only guide who was convinced!
Monday 28 March 2016
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