Alzheimer's is something that I hold close to my heart. My Grandmother had the disease in her old age and it basically destroyed her mind. In the end she had no idea who any of her family were. When I went to visit her, it was like she was looking at a stranger. She didn't [...]
I rubbed the sleep from my tired eyes and stared out of the window of my safari vehicle. The sun was just rising above the horizon, slowly illuminating the land around us. We stopped at the rim of Ngorongoro Crater as the sun rose higher. Before me lay the huge 260 square kilometre caldera of [...]
Today's travel photo is of my shadow on the snow at the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. At this point, I actually wasn't quite at the summit just yet, but I was almost there at over 5800 metres above sea level. Each step was difficult. The air is so thin that I had to stop [...]
Today's travel photo is of a giraffe eating from a tree in Serengeti National Park in Tanzania. You can't see it in this photo, but the tree that the giraffe is eating from is covered in lots of nasty thorns. The thorns don't seem to bother the giraffes though, which I guess is thanks to [...]
Today's travel photo is of a Masai man demonstrating how to start a fire using donkey dung in their village near Lake Manyara, Tanzania. Visiting this Masai village was a great experience for me, as the people showed us around their village and gave us a look into the lives and culture of the Masai [...]
Today's travel photo is of a lioness patiently watching a herd of zebras on the grassy plains of Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania. It is amazing how well the lions blend in with the grass, and although some of the zebras seemed aware that there was something there, most continued to graze, oblivious to the fact that [...]
Today's travel photo is a view of the Barranco Valley on Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. We reached this point on day three of the trek along the Machame Route on Mount Kilimanjaro, where we had to climb up to the Lava Tower at 4600 metres, before trekking down into the Barranco Valley to our camp for [...]
Today's travel photo is of a hartebeest on the grassy plains of Serengeti National Park, Tanzania. Hartebeest are one of the larger species of antelope found in Serengeti, and their large size means that they are a much harder prey for predators who prefer to go for the smaller antelopes. I took this photo on [...]
I hope you all had a good Christmas and are enjoying the holidays where ever you are in the world. Today's travel photo is a morning view of the Serengeti Plain in Northern Tanzania. I took this photo from my camp when I woke up in the morning. The rising sun was just lighting up [...]
Today's travel photo is of a Thompson's Gazelle in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania. The Thompson's Gazelle is one of the most numerous species of antelope in the Serengeti. In fact, there are about half a million of them - so you will see them everywhere if you go on safari in the park. Obviously, they [...]
