Statue outside Museu da Indústria Baleeira, Portugal
Thar she blows! May’s photo depicts the statue of a whaler, in his tiny craft, outside the Museu da Indústria Baleeira in São Roque, Pico, Azores, Portugal.
Safari and Wildlife
Kenya and Tanzania: Nairobi to Masai Mara
by Randy Keck (First of three parts, go to part two or part three)
The spectacular scenery of Namibia
Namibia may not be everyone’s idea of a safari country. It doesn’t have the variety, large herds or impressive migrations of animals one can experience in East Africa or Botswana. However, as my wife and I discovered in September ’10, Namibia impresses with spectacular scenery, wildlife that have adapted to the incredibly harsh desert environment, and the opportunity to meet native people little affected by the outside world.
Game of Kenya
Our first game drive in the Samburu National Reserve in Kenya was very exciting! We spend about three hours driving all over the park and saw three different types of giraffes, Grevy’s zebras (lots of them), Grant’s gazelles (ditto), a secretary bird, warthogs (ugly critters), oryx, Cape buffalo (big mean looking and very plentiful), impalas, elephants, gerenuk (a giraffe-necked gazelle that stands on its hind legs to eat from the tops of bushes), guinea fowl and lots and lots of baboons.
A breathtaking private tour of Zambia
by Regine Schumacher, Seal Beach, CA
Someone once said that life is not measured by the number of breaths we take but by the places and moments that take our breath away.
Comparing Africa trips offered by OAT
I read Wanda Bahde’s article “Ultimate Africa — Going Beyond the Simple Safari in Botswana, Namibia and Zimbabwe” (Oct. ’10, pg. 44), about the trip she and her husband took with Overseas Adventure Travel (OAT) in September-October 2009, and I could not concur more with their recommendation of this trip. My wife and I took the “Ultimate Africa” trip with OAT in July ’09 and had a superlative experience.
I have a few comments on Ms. Bahde’s assessment.
Tracking the Royal Bengal tiger in India’s Bandhavgarh National Park
by Bill Bechtell; Montara, CA
Ultimate Africa – going beyond the simple safari in Botswana, Namibia and Zimbabwe
by Wanda Bahde, Summerfield, FL
For years, my husband, Ray, and I debated whether or not we should take Overseas Adventure Travel’s “Ultimate Africa” tour to Botswana, Namibia and Zimbabwe.
Northern Lights in Iceland
For our winter getaway, my husband, Jerry, suggested we go to Iceland to see the Northern Lights. Although Iceland sounds so cold, the average temperatures in February aren’t worse than New York City’s, and when I read up about the lights, I was hooked.