Thursday, June 12, 2008

It's Kili Time!

Hi, Everyone!

I'm back in England after an exotic stint in Tanzania, and in the next few days, will be giving you a photo tour of our time there. Let's begin with nature!
Two cool desert birds in Anga-Karat. It took me about 20 minutes to get a decent photo of these guys, so enjoy!
Sunset in the desert of Anga-Karat. Soon after this, there would be nothing to look at but the expansive southern sky.

It's Mt. Kilimanjaro from our return flight! It's about a 4-day round trip to climb it, but it looks worth it and many other people concur--it's one of the main tourist attractions in Tanzania.
The toucan that visited our base the day we were leaving for home, which looked almost prehistoric! It was about 2-feet long and very, very noisy. Not the most pleasant thing to encounter, but still very cool.
This is Mt. Meru, just outside our base gates. The bases water supply comes from about a third of the way up the mountain, but that certainly doesn't mean it is mountain fresh spring water, for it was infested with many water-borne pathogens. Thus, I think I drank about 30 1.5L bottles of water while in Tanzania.

Our first giraffe friends. "Twiggas" in Swahili. Definitely the most beautiful animals in Tanzania!

I'll have many more photos to follow, so keep checking back for more! Enjoy!

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