Malaysia would be the last thing you’d expect to see on the other continent. However, walking through the lanes of Stone Town in Zanzibar, you might bump into this…
What’s the truck carrying??? Boxes of oil…
Closer look… its palm oil…
From Malaysia! (aahh… effects of globalisation)
Here you are in the safari enjoying the perfect picture.
Until you look closely, and realise life in the wild ain’t so perfect after all.
Getting attacked by lions is not fun. Run faster next time!
First… look for footprints…
Then look for groups of animals that are on high alert…
See how the animals below are looking in one direction
Then search in the direction they are looking at…
See if you can spot anything or any movement in the grass.
See anything?? Look closely…
Ah hah!
Then get your driver to go off the road and get face-to-face with a lion!
“We’re moving mountains!” on the truck for Kilimanjaro Beer! Cracks me up…
For those who don’t know – Kilimanjaro is also Africa’s tallest mountain. Hah – get it? Get it!?
I have zebras on my desktop (wallpaper). Do you?
Click on pic to download for your wallpaper. Enjoy!
Went to Mikumi National Park in Tanzania, which is only about a 4-hour drive from Dar Es Salaam (the capital). It is much less crowded than the popular Serengeti at the north. (Our guide says you don’t spot for animals there, you just need to watch out for the cars/people, and there will be animals – takes the fun out of a safari).
Anyway, after just entering through the main entrance of the park, we spotted animals! Was so excited. So, out comes the binoculars and this was what I saw:
Giraffes!!! Yes, right in the centre are 2 giraffes. Can you see it? This shot above was taken with my longest zoon lens. Let me magnify it for you:
TA DAA!! Giraffes!! Yeah, now we’re in a safari!!
Then we drove around in the safari… and 1 hour later:
Giraffes were everywhere!! And we got pretty close to some of them
Took the very long flight via Doha to Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. If you calculate it right, it should be about 24 hrs of travelling, including an excruciating 7 hour wait at Doha airport for the next connecting flight. It was between 3 to 10am Thai time (or something like that) – which was sleeping time, but of course, how could anyone sleep on uncomfortable airport chairs. And there was no free wifi too, what a shame.
Anyway, I finally arrived in Dar Es Salaam, and walked around the hostel area. There’s also the beach! And everyone was very nice. So far, so good. :)
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