Tanzania trip

[Liesje]

So, Ellen and I have returned from three weeks in Tanzania. We did and saw so much, there's not time to describe it all, so I'll post some of my favorite pictures....

The view of Mount Meru (3rd highest in Africa) from the Catholic hostel in Arusha

Our group (20 students, 2 profs, 1 assisant, some guides)

Ellen and I in front of Lake Victoria near the border of Uganda

A waterfall at the base of Mt. Kilimanjaro

Mt. Kilimanjaro

Me with an orphan at a Lutheran orphanage/social services program in Lushoto, a town high up in the mountains

 

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A view of the mountains at sunset

Leaving Lushoto and the mountains

A Maasai woman

Maasai kids

More Maasai kids (the kids carry each other a lot, I noticed)

Maasai child

 

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The Safari

Day 1, Lake Manyara Park

Baboons

Elephant

Ellen and I at the hippo pool

Duck

A herd

Sunrise over the park

 

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Day 2, Ngorongoro Crater

Nursing velvet monkey

Cool birds

A young zebra

Female lion crossing to join the pride

The four cubs eye a lost antelope

The first cheetah approaches

 

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Day 2 cont'd

Hippo

Warthog

Day 3, Serengeti

Zebra

Cheetah

Cheetah on the plains

Rainbow

 

[Liesje]

Day 3 cont'd

4 female lions and 6-8 cubs stirred up by a pack of hyenas and a person coming out of a building at the wrong time

My new favorite!

 

[Liesje]

Kids at the Sukuma tribe dance

The view of Lake Victoria from the Catholic hostel in Mwanza

Village kids waving at our bus

The port at Bukoba

 

[fmattyh]

Wow - I know like one of you guys. From the South Africa trip's pictures I seem to know almost half of them. You must be the uncool group.

KIDDING, of course. The trip looks amazing. I always think that I can't afford to do one of those interims, but then I see the pictures and think, "Really, who cares if I can't afford it - I'm going anyway." There's always next year.

*silently crawls back out of PLEBA while I'm still alive*

 

[dandy]

fabulous pics, liv. looks like it was an amazing experience.

 

[tiny dancer]

Lovely pictures. Thanks for posting them!

 

[Keocmb]

LivLuv, these pictures are truly beautiful. I would love to hear more about your trip.

Absolutely gorgeous pictures.

 

[Souly]

Your pictures are absolutely gorgeous! It really looks like you've had a once in a life time experience

 

[Ultraviolet Light]

1. In that second picture the "some guides" is really the Regional Commissioner (like a state governor) of the Manyara Region.

2. pictures von mir:

Our plane from Amsterdam to Kilimanjaro, because we're nerds:

This one's funnier if you can read it, but one of the rules is "Do not fall off the waterfalls!"

Can't say they didn't warn you (at the top of the waterfalls):

On the way to Lushoto:

Our professor (in white t-shirt) making a stump speech (I don't remember about what ) to the Maasai women's market (seriously, the man should run for Parliament ):

Kenya in the distance:

Le Safari:

 

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Sausage trees:

"They grow sausage on trees in Africa?!" -Gretchen

So we thought maybe we'd better get out of the way of the elephant:

At the end of a long day:

Lake Manyara:

Sunrise at the Panorama Camp Site:

Ngorongoro Crater:

So. Dusty.

 

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Zebra!

Cheetahs doing...stuff...I guess:

Oldupai Gorge. I think I was the only one in our group nerdy enough to be interested in this one

I think this is in Serengeti (and I think it's funny ):

Cacia trees from below:

Spot the cheetah:

One of the great signs at our campsite in the Serengeti:

 

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Hippo tracks:

Lake Victoria and part of the city of Mwanza:

On the shores of Lake Victoria:

Uganda and Lake Victoria:

The Indian Ocean:

Wow - I know like one of you guys. From the South Africa trip's pictures I seem to know almost half of them. You must be the uncool group.

Maybe you're the loser and we're all the cool ones and we're so much cooler than you that you don't even know us.
Yeah, I don't know where I was going with that.

 

[fah]

Fantastic pics

 

[verte76]

I love these pix. Thanks for posting them!

 

[neutral]

fantastic! thanks for sharing those pics.

 

[kellyahern]

Thank you for the pictures

 

[oliveu2cm]

Wow, what amazing pictures!!! What an incredible experience, I can't believe all the beautiful animals you saw!

Thx for sharing

 

[fmattyh]

Maybe you're the loser and we're all the cool ones and we're so much cooler than you that you don't even know us.

Not. Possible.

(Either that or it just hit too close to home.)

 

[Advah]

Thanks for those pics! It looks soo beautiful!

 

[roelie]

Great pics!! Thanks for sharing them!