This is the last post on Lebanon, but for me it was the best part of Lebanon, the city of Beirut and its fun people. From the moment we arrived we felt very welcomed. We found the Lebanese to be…
Lebanon, Baalbek
The history of Baalbek goes back roughly 5000 years. Very early in the city’s history an enormous structure was built, it was considered to be the largest in the world at that time. Unfortanitly very little is known about this…
Lebanon
M.E. and I recently visited Lebanon. Why visit Lebanon, it is next to Syria? Well, for several reasons. One, M.E. and I always had a fascination with Beirut. Two, it is only a 2-1/2 hour plane ride away. And three,…
Tanzania, the people of Arusha
This will be the last post on Tanzania. I am sorry for the delay and gap in the weekly posts. M.E. and I had the opportunity to fly home to Philly for the Thanksgiving week. Once at home it really…
Tanzania, the warthog, African wild dog, mongoose, water buffalo, baboon and ostrich
The warthog is in the pig family. They have four tusks two larger curved ones and two razor sharp lower ones used primary for digging up roots and bulbs. When threatened they will run up to 30 mph vs. fight.…
Tanzania, the scavengers
The hyenas, jackals and vultures are the scavengers of the African plains. They do have an unjust reputation and really provide a vital role in “cleaning up” the savanna ecosystem. Without them there would be many animals piling up, dying…
Tanzania, the antelopes
The Serengeti is consider one of the finest national parks in African, due to the diversity of animals living together in the ecosystem. The antelopes make up a large part of this population. All herbivores, it is interesting how they…
Tanzania, the cats
Lions, Leopards and cheetahs are the cats we saw in both the Serengeti and Tarangire parks. In all of Africa the Serengeti has the largest population of lions some 3000 of them. They live mostly in the plains, in the…
Tanzania, Elephant’s, Hippopotamus, Giraffe’s and Zebras
Every day we saw lots of animals and birds. Each drive explored new areas around the camp traveling 20+ miles in any one direction looking for animals. The guides knew where many of the animals would be but some animals…
Tanzania, The Serengeti
The Serengeti National Park is Tanzania’s oldest park, it is a world heritage site, and one of Africa’s most famous game parks. The park was created to preserve the path for one of the world’s largest animal migration circuits. It…