After four game drives in Chobe camp, we were driven to our second camp. Savuti is located along the Savuti Channel on the western side of Chobe National Park and is a private camp of &Beyond. Savuti is known for its exceptional wildlife viewing. We also realized what the pattern of our week would look like. […]
Botswana 1 – Chobe National Park
After a one night layover in Victoria Falls, we were set to join our safari tour group in Botswana. There was some confusion at the meeting place, until Sam came over and introduced himself as our guide and driver. Turns out we were a “safari of two” and this was going to be 8 days […]
Namibia 10 – Erindi 2 – Desert Variety
This is the second post from the two-day game drive on the Erindi Private Reserve in Namibia (see Lions and Elephants). We saw giraffes several times during the three drives. I always get a kick out of seeing them bend down for drinking (or tasting a salt lick in upper-right), and of seeing such gangly […]
Namibia 9 – Erindi 1 – Lions and Elephants
We finished our Namibia tour by staying at the luxurious Old Trader’s Lodge in the Erindi Private Game Reserve for two nights. This is a huge reserve covering 273 square miles or 71,000 hectares. We had three game drives here. With the abundance of wildlife to be seen, including animals that visited regularly to the watering hole at the […]
Namibia 3 – Rhinos & Cheetahs
Today was a short side-track from the landscape and night sky photography. We got to see a bit of wildlife up close and personal. On one drive into the scrub forests, we came across a very large white rhinoceros. These are quite rare, and we were lucky to find him. Above, you can see him […]
Namibia 1 – Windhoek
We enjoyed our past trips to Africa, but have not been on that continent for 25 years. We have been on safaris to Tanzania, Zimbabwe and South Africa, each on separate trips. It was time to visit this continent again. We have just finished a few days in Windhoek, the capital of Namibia and will be […]
Birds of Prey Rescue Center In Tarqui
Soledad Riquetti de Gould (aka Sole), owner of La Yunta restaurant arranges trips for expats weekly, usually for cooking classes. Yesterday, she arranged a special trip to Cetreria (the Falconry Center) and the Yurak Allpa Zoológico Refugio in Tarqui, which were featured recently in an article on CuencaHighLife. We were so intrigued with the article that we registered […]
India 8 – Hola Mohalla
A few days after the Holi Festival, the Sikh hold a three-day celebration of Hola Mohalla. There was very little throwing of powdered paint here. Instead, the big event was a show of horsemanship, martial arts, archery, and military skills. The Sikh are easily identified as all men must wear a turban. Many of the turbans were […]
Portugal 9 – Lisbon
Our three month adventure in Europe and Central Asia is now over. This is our 37th and final blog entry covering this trip that has taken us to Italy, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Georgia, Armenia, and finishing with a month in Portugal. On our last day in Lisbon, we decided to check out their zoo. We […]
Portugal 8 – Lisbon Oceanarium
We went to the world-class Oceanarium in Lisbon today. We were joined by David and Debi Billings (right column), friends we knew in Cuenca who have recently moved to Portugal. The Oceanarium opened in 1998, was the centerpiece for the World’s Fair, and is the largest indoor aquarium in Europe with more than a million […]