This is in Ndutu park, a woodlands adjacent to the Serengeti. By the way, "Serengeti" in Swahili means endless plain. I enjoyed the Swahili word for "endless woodland" even better since you never knew what animal or bird would be waiting for you around every turn. (I am not actually aware of a word in Swahili meaning "endless woodland".)
I haven't really given much information about our traveling mates so here is a taste:
We were led by Mark, our senior pastor who has been to Tanzania five times. Dr. Laura Eng was our on-call dentist and second most experienced Tanzanian traveler since she visited in 2007. Mary, Laura's Baptist sister held the distinction of being the only non-Lutheran among us. She's a technical writer. The other Mary who served up a calming presence throughout our travels is a St. Paul lawyer and her husband Brandt is a Dakota county government official. John (Johann der Baumesiter) is a project manager for a large-building construction company and Carla is the communications department of our church. And finally, Bill is number crunching accountant and Anne works in. . . Anne does something with people, or numbers, or things. . . I'll get back to you on that.
The only time that Sue is happier than when she is planning a trip is when she's on the trip and she's the happiest when she's on the trip and there are cats involved.
Like any good giraffe, these guys saw us pull up and immediately started loping in the opposite direction.
Bat eared foxes
Sunset over the endless woodland
a tall drink of water
Wildebeest were designed by a committee and built out of spare parts of other animals. This "theory" explains their lanky ugliness.
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