Image Index

0001: Big Ben & Parliament
0002: Where's Edo ?
0003: Nairobi - heading to Hotel Boulevard
0004: Ed on bed
0005: Tusker, our first African Beer
0006: Outside the Hotel boulevard, Kenya
0007: Rod enjoying the cozy ride to Arusha, Tanzania
0008: Dad hiding from the mosquitoes
0009: Driving the marathon course
0010: Coffee
0011: Trees along marathon course
0012: Getting local knowledge of marathon course
0013: Caravan to first Massai village of the day
0014: Off the main highway
0015: We haven't lost them yet.
0016: Still back there
0017: Locals walking to town
0018: I love the trees there
0019: Boy herding cattle
0020: This is what I imagined Africa to be like
0021: This too
0022: Acacia trees
0023: The further we drive the less the roads become
0024: The further we drive the less the roads become
0025: Entering the village with the dispensary built by Global partners. The group the we came over with.
0026: A cow dung hut is being built
0027: Parked at the dispensary
0028: The clouds were amazing that day. This one is called a standing wave.
0029: At least that is what the group meteorologist told us
0030: From left to right Craig, Barbara, Richard, Peter, Rod and Sule
0031: Huts which encircle the corral
0032: Off to another part of the village.
0033: The village was up at 6000 feet with spectacular views
0034: The women build and maintain the huts
0035: Ed was there
0036: Inside of a hut
0037: A woman's store in the village so the women would not have to go the 12 miles to town every day to get the essentials
0038: Love those trees
0039: .
0040: Traffic jamb
0041: It rained that morning so it was keeping the dust down which was nice
0042: Dad's first visit to the African bush in 44 years.
0043: It looked like it went on for ever
0044: Sitting listening to speeches in Massai translated into English then to Japanese.
0045: Gifts for building them a cattle dip.
0046: Something for everyone. The bracelet seemed too small but they made it fit
0047: Heading to the next place there were no roads
0048: The lead Rover had a guide telling the driver where to go
0049: The drivers weren't real happy about what they were getting into
0050: The children were dressed up wearing intricate beaded hats and necklaces
0051: The party was just starting to warm up
0052: These guys though they were getting a Polaroid but we were out of film
0053: The men were dancing
0054: It is hard to tell from the picture but the sandals are made from old motorcycle tires
0055: Dad and Annie as we are leaving the village. Peter told us that they would party long into the night.
0056: Back to the Rovers to return to the Hotel
0057: No roads back either
0058: At the Gate of Tarangire for our ground Safari
0059: Not the place to blow the gate without paying
0060: Zebra
0061: Ed's head
0062: Elephant!
0063: Even closer quick take a picture
0064: Those are big tusks
0065: Aperently there are about 2,000 in the park
0066: Traffic jamb
0067: If you look close there is a whole through the Baobob tree made by the elephants
0068: A family of elephants
0069: That trunk is pretty handy they don't have to lower their head to get food
0070: Lunch stop
0071: There was even a latrine
0072: Still love those trees
0073: Water Buffalo
0074: Impala
0075: Find the monkey
0076: It's even harder to find this monkey
0077: Damn we scared them
0078: Wrong way
0079: Bridge
0080: Some type of bird
0081: I'll bet it is quite a torrent during the rainy season
0082: Leaving the park
0083: The long road back to Arusha
0084: Heading through down town Arusha
0085: It is amazing how many people there are
0086: The clock tower, This is the half way point on the road from Capetown to Cairo
0087: First flight day and I am happy to see they do use avgas
0088: Taking off from Arusha International airport.
0089: We drove up that road the other day to go to one of the villages
0090: There was more farming than I had imagined. It was mostly Maze, Although there was quite a selection at the market.
0091: There were amazing gorges
0092: A whole lot of open land.
0093: look out for the bird
0094: More gorges
0095: If you look close there is a man herding his cattle down a trail to the water
0096: There were little villages every where.
0097: I wish I could remember the name of that peak
0098: I will never forget crossing over this ridge. That is ankle to knee high grass.
0099: More villages
0100: Francesco
0101: We crossed over into a rain shadow on the way to the Serengeti and it was desolate.
0102: More dry river beds
0103: The change in scenery was amazing
0104: It was later that my dad asked and they told us the only survival supplies on board were two days worth of water.
0105: Look at how the dry creek beds peter out into nothing
0106: We are getting close to the Serengeti
0107: There is a little more vegetation
0108: The Serengeti, short grass as far as you can see in every direction with the occasional rock tree or water hole
0109: We had fun as we began to fly lower
0110: And lower in loose formation
0111: Turning back to see some lions
0112: There they are
0113: Pictures from 50 feet off the ground at 120 mph come out a little blurry
0114: I think that this is a hardabeast or something like that
0115: To get a better picture we slowed down and got a little lower for this shot
0116: We even saw some hyena
0117: We climbed to about 12,500 ft for the way home
0118: An 11,000 foot peak hiding in the clouds is part of the reason we climbed to high for the trip back to Arusha.
0119: -
0120: Kilimanjaro & Mt Meru in the distance.
0121: The Africans set fire to the grass quite often to promote new growth
0122: Gorge through the clouds
0123: If you are wondering that is the wheel of the airplane
0124: Back over the farm lands
0125: Beginning our decent as we near Arusha
0126: Arusha is surrounded by miles of farm land
0127: Arusha is surrounded by miles of farm land
0128: Arusha is surrounded by miles of farm land
0129: Aproaching the city of Arusha
0130: If you look closely you can just make out Mt. Meru
0131: Arusha looks much nicer from the sky
0132: Several of the larger buildings were under construction
0133: The Impala hotel where we stayed is the tallest building in the picture however that part of it was under construction.
0134: Another picture of the Impala
0135: Heading back to the airport which was just out of the city
0136: Every where you look that are foot paths to small huts.
0137: And little farms, I think that is Maze
0138: -
0139: 1 mile final
0140: 1/2 mile final
0141: "Over the fence" the dirt you can see on the runway are pot holes that they filled
0142: These two are pictures I took to the side during the approach
0143: These two are pictures I took to the side during the approach
0144: Francesco gathering his things
0145: Flying day two! Dad and Anthony walking to the plane
0146: Heading South toward Singida & Kiomboi
0147: More burning
0148: A road through Tarangire National Park where we did the ground Safari
0149: The river that flows through Tarangire
0150: Tarangire is a large park we saw just a small part of it during out ground Safari
0151: A brown lake we passed over
0152: -
0153: A few puffy clouds and some bumpy air but all together a nice day to fly
0154: Ed & Craig
0155: Nearing Singida
0156: The outskirts of Singida
0157: The outskirts of Singida
0158: 1 mile final of the Singida airport
0159: 1/2 mile final
0160: The Singida terminal
0161: What do you think about that horizontal stab tom" "It looks in pretty good shape Ed.
0162: Dad remembers the rocks all around and through Singida
0163: A crowd gathered because they only get a plane there about once a month.
0164: Dad lived here for about two years
0165: A dry river bed on the way to Kiomboi
0166: Dad looking down at the town he was born in
0167: Wow!
0168: It is a little hard for me to imagine my grandparents living there.
0169: A dry river bed just outside Kiomboi
0170: The edge of the rift valley
0171: Dad at the controls on the way back to Arusha
0172: Man with Camera
0173: What we did in hours by plane takes days by road.
0174: Flying in loose formation back to Arusha
0175: You can really see the pot holes in the runway at Arusha National
0176: Arusha is beautiful from the sky
0177: View of Mt. Meru from our hotel room.
0178: Water Buffalo just outside Arusha National Park
0179: Entering Arusha National park
0180: Dad & Ed
0181: Find the Baboon
0182: Trees in the Jungle
0183: On Safari
0184: Ngurdoto Crater
0185: Ngurdoto Crater
0186: Amazing trees in the Jungle
0187: Swamp crossing
0188: Swamp crossing
0189: -
0190: -
0191: Lunch stop
0192: More swamp crossings to get out of the park
0193: More swamp crossings to get out of the park
0194: Sign in Arusha National park
0195: Beginning Kilimanjaro climb in the Jungle
0196: View of Kilimanjaro and Mawenzi
0197: Lunch stop
0198: Teh moon setting in the west while the sun was rising in the east
0199: Kilimanjaro from Horombo Hut
0200: Killimanjaro from saddle
0201: Heading across the saddle
0202: Looking back at Mawenzi from saddle
0203: Horombo huts
0204: Horombo huts
0205: Hotel the climb was booked out of
0206: UN conference center in Arusha
0207: -
0208: Driving from Arusha back to Nairobi
0209: Driving from Arusha back to Nairobi
0210: Mountain in Tanzania near Kenya border
0211: Changed vehicles at the border for the trip into Nairobi
0212: Mosque
0213: Tusker the only beer we drank in Kenya
0214: Small villages we passed through along the road from the border to Nairobi
0215: Small villages we passed through along the road from the border to Nairobi
0216: Small villages we passed through along the road from the border to Nairobi
0217: Porsche dealership in Nairobi
0218: Showers and a little time at the hotel Boulevard before the next leg of our journey back to London
0219: The end

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