October 1, 2009
GRUMETTI RESERVE, SERENGETI, TANZANIA
October 1, 2009
If time travel were possible, this would be the closest thing to making you feel transported back to colonial (with some modern decadence, of course) Africa. I was starstruck from first glance. And while the cool towel and yummy lemon/lime drink attempted to root me to the moment, the sheer [...]
September 29, 2009
Grumeti Reserve, Tanzania
September 28th, 2009
Our first overnight in Tanzania was by far the most formal and least intimate with nature’s nighttime creatures (bugs, reptiles, monkeys, etc.) of the entire trip. Oh the things I would have better appreciated had I known what was coming. However, despite Sasakwa’s formality, California-desert style exterior, and hilltop location, it’s [...]
September 27, 2009
TANZANIA
September 27th, 2009
It’s pretty wild that in three days time I went from Cebu in the Philippines to Amsterdam to now, the Grumetti Reserve in Tanzania. I know, I know, my life is charmed but, I must admit – I’m exhausted. Fortunately my four-poster bed at Singita’s Sasakwa Lodge beckons with fluffy promise.
But before that, [...]
June 6, 2009
JUNE 2009
BOULDERS LODGE
SABI SAND RESERVE, SOUTH AFRICA
I must admit I had considerable expectations for my visit to the famed Singita Lodge. I was quite familiar with the lodges, having read countless reviews and listened enviously to friend’s tempting travel tales and from what I had ascertained, Singita was the bar [...]
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