TANZANIA-1
(Last updated 4/2/01)
In Arusha,
in north central Tanzania, the jumping off place: curbside market,
a major outlet for local farmers (left); a shopper bargains with
a mobile marketeer (right)
Stocking up on fresh fruits and vegetables
at the more formal indoor market (left); clothes laid out to dry
after doing the wash along one of the many small rivers that runs
thru town from Mt. Meru, just to the north (right)
The 4-wheel drive safari wagon that
was our self-contained transportation for the week, carrying 15
people, luggage, supplies, water, and even firewood tied on the
back bumper
Baobab tree on the western slope of
the Rift Valley (left); in Ngorongoro Crater: zebras at
a watering hole (right)
Wildebeest herd heading for Lake Magadi
and water (left); zebra and wildebeest at the lake (right)
Flamingos feeding in the lake shallows
Grant's gazelle in the short grass
(note the white rump patch; left); Cape buffalo in the long grass
(right)
A hippo hole on the fringe of the Gorigor
Swamp (left); African bull elephants on the floor of the Crater
eating elephant grass (right) - the cows and calves normally stay
in the forest on the Crater rim, e.g., in the trees and bushes
next to our camp!
Lion on the edge of the Lerai Forest
(left); lioness on the prowl (right)
Someone's always watching for dinner
to arrive
At a Maasai village near the Ngorongoro
Crater: the teenage boys and girls sing us a greeting
The warriors make an entrance (left);
a Maasai hut, built of twigs and straw - and covered with cattle
dung (right)
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