Many of you might remember the famous line: “Dr. Livingstone, I presume?” According to the 1939 movie, “Stanley and Livingstone,” Sir Henry Stanley uttered those words when he met Dr. David Livingstone in Africa. Historians credit officially Livingstone as the first white man to “discover” Victoria Falls while he explored Africa as a missionary for […]
AFRICA — On Safari – First stop, Haina Lodge, Kalahari Desert
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In this chapter of my blog and perhaps in future posts I’ll credit photos to others, probably mostly to TJ Shembekar one of my fellow adventurers. My Canon 60D camera is unwieldy in a cramped cockpit so I relied on a smaller pocket camera, a Canon 750, for that. Now, if I ever find my […]
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AFRICA — Self-Fly Scheme
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I think a few words about the “Self-Fly” safari are in order before chronicling the adventures we experienced. Note that I am NOT connected with the tour company in any way other than as a customer. Nor did I receive any discount on prices. I’m saying this up front because with only a few very […]
South Africa Adventure—-Traveling
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I confess, I am not nor ever have been a good long-distance airline traveler, or a car for that matter. (I joke that the only time I can sleep in a car is when I’m driving!) I can’t sleep in those environments. Fear is not a factor — I am, after all, a licensed pilot. Maybe […]
On the Cruise… Island Hopping, The Valley Island – Maui
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Getting off the ship at Lahina, Maui is different from the bigger ports. The ship dropped anchor lowered some of the lifeboats and “tendered” us in. The city is at the top of this picture Geoff started our first adventure back on the Big Island with a helicopter ride. For Maui, our last […]
On the Cruise… The Garden Island – Kauai [and near disaster]
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Geoff and I had agreed weeks ago that we would do at least one snorkel trip. In figuring out when and where I got the communications messed up. I thought we’d agreed to rent gear so I left my fins and booties home and brought only my prescription lens mask and snorkel while Geoff […]
On the Cruise… Island Hopping, The Main Island – Oahu
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The first stop after picking up the rental car was the Pearl Harbor Memorial operated by the National Park Service. Don’t miss this if you ever get to the main island of the Hawai’ian chain. Also, be sure to make reservations in advance; maybe even weeks ahead. The trip out to the Arizona […]
On the Cruise…. First Stop, Hawai’i, the Big Island
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We had decided long before to plan our own shore side adventures, including renting a car, rather than follow the flock around going to and seeing things someone else decided we should see. Geoff and I have both participated in ship designed excursions. The problem I had on the Panama Canal trip was […]
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