Tag: safari
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The Wildest Ride: A Wildebeest River Crossing in the Serengeti
“This is not at all like the shows on NatGeo,” my restless mind was thinking. “This is actually sort of….boring.” We’re sitting in a beige, pop-top Toyota Land Cruiser in the midday African heat with four other people. All six pairs of eyes are trained on the nervously shuffling, brownish-gray mass of wildebeest on the…
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What I Learned About Africa the First Time Around (and Why We’re Going Back)
I uttered what I think might go down in history as the most bougie phrase ever known to mankind last week. “Weeeeell, last time we were in Africa, we stayed at…..” I said it not once, but TWICE while catching up with friends, both of whom probably immediately regretted asking me what big exciting trip…