Ngorogoro is an important place that you may never heard of. The famous paleoanthropologic dig site in Olduvai Gorge is located in the Ngorogoro region. The gorge itself was discovered in the early 1900’s and in the early to mid 20th century anthropologic excavations found important artifacts and bones which contributed to the understanding of… Continue reading Serengeti!
Ngorogoro!
Ngorogoro Crater is a volcano that exploded and collapsed inward on itself about 2-3 million years ago. The approximately 19,000 ft peak become a circular rim of 8,000 ft elevation surrounding a flat, grassy plain at 5,900 ft elevation. Thus, technically, it is a caldera but I’ll go with the common nomenclature. The grassy plain and… Continue reading Ngorogoro!
Tanzania!
After 2 wonderful days in Amboseli National Park we headed for Tanzania. I had woken up with vertigo which I had only once before about 4 years ago. Ugh. It hit at breakfast so Greg helped me to the lobby where I waited for the dizziness to settle (and was close enough to the restroom… Continue reading Tanzania!
Safari!
It was an early start on our second full day in Kenya. We departed our hotel in Nairobi and headed south out of the city towards the lowlands for Amboseli National Park. The weather was cloudy but dry and eventually it cleared. Traffic was light early on a Sunday morning until we got off the toll… Continue reading Safari!
Jambo!
I woke up to sunshine and warmth and joyous, abundant flowers our first morning in Nairobi. The skies were bluest blue which, given it is February 3, we haven’t seen at home in weeks. But the most welcoming of all were the smiles and genuine greetings of “Good Morning” and “Jambo” from everyone we met.… Continue reading Jambo!
The Project That Never Ends
It just goes on and on my friends. I ‘sing’ of house building, or, home ownership responsibilities in general. It’s been over a year since I last posted on the progress Dan and Anna have made on their house construction project (see blog post “House, and now, Home” https://wordpress.com/post/retirementadventureblog.com/3387 ). They have continued working weekends and… Continue reading The Project That Never Ends
Roadtrip! A Weekend in Buffalo (with Beer, of course!)
We recently spent a lovely weekend as tourists in my home city of Buffalo with our friends Steven and Andrea. The weather was unusually warm this particular December weekend which eliminated any anxiety about reliving the previous Christmas blizzard driving experience. Here was our itinerary: We departed the Adirondacks mid-day Thursday. Typically it takes 6 hours or so… Continue reading Roadtrip! A Weekend in Buffalo (with Beer, of course!)
Winding Down in Bariloche and Mendoza
After our indulgent tour of glaciers we spent a day travelling north to Bariloche, 1.5 hours by plane. This mountainside ski town overlooks beautiful lake Nahuel Huapi and has extreme Swiss/German influence. Indeed, a few Nazis were found here and returned for war crime trials. Apparently Juan Peron was a friend of Hitler. Anyway, the… Continue reading Winding Down in Bariloche and Mendoza
El Chalten and El Calafate
Let me be clear: I am not a hiker. I am a 64 year old roly poly woman of Polish heritage with short legs. I breathe heavily and walk slowly. Greg’s the hiker, I am a walker. I’ll walk 18 holes of golf. I’ll far outpace Greg on a flat sidewalk shopping in a city… Continue reading El Chalten and El Calafate
The ‘W’, a Patagonian Hiking Adventure
Day -1. We had a meet up with our guide, Baru, at the Chile Nativo travel office in Puerto Natales. A smallish man with rangy black hair and an impish smile, it seemed as if Baru was measuring us up as much as we did him. Distances and elevation didn’t seem so far on the… Continue reading The ‘W’, a Patagonian Hiking Adventure
My new reality 