Monthly Archives: October 2009

Ancient Ruins to Modern Architecture in Alexandria, Egypt

After a relaxing drive in a very nice air-conditioned van, our guide almost had to push Beau and I out into the blistering heat to see the ruins. Not that we didn't want to see the Amud El-

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Pyramids, Ancient History, Smog and Baksheesh: Cairo, Egypt

After being primarily in remote parts of Africa for the last 2 months, Cairo was a bit of culture shock. This is an absolutely massive city. The surrounding area has a population of over

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Video: Mountain Gorillas of Rwanda

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The Mountain Gorillas of Rwanda

As we bumped along the roads it was easy to get lost in the breathtaking scenery of the lush, bright green rolling mountains of Rwanda. Rwanda is known as the "land of a thousand hills&quo

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Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda

Recovering from civil wars, Queen Elizabeth National Park is trying to rebuild their animal population. During the civil war the fighters lived off game meat, so we were told to not expec

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An island of Chimpanzees: Ngamba Island

About an hour and a half boat ride on Lake Victoria from Entebbe, Uganda is the Ngamba Chimpanzee Sanctuary. This is a tiny island, it's only about a hundred acres. The sanctuary

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Rockin’ pink! Lake Nakura National Park, Kenya

When I was growing up my mother had a thing for Flamingos. We had several flamingo paintings and two feather covered plastic flamingos in the entry way. I think they started out as a jok

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A place of smiles, East African Mission Orphanage: Nakuru, Kenya

I am not sure what I had in my mind when we visited the East African Mission (EAMO). I guess in my mind I kept thinking of the reports on TV of orphanages around the world and the

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Moving through Masai Mara, Kenya

Did you count the wildebeest? 1,000... no.... 2,000? Ha ha. No, we didn't count them. It would have taken ages. As Beau mentioned before, each game reserv

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Video: Masai Village

The World Effect Travelogue Video 21: Masai Village from The World Effect on Vimeo. This is the video from our visit to a Masai village near Ngorongoro, Tanzania. We love the ABCs Tanzani

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Video: Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

The World Effect Travelogue Video 20: Serengeti National Park from The World Effect on Vimeo. This is the video from 3 days we spent in the Serengeti National Park. This video features many

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A peek into the Masai culture

Just outside the Serengeti National Park we stopped at a local Masai Village. The people in the village demonstrated the local dance of jumping and singing traditional music.

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Serengeti National Park (pt. 3)

As mentioned in part 1, our Serengeti posts are just photos and captions. Enjoy. We really wanted to see cheetahs before we left the Serengeti. We were lucky and saw them in the after

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The Serengeti National Park (Pt. 2)

As mentioned below in part 1, we have just photos and captions on the Serengeti. Enjoy. I yelled "Stop!" to get this shot as I saw the giraffe in the distance approaching the beams

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The Serengeti National Park (pt. 1)

The Serengeti National park in Tanzania really needs no explanation, as it is probably the most famous place to see wildlife in Africa. At this point you may have noticed that we'v

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A volcano crater with hippos? Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania

Ngorongoro was an active volcano two million years ago but now it is home to lions, cheetahs, rhinos, elephants, zebras, and more. Even hippos made it into the cra

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More than a gateway: Arusha, Tanzania

To get to the Serengeti in Tanzania you must drive through a town called Arusha. We were pleasantly surprised to find Arusha a nice town with paved sidewalks! You might laugh, but once you have

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