A blog about our travel
In my opinion, Egypt was the first great civilization. They had technology, trade, conquest, and complex systems of religion and government. The lasted on and off (mostly on) from the unification in 3150 until...
From Kenya we flew to Luxor Egypt. Luxor is smaller and even more tourist oriented than Cairo so it’s a nice intro to Egypt. The main attractions in Luxor are the Nile river which...
After Ngorongoro crater we went back to Amboseli National Park in Kenya for one night before returning to Nairobi. The main draws at Amboseli are elephants and Mount Kilimanjaro. It’s also on the way...
Our last safari stop in Tanzania was Ngorongoro Crater. An old volcanic crater with a lake and a river running through it. The crater is surrounded by steep sides of about 1500 feet. Since...
Serengeti (Endless Land in Swahili) National Park was our favorite safari destination. Mostly because the quantity and variety of animals was really better than the other parks (but the Mara was close). Here we...
We flew direct from London to Kenya. It was a long flight of 8+ hours. We got to Nairobi in the evening and were met by our Safari company and taken to the hotel....
We needed a break from the unfamiliar. The UK really felt like a second home to us. We really enjoyed every nook and cranny and hope to return many times. We spent our last...
Our last small trip before returning to London was to the region of Cornwall. Cornwall was surprisingly autonomous for much of Britain’s history. Cornwall even had its own language which didn’t go extinct until...
Bath has a long history like most of the UK. It is doubly famous for the Roman baths built here and because Jane Austen lived there and formed a lot of her story ideas...
We made our way back to England from Wales, driving through the pretty little villages in the Cotswolds region. This is storybook England with honey colored stone cottages neatly lined up on green lanes....