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Beach Flashbacks

19 January 201219 September 2013 Africa, blog posts, Europe, Ireland, Italy, Tanzania beach, beaches, calabria, Calopezzati, coral, cork, fountainstown, ionian sea, ionio, ireland, italia, italy, kwale, kwale island, memories, memory, nature, nostalgia, ocean, pemba, sand, sea, seashore, sun, tanzania, unguja, zanzibar

Today's post is written by Dario! He's been promising me a guest post for some time, so when Silvia from Trippando told me about a contest she and Travel – Moments in Time were having

WoW vs. RL: Un’Goro Crater

27 November 201127 July 2018 Africa, blog posts, Tanzania azeroth, black rhino, black rhinoceros, caldera, cape buffalo, computer game, crater, gaming, gaming geek, geek, geyser, hippo, hippopotami, hippopotamus, kalimdor, la brea, la brea tarpits, lava, mmorpg, ngorongoro, pc game, pc gaming, perky pug, rhinocerous, role play, role playing, roleplaying, silithid, silithus, stegodon, tanzania, tar pit, tar pits, un'goro, volcano, weaver bird, world of warcraft

Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania / Un'Goro Crater, Kalimdor I love travel in its many, many forms. When I am not out traipsing about the earth in search of new and funny adventures, I will often

Zanzibar: House of Mercury

6 September 201115 February 2016 Africa, blog posts, Tanzania africa, clove, coconut, elephant door, kwale island, mercury house, mzungu, Ngome Kongwe, old fort, portuguese, queen, safari blue, slave trade, spice farm, spice king, spice queen, spice tour, spider, spiders, stone town, stonetown, sultanate of oman, unguja, video, wazungu, zanzibar

Unguja, Tanzania Zanzibar is blessed with amazing scenery, filled with spice and warmth, and springs from often tragic history. It's also the birthplace of the incredibly talented lead singer of Queen, Freddie Mercury. Learning a

Kilkenny Castle Kilkenny City Ireland Interior Long Gallery.

Questionable ethics: stealth photos!

13 August 201120 June 2018 Africa, blog posts, Europe, Ireland, Italy, Tanzania, UK abuse of power, celtic cross, doge's palace, ethics, high cross, kilkenny castle, law, moroccan wedding, morocco, Palazzo Ducale, photography, rules, secrecy, tanzania, TSA, zanzibar

The Free Dictionary defines ethics in the following manner: eth·ic (thk) n. 1. a. A set of principles of right conduct. 1. b. A theory or a system of moral values: "An ethic of service

A little crabby in Pemba

20 June 20113 March 2012 Africa, blog posts, Tanzania africa, coral reef, cowry, crab, dario, dhow, fish, hermit crab, indian ocean, mollusk, ocean, pemba, reef, sea, sea urchin, snail, snorkeling, tanzania, tidal pool, tide pool, tidepool, urchin, zanzibar

Pemba, Tanzania After our fabulous experience snorkeling over a coral reef on Kwale Island off Unguja, we thought continuing on Pemba was a logical extension of the adventure. Dario is lookin' mighty Italian here.

Featured photo: Black Rhino

16 February 20118 December 2011 Africa, just photos, Tanzania africa, black rhino, black rhinoceros, ngorongo crater, ngorongoro, rhino, rhinoceros, safari, tanzania, wildlife

Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania This is one of my favorite photos of all time. It had just started to rain in the crater (caldera, really) which added a nice, diffuse quality to the light. Additionally, the

Elephants, elephants, elephants!

5 February 20118 December 2011 Africa, blog posts, just photos, Tanzania africa, dario, elephant, elephants, lake manyara, ngorongo crater, safari, serengeti, tanzania

1-4 Jan. 2009 Lake Manyara / Serengeti / Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania This post is ALL about the elephants. There's not a lot of narration here, but if you like elephants, you'll like the post!

Serengeti: Day 2 (Part 2) – Hippos and Crocs!

28 January 20118 December 2011 Africa, blog posts, just photos, Tanzania africa, baboon, circle of life, croc, crocodile, hippo, hippopotamus, nile crocodile, olive baboon, safari, scavenger, serengeti, tanzania, vulture, white-backed vulture

3 Jan. 2009 Serengeti National Park, Tanzania Because the photo opportunities are so VAST in Tanzania, I still have not finished posting pictures from our trip. Not to mention that we have been rather busy

Travel Photography Roulette: Round 9

28 January 20118 December 2011 Africa, blog posts, just photos, link posts, Tanzania africa, beach, dhow, ocean, otherblog, seashell, tanzania, zanzibar

28 Jan. 2011 Cork, Ireland Johnny Vagabond is hosting the latest round of Travel Photography Roulette. The theme this time is water. There are so many fabulous photos entered that I feel like a bit

Serengeti: Day 2 (Part 1)

10 November 20108 December 2011 Africa, blog posts, Tanzania africa, crested eagle, eagle, elephant, giraffe, hippo, hippopotamus, lizard, monitor lizard, mzungu, ruppell's glossy starling, safari, serengeti, starling, swahili, tanzania, tusk, tusks, wazungu

3 Jan. 2009 Serengeti National Park, Tanzania After a lovely night in a luxury hut (you laugh, but it's true!) we set off for Day 2 of our safari. But before we climb back into

Serengeti: Day 1 (Part 3) – Everything Under the Sun

19 October 20108 December 2011 Africa, blog posts, Tanzania africa, baboon, clouds, gazelle, giraffe, gnu, grant's gazelle, hippo, hippopotamus, hyena, kopje, lion, lioness, lizard, oya, safari, secretary bird, serengeti, tanzania, thompson's gazelle, wildebeest

2 Jan. 2009 - Part 3 Serengeti National Park, Tanzania (Part 1 was Oldupai Gorge and Maasai village; Part 2 was Guess the Critter!) After the cheetah, everything else might seem anticlimactic, right? NOOO! The

Serengeti: Day 1 (Part 2) – Guess the Critter!

14 October 20108 December 2011 Africa, blog posts, Tanzania africa, cheetah, gazelle, grant's gazelle, kori bustard, safari, serengeti, tanzania, thompson's gazelle, warthog

2 Jan. 2009 - Part 2 Serengeti National Park, Tanzania (Part 1 was Oldupai Gorge and Maasai village; Part 3 is Everything Under the Sun) Narrator’s Voice: “Later, that same day, in a different part

Oldupai Gorge and Maasai village.

7 October 20108 December 2011 Africa, blog posts, Tanzania africa, arusha, caldera, crater, dung beetle, dust devil, hartebeest, karatu, maasai, ngorongoro, oldupai, olduvai, safari, serengeti, tanzania, whirlwind

2 Jan. 2009 - Part 1 Ngorongoro Crater — Oldupai Gorge — Maasai village, Tanzania (Part 2 is Guess the Critter!; Part 3 is Everything Under the Sun) After waking up at the Highview

Africa Redux: Lake Manyara

2 October 20108 December 2011 Africa, blog posts, Tanzania africa, arusha, dik-dik, elephant, giraffe, great rift valley, hippo, hippopotamus, impala, lake manyara, mt. meru, ostrich, safari, santa, sausage tree, stratovolcano, tanzania, volcano, zebra

1 Jan. 2009 Lake Manyara, Tanzania Woohoo! SAFARI! OMG! REAL SAFARI! I mean, the San Diego Wild Animal Park was freakin’ fantastic while growing up, but it’s not like you could easily get EATEN!

Africa Redux: MONKEY!

28 September 20108 December 2011 Africa, blog posts, Tanzania africa, colobus, kilimanjaro, monkey, safari, tanzania

Ye Olde Photoblogge is what got me into doing travel blogging and for that I am truly grateful. I am now relocating the contents over here and, in the process, editing, trimming, and adding material

Featured photo: Tasty Zanzibar

17 September 20108 December 2011 Africa, just photos, Tanzania africa, dried octopus, market, octopus, stonetown, tanzania, unguja, zanzibar

Unguja, Zanzibar, Tanzania Mmm! Nothing says Zanzibar-flavored love like dried octopus! Mm, mm, mmm!

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