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In front of your computer?  Need a break? Watch this 4-minute safari with some beautiful music: Recently I wrote an article for Top Kayaker (the premier sit on top kayaking site on the web – http://www.topkayaker.net/).  You can check out the article at http://bit.ly/mWOLDU. When I sent them photos I had taken in Africa they […]

In addition to Africa, Kayaking, Photography, and Adventure Travel one of my other interests is “alternative medicine.” I am not sure I like the phrase “alternative” as to me it is all medicine – some is natural and some is man made. I subscribe to a number of sites that keep me apprised of the […]

A recent article in the Los Angeles Times described a young man, Fredos Okumu, from a remote part of Kenya, who as a young boy, expected to come down with malaria at least twice a year.  To try to prevent mosquitos from biting he would sit in his house surrounded by smoke – eyes stinging, […]

In a recent article in the Los Angeles Times, Jens Pruessner, an associate professor in the departments of psychology, psychiatry, neurology and neurosurgery at McGill University in Montreal stated “A vacation is not a luxury, It’s an investment in your health.” According to the article a vacation is a chance to get away from many […]

I have not had the pleasure yet of hearing a Taraab Music Concert but I am looking forward to it. Taraab or Tarabu music is is a fusion of Swahili tunes sung in rhythmic poem spiced with Arabic or at times Indian melodies. It is found all over East Africa including Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and […]

When Steve was first building our fleet of boats he needed some hatch covers for me to bring over.  After searching on the net we found them at Tom’s Top Kayaker Shop .  What I did not know is that TopKayaker had started out as an online magazine and the shop evolved to fill a […]

Besides kayaking and Africa, I am also obsessed with dogs – particularly our dog Heidi.  She is an actress (you missed her as “dog at restaurant” in Desperate Housewives?), and journalist (check out this article in the Stuio City Patch – Heidi Makes her Mark in a New Webisode for Performing Arts Studio West) and […]

I am pleased to announce that the government of Tanzania has declared its intentions not to construct a commercial route across the Serengeti National Park. A paved road through the park would have disrupted the lives and migration patterns of the animals and destroyed their way of life, as well as the chance for future generations to […]