2014

Run Cheetah Run!

From time to time I have written about my visit at the Cheetah Conservation Fund in Namibia. It was a lot of fun spending time out there and introducing Diane to what I had seen and experienced the last time I was there. One of the highlights for me is watching the cheetahs who cannot […]

I Have A Zippy Adventure At The Adventure Travel Show

I enjoy going to the Adventure Travel Shows. It is a lot of fun talking to people about Africa and their plans on going on Safari. At each of the shows there are always activities for attendees to participate in. This past weekend I was at the Bay Area Adventure Travel Show. At that show […]

Burning Man – Namibia Style

When I think of Burning Man I think of the fun, crazy artistic celebration in the desert here in the United States. In Namibia it is different. Our Pre-Summit hosts, Wilderness Safaris really went all out for us and their staff did it with such style and beauty. After having cocktails and watching the sunset […]

2013

Meet Francois and Patience

Passionate Gorilla Guides During my recent gorilla tracking expedition in Rwanda, I found myself waiting around to be assigned to a group to track. I stood watching all of the guides having a meeting about their plans for the day. My own guide pointed out one of the older gorilla guides whom everyone seemed to […]

UBER KARAOKE

Our great host, Katherine, who also happens to be a great photographer, was kind enough to give us some suggestions of things to do. One of which was on Sunday to go have these great waffles and then go to Mauerpark for the flea market. She also told us to go see the Karaoke. When […]

2nd Annual Meetah Cheetah in Studio City A Huge Success!

This past Saturday my wife Diane and I hosted our second annual “Meetah Cheetah” in Studio City. It was a huge success. So huge in fact that next year we are going to have to find a bigger place! With over 70 guests and friends attending our place was packed for the appearance of Johari from […]

2012

Leading an Epic Life – Byron Davis

I subscribe to a service called HARO (Help A Reporter Out).  Its goal is match up people who are writing a story or do blogs or webcasts with possible experts or participants.  I have responded to quite a few of these but none have come to fruition until last week. I was contacted by Byron […]

No Matter How Old (Young) You Are You Can Do Good

A couple of weeks ago I wrote about the daughter of a friend of mine who had been traveling to Uganda to work on a community water project.  Well even the generation after her is doing great things. My partners Steve Chumbley and Teena Payne have a 5 year old son Aidan Chumbley.  I have […]