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I have been to Nairobi many times. In fact I was there less than a month ago celebrating my friend Patrick’s graduation from college that I posted here. I have friends that live in Nairobi. I have been to the Westgate Mall. I am saddened and disgusted by what has happened there this week. One […]

After a very long drive and a less than spectacular stay near the Bwindi Forest National Park it was time to go gorilla tracking in Uganda. I arrived at the park and looked around at all my fellow hikers. I immediately noticed that everyone had gaiters or had their pants tucked into their socks. Not […]

During my safari in the Ol Pajeta Conservancy we stopped off at the conservancy headquarters. There I was led by David, a great ranger at the conservancy to meet a blind black rhino named Baraka. Black rhinos are notorious for having poor eyesight, but a completely blind black rhino cannot survive alone in the wild […]

As most of you know I sit on the board of trustees the Cheetah Conservation Fund. The primary goal of CCF is to make sure that cheetahs survive the threat of extinction. Right now there are only about 10-12,000 cheetahs left in the wild. While some of my clients have had great sightings, I have […]

As I write this blog I am grinning from ear to ear as I have just returned from the graduation ceremony of my “rafiki” (friend) Patrick Olepapatiti who graduated with a degree in international business administration from United States International University. The campus of USIU, which has a student population of about 5000, is a […]

As you read this I will be in Rwanda and Uganda researching tourist opportunities to track gorillas in these countries. I am going to look at the guides, the accommodations, organization of the tracking, logistics and how strenuous it is to get to see the gorillas. I am very excited to be going and will […]

I believe a lot in call it serendipity, fate, kismet whatever. I believe as long as you put yourself out there and open yourself up to the possibilities of new ideas and concepts wonderful things can happen. About two months ago I attended a seminar sponsored by the Adventure Travel Trade Association of which I […]

On our last day in Hungary we had the opportunity to visit the Synagogue in Budapest. It is a magnificent building that has been completely restored. It had been destroyed during WWII when the Jewish area of Budapest was walled up as a ghetto. And then towards the end of the war even though Hungarian […]