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In chaos theory, the “butterfly effect” theorizes that a small change at one place can result in large differences to a later state. The name of the effect, coined by American mathematician Edward Lorenz, is derived from the theoretical example of a hurricane’s formation being contingent on whether or not a distant butterfly had flapped […]

One of the things that is a lot of fun on safari is to go on a walking safari out in the bush.  The opportunity to stroll in the bush perhaps close to some zebras or elephants close by is an awe-inspiring experience. I live in the San Fernando Valley section of Los Angeles in […]

An Incredible Weekend Once again I have just returned from New York from another Explorers Club annual dinner.  In a previous blog post I had mentioned the exotic food that is served with cocktails before the meal and this year was no different – well a little different as this year I had crocodile, boar, […]

Last week I exhibited at the Washington DC Travel show.  It was my 5th show in 8 weeks.  I met hundreds of potential travelers and with so many people to talk to almost lost my voice telling people about my love of Africa, Wildlife, and the wonderful people of Tanzania and East Africa.  In fact […]

From my safari travels, my friendship with my Patrick, my Maasai Rafiki (friend) and other African experiences I have come to learn how clever and bright the people of Africa are and how they can come up with solutions to problems with a minimal amount of stuff. I was reminded of this again recently when […]

My son Darrow right now is finishing up a two-month trip traveling through Argentina and Chile going where the road takes him (I am proud and envious).  He has had wonderful adventures and met amazing people along the way.  I like to think that my enthusiasm for traveling and adventure somehow how influenced both he […]

My friend Lisa Sonne is an amazing person – an award-winning travel writer, pho­tog­ra­pher, author, pro­ducer, direc­tor, and video­g­ra­pher, not to mention being an incredible nice person (as is her husband Victor).  Lisa also has the best job in the world.  She travels the world experiencing amazing adventures and then writing about them.  Her enthusiasm […]

This Sunday is the Oscars.  It is watched by hundreds of millions around the world.  While I do not know how many will be watching the Oscars in Tanzania it made me curious about movies made in Tanzania or about Tanzania.  I came up with 2. Though there are over 100 million people in the […]