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A recent article in the New York Times said that the most important amenity for travelers was not plush towels, not chocolates on the bed nor even free wi-fi it was with apologies to Captain Kirk the need for – MORE POWER.  Yes that unseen current electricity was the most important amenity. And like Mr. […]

Don’t take my word for it.  The intrepid travelers at Lonely Planet say 2011 is the year to visit Tanzania. Tanzania is on the Lonely Planet’s List of Top 10 places to visit in 2011. And, it is the only country on the African mainland on the list.  Why? Because it has “the whole panoply […]

Sometimes here we take things like water for granted and get upset when the hot water heater doesn’t heat the water quick enough for us.  One of the wonderful and different experiences in Tanzania is that you get to learn to live with the rhythm of nature. There are two rainy seasons in Tanzania – […]

This weekend (March 26 -27, 2011) Diane and I traveled to Calgary Canada to attend the Outdoor Adventure & Travel Show.  For 2 great days people braved the un-spring like conditions of cold and snow to attend the show.  We met thousands of warm friendly people who were really intrigued about what we are offering […]

Back in February I put out a call for all wildlife and nature photographers and proudly announced that Infinite Safari Adventures had teamed up with Jansen Photo Expeditions to offer a Tanzanian Photographic Odyssey. They are great teachers and offer the technical and stylistic techniques necessary for participants to create not only good exposures with expressive and […]

Don’t think that animals in the wild will eat anything.  Sometimes they can have very discerning palate. In South Africa an orange farmer was constantly perplexed when year after year a troop of baboons would descend from the mountain on his orange groves and out of thousands of orange trees to choose from would always […]

I belong to this service called “Help A Reporter Out.”  It connects writers with sources for stories they are working on.  Recently there was an inquiry that came in from a writer, Scott Colby, who has a web site called Fitness Adventures USA.  Scott was looking for trips that had been life transforming to put […]

Note: The following article was written February 19, 2011 My friends who live on the east coast hate me during this time of the year and they have really hated me during this past month as the constant snowstorms kept pounding them. They hated me because I would call up and nonchalantly ask “so how’s […]