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Lake Malawi has several names and nicknames. Because it is 365 miles long it is called the year long lake. It was named by the famous explorer Dr. David Livingstone Lake Nyasa (which is what Tanzanians call it). He also called it The Lake of Stars. He gave it that name because of the lights […]

I first met my ground partner Steve when he and his wife were the managers of Mahale Greystoke. We bonded over a love of kayaking and as I have previously described Steve and I were the first to kayak in an area off the coast of Tanzania. It is how Infinite Safari Adventures was born. […]

I am a big believer in having the necessary skills to feel prepared for whatever I do. It took me a long time to be able to do an Eskimo roll in my kayak, but it has given me the confidence to paddle out in conditions I normally would not have gone out in. When […]

I think it is important to constantly remind oneself to live each day to its fullest, look for the joy in life and to remember to enjoy what is in front of us and not worry about what is behind us or what might appear. A while back I had an amazing experience right in […]

Last week I wrote about the attack in Garissa Kenya. This week I thought I would share with you why I will not be afraid to travel, and if I was what I would miss out on. Last November I traveled for the first time to Ethiopia. As part of that trip I visited Bahir […]

A good friend of mine, John Goddard died last month. I have been trying to find the right words to write about a legend, but more importantly a great man. Factually it is easy. John was a world-renowned adventurer, explorer, author, lecturer and as the LA Times described him: “The real-life Indiana Jones.” At age […]

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 […]

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 […]