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The Coffee Ceremony: An Ethiopian Tradition
Ethiopia is the cradle of humanity, Rastafarianism, Queen of Sheba, the Land of Lucy, and most importantly, the place where coffee was first brewed. On any street in Ethiopia you can find “buna”...
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Bottlenose dolphins surround us at sunset in the Galapagos
Sipping on a couple beers and watching the sunset is how this all started…. It’s hard to tell but there were 1000 or more dolphins out there. Click o this for tips to sea based or land based tours in...
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The Nkuringo Mountain Gorilla babies
Here are a few more shots of mountain gorillas from the edge of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Uganda. There are two youngsters in the troop of 14 that are under the age of 2. See the rest of the photos...
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In the hut of the Hamar Tribe- Omo Valley, Ethiopia (MUST SEE video)
I’ll let this footage from January 2014 speak for itself.. If you would like to read a bit about THIS experience please follow this link There is no god here, just people… Share this EVERYWHERE!
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Tips for trekking the Simien Mountains, Ethiopia.
Before coming to trek the Simien Mountains you have already been in Ethiopia for at least a few days so you know some basic issues that may arise with communication, scheduling, and transport. We had...
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“Youth is happy because it has the capacity to see beauty. Anyone who keeps...
This is a retrospective of my first day in Ethiopia… Girls came running at our Tuk-tuk (motorcycle type taxi) “Sir! Sir!” They did not shout though rahter whispered loudly. “Give me pen, sir, buy my...
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Nkuringo Walking Safari from camp to Buhoma
The day after I went to check out the Nkuringo gorillas in Uganda, I walked from my camp to the next town with my guide. It was about a 4 hour hike and I’ll tell you what, the people that drove to the...
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Cheetas!
Move over pictures of kittens on Facebook, now there’s something more feline I bet this cat could accelerate at 4 times the rate of a human being, obtain speeds of 70-75 mph or 120km/hr, and could...
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The Arume Tribe- Omo Valley, Ethiopia (of the famed Disappearing Tribes)
Note: This was written the day of our visit to the Arume Village We ate in a dry village where oilfield workers on lunch shift filed past to get injeera with tibs (chewy beef chunks with onion and...
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The Karo tribe- Omo Valley Ethiopia
Note: This was written while drinking buna the morning after my visit with the Karo. I was in Turmi village in Hamar country. On the banks of the Omo River less than 100km bit over 3 hours to drive...
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A taxi ride across the Ugandan savannah
Note: This was written in Fort Portal, Uganda over two days just after the ride The image only highlights the local flora and morning light of the tropical savannah near Kahihi, Uganda but its framed...
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At the merkato Axum, Ethiopia
This is my first day in Ethiopia. I came by accident and I fell in love with this country. Here is a glimpse into life in the city where Orthodox Christianity made its first foot hold and where the...
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The Dessenech tribe on the border of South Sudan
Note: This is written post visit to Omo Valley, Ethiopia December 2013. Seeing these images now in Fairbanks, Alaska where we are calling the season Spring because the day approaches 12 hours in length...
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Elephants on the savannah with a baby (video)
Another childhood dream realized in Masai Mara Please share if you care! See more of my photos and videos from this African safari Young lion on a wildebeest kill Zebras, giraffes, and lions all day long!
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Ethiopian Fireworks! New Years Eve on a lake of magma en vivooooo!
BAM! There are only three places in the world to experience this and at Ertale in the Danakil Depression, there is no limit to how close you can get. Talk about independence! Please Share!
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Silverbacks are just old Mountain Gorillas
It’s true and they just relax and eat salad all day long. Surreal. I made some video of this experience too with an excellent sound track, in my opinion and there are a few posts with the rest of the...
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Making out with the Sphinx
Wow, I made it to the Great Pyramids. Here’s the story. When I was a boy, maybe 31 years ago, my grandmother came to visit. We thought she was mean. She was definitely scary because she was a heavy...
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The 35 Kalishnikov salute! Not kidding.
On my third day in Ethiopia, we headed fro Axum to Mekele to take a tour of the Danakil Depression. The arid landscape was full of smiling faces but suddenly..there was a mob of men in the road ahead....
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The Danakil Depression- The land of Lucy our genetic grandmother
We are all Ethiopian. Lucy was unearthed here, her body 3.2 million years old. I don’t imagine much mixing has happened, relative to the rest of the world, since this time. Here today and for at least...
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More baby elephants and swahili in Masai Mara
More babies and my guide babbling to other guides about what other animals are around to see… More elephant videos… Lions on a kill in Masai Mara (video)
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