tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82028050180916793442024-03-14T10:37:19.516+02:00TIA : Cette est l'AfriqueTIA Cette est l'Afriquehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05372624504437885642noreply@blogger.comBlogger347125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8202805018091679344.post-46144038208737031922014-05-08T19:12:00.001+02:002014-05-08T19:12:23.911+02:00Favorites: the Wanderlust Edition<div style="text-align: center;">
In honor of the conclusion of my time in Africa,</div>
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I've compiled a collection of my favorite photographs I've taken while wandering around this earth the past four years--</div>
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those wanderings that took me out of Africa (with the exception of the first photo...).</div>
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For my favorite photographs from my years in Zimbabwe: <a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/2014/04/farewell-zimbabwe-farewell.html">go here!</a></div>
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For my favorite photographs from my years in Senegal: <a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/2011/11/au-revoir-senegal-au-revoir.html">go here!</a></div>
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For my favorite photographs of animals: <a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/2014/04/favorites-animal-edition.html">go here!</a></div>
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The Harbor at Sunset - Alexandria, Egypt - <a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/2010/01/blog-post_23.html">Egypt: Selected Photos</a></div>
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The cloisters at Toledo, Spain's Monasterio de San Juan de los Reyes -- <a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/2011/12/toledos-monasterio-de-san-juan-de-los.html">Toldeo's Monasterio de San Juan de los Reyes</a></div>
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The Cherry Blossom in harbor in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia, United States - <a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/2012/01/sapphire-sea-sun-sails-like-golden.html">Sapphire sea the sun sails like a golden galleon</a></div>
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The sun through a storm of hail, thunder, lightning, and rain in Grand Tetons National Park, Wyoming, United States</div>
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<a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/2010/07/yellowstone-sun-through-storm.html">Yellowstone: The Sun Through the Storm</a></div>
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Peleș Castle - Transylvania, Romania - <a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/2011/05/peles-castlewhat-palace-should-look.html">Peleș Castle...what a palace should look like!</a></div>
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Thomas Jefferson's Serpentine Walls near the Gardens, the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States</div>
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<a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/2010/08/lawn-in-july.html">The Lawn in Summertime</a></div>
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The beyond breathtaking dome of Santa Maria la Real de la Almudena Cathedral in Madrid, Spain</div>
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The Washington Monument, Jefferson Memorial, and the Tidal Basin with the Washington, D.C., skyline.</div>
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<a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/2012/01/washington-monument-worlds-tallest.html">Washington Monument: The World's Tallest Stone Structure</a></div>
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Hot air ballooning in Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains!</div>
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<a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/2012/07/snapshots-from-air-blue-ridge-mountains.html">Snapshots From the Air: Blue Ridge Mountains Ballooning!</a></div>
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Thermal area near West Thumb on Yellowstone Lake in Yellowstone National Park - Wyoming, United States</div>
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<a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/2010/07/yellowstone-danger-thermal-area.html">Yellowstone: Danger Thermal Area</a></div>
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A covered bridge in Woodstock, Vermont, United States</div>
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<a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/2013/03/a-wanderlust-into-snows-of-new-england.html">A wanderlust into the snows of New England</a></div>
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Sunrise over the Blue Ridge Mountains in Blowing Rock, North Carolina - <a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/2012/11/blowing-rock.html">Blowing Rock</a></div>
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The majestic snow-capped Rila Mountain, Rila Monastery - Bulgaria</div>
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The Potomac River in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia - <a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/2012/01/old-town-alexandria-waterfront.html">The Old Town Alexandria Waterfront</a></div>
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Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the U.S., Washington, D.C. - the Lincoln Memorial</div>
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<a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/2012/02/that-government-of-people-by-people-for.html">That government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.</a></div>
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Traveling along the stunning Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina - <a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-blue-ridge-parkway.html">The Blue Ridge Parkway</a></div>
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TIA Cette est l'Afriquehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05372624504437885642noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8202805018091679344.post-18183340766058126432014-04-24T21:17:00.001+02:002014-04-24T21:23:56.877+02:00Favorites: The Animal Edition<div style="text-align: center;">
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In honor of the conclusion of my time in Africa, I've compiled a few of my favorite photographs over the past several years.<br />
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For my favorite photographs of Zimbabwe: <a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/2014/04/farewell-zimbabwe-farewell.html">go here</a>!!<br />
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For my favorite photographs of Senegal: <a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/2011/11/au-revoir-senegal-au-revoir.html">go here</a>!!<br />
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A lilac breasted roller in Chobe National Park, Botswana - <a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/2013/08/hope-is-thing-with-feathers.html">Hope is a Thing with Feathers</a></div>
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A baby elephant of the Presidential Herd, Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe - <a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-ivory-lodge.html">The Ivory Lodge</a></div>
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A crocodile sleeps on the banks of the Chobe River in Botswana - <a href="https://www.blogger.com/%3Ca%20href=%22http://s1104.photobucket.com/user/TIAPhotoBlog/media/11ChobeCroc-tiaphotoblog_zps58f0bbd2.jpg.html%22%20target=%22_blank%22%3E%3Cimg%20src=%22http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/h322/TIAPhotoBlog/11ChobeCroc-tiaphotoblog_zps58f0bbd2.jpg%22%20border=%220%22%20alt=%22%20photo%2011ChobeCroc-tiaphotoblog_zps58f0bbd2.jpg%22/%3E%3C/a%3E">Snapshots from the River: The Chobe Crocodile</a></div>
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A giraffe in Chobe National Park, Botswana - <a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-chobe-smorgasbord-of-animals.html">The Chobe smorgasbord of animals!!</a><br />
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I originally captioned this photo of a donkey in Palmarin, Senegal:<br />
"Hello, donkey, the rains must feel like a wonderful break from the heat." - <a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/2011/07/hello-donkey-hello-pelicans-hello-white.html">Hello, donkey! Hello, pelicans! Hello, white flamingo?!</a></div>
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A lion at Antelope Park in Gweru, Zimbabwe - <a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/2013/03/and-then-lions-charged.html">...and then the lions charged!</a></div>
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Elephants along the Chobe River, Botswana - <a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/2013/08/an-ode-to-elephants.html">An ode to elephants</a></div>
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A penguin in Boulders, South Africa, on the Cape of Good Hope - <a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/2012/12/penguinsin-africa-wohooo.html">Penguins...in Africa! Woohoo!!</a></div>
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A bird searching for food on Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe - <a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-lake-kariba-smorgasbord.html">The Lake Kariba smorgasbord</a></div>
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Two lions cubs in Hwange, Zimbabwe - <a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/2013/04/i-was-not-lion-but-it-fell-to-me-to.html">I was not the lion, but it fell to me to give the lion's roar.</a></div>
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A herd of bison in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, United States - <a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/2010/06/yellowstone-animals-part-ii.html">Yellowstone: Animals Part II</a></div>
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A mama giraffe in the Save Valley Conservancy, Zimbabwe - <a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/2012/06/giraffes-ode-to-aldb.html">Giraffes!! (An Ode to ALDB)</a></div>
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Traffic in Rufisque, Senegal, the only real road off the Cap-Vert peninsula where Dakar is located - <a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/2011/10/passing-through-rufisque.html">Passing Through Rufisque</a><br />
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It is with sadness that I note my time in Zimbabwe has come to an end and this will be my last post on the beautiful country. In honor of the wonderful experience I've had living in Harare, this post is a collection of my favorite photos from my time wandering Harare and beyond.</div>
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Curious what my favorite animal photographs were? <a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/2014/04/favorites-animal-edition.html">Go here!!</a><br />
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In no particular order, my favorite photographs of Zimbabwe, chosen from well over 10,000 photographs (wow!):</div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">Hwange National Park in the rainy season - <a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/2012/04/adios-hwange.html">Adios, Hwange!</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">A hippopotamus yawns at sunset over the Zambezi River in Mana Pools National Park - <a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/2012/07/a-mana-pools-smorgasbord.html">A Mana Pools Smorgasbord</a></span></div>
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As dusk approaches over Lake Kariba, fishermen take to the water - <a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/2013/09/sunset-over-drowned-forrest.html">Sunset over a drowned forest</a></div>
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Victoria Falls at Christmas time, the height of the rainy season - <a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/2013/01/a-victoria-falls-christmas-part-deux.html">A Victoria Falls Christmas (Part Deux)</a></div>
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Sunset in Hwange National Park - <a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/2013/07/the-return-to-hwange.html">The Return to Hwange</a></div>
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I originally captioned this photo: "After seeing this view in Chimanimani, I knew I had fallen in love with Zimbabwe."<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;"> </span></span>- <a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/2012/03/au-revoir-chimanimani-i-will-return.html">Au Revoir, Chimanimani, I will return...</a></div>
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Harare's jacarandas in bloom at sunrise - <a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/2014/04/harare-in-beautiful-bloom-of-jacarandas.html">Harare in the bloom of the jacarandas</a></div>
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An elephant at sunset, Lake Kariba - <a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/2013/10/take-my-breath-away-drowned-forest.html">Take my breath away: Drowned forest sunset</a></div>
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Sunrise over the pan in Hwange National Park - <a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/2012/03/hwange-smorgasbord.html">The Hwange smorgasbord</a></div>
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Victoria Falls at sunrise. Beyond amazing. - <a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/2013/07/take-my-breath-away-victoria-falls-sun.html">Take my breath away: The Victoria Falls sunrise and lunar rainbow edition</a></div>
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<i>Soon the first blossoms begin to appear</i></div>
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(*this photograph is actually Prince Edward St--not too far from Harare's Fourth St.--at sunrise.)</div>
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(This is the Avenues in Harare, Colquhoun St to be exact.)</div>
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<i>...Purple blossoms flutter in glorious array</i></div>
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<i>purple Jacarandas coloured the Summer air.</i></div>
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(Every summer, Harare bursts into a symphony of Jacaranda trees. Absolutely beautiful.</div>
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This is also the Avenues area of Harare.)</div>
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<i>Tree after tree in the avenue and street</i></div>
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(This is Lomagundi Rd. in the Avondale neighborhood.)</div>
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<i>The purple blossoms with flats and houses blend</i></div>
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<i>a feast of beauty so colourful and rare</i></div>
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(The Avenues neighborhood.)</div>
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<i>A high wind and a shower of rain</i></div>
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<i>as the blossoms fall to clothe the damp earth...</i></div>
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<i>Oh lovers of beauty raise up your banners</i></div>
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<i>in tribute to the City's early planners</i></div>
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<i>for to them and to nature we are ever in debt</i></div>
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<i>for as magnificent a picture as the gods ever set.</i></div>
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Like the poetry?</div>
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It's from a poem called Jacaranda Time by Robert Cornell</div>
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written specifically about Harare's Jacaranda trees. The full poem <a href="http://www.rhodesia.com/docs/poems/cornell/jacaranda.htm">can be found here</a>.</div>
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Meet Marimba, the Pangolin!</div>
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What on earth is a pangolin you ask?</div>
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Why the most adorable and amazing animal you've probably never heard of.</div>
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When someone first mentioned the pangolin and its rarity--it's rapidly disappeared in its home in tropical Asia and Africa--</div>
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I honestly thought they either couldn't pronounce penguin or were playing a strange practical joke.</div>
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(Random fact for you: their tongues are longer than their bodies!!)</div>
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Then I met this lovely lady...and fell in love. Pangolins are <i>amazing</i> and <i>so cool!</i></div>
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Beautiful isn't she?</div>
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Her scales are keratin--the same material that people have horrendously hunted rhinos for--and is the only known mammal with this adaption.</div>
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Pangolin comes from the Malay word meaning "something that rolls up."</div>
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They walk on only their hind legs, holding their front legs (arms?) to their chest.</div>
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It was so intriguing to watch, just mezmorizing.</div>
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Check out how they balance and walk here:</div>
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Unfortunately pangolins have largely disappeared because the Chinese believe their scales have medicinal qualities which has resulted in poaching similar to<br />
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They classified as an <a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/search/label/endangered%20species">endangered species</a>. There is an international ban on their trade.</div>
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Isn't Marimba a beauty and just so interesting? </div>
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<a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/search/label/Wild%20is%20Life">Wild is Life</a> is trying hard to do its part and save the few pangolins left in Zimbabwe.</div>
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In fact, legally, the president of <a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/search/label/Zimbabwe">Zimbabwe</a> owns <i>every </i>pangolin in Zimbabwe and regularly receives reports on their health to help combat their trafficking. The man holding her? He's her handler who is with her every day to ensure no one poaches her.</div>
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For more information on pangolins, here's their <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pangolin">wikipedia page</a>.</div>
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Check out some fun facts about <a href="http://annamiticus.com/Posters/AmazingPangolinFactsPOSTER.pdf">pangolins here</a>!</div>
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CNN recently wrote an article on them: <a href="http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2014/04/opinion/sutter-change-the-list-pangolin-trafficking/index.html">"The most trafficked mammal you've never heard of"</a></div>
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(From the article: a pangolin--a rare, scale-covered mammal, about the size of a house cat, that's so bizarre it almost forces your brain to flip through a Rolodex of more-familiar images. It could be described as a walking pine cone or an artichoke with legs- a tiny dinosaur or friendly crocodile. The pangolin possesses none of the cachet of better-known animals that are hot on the international black market. It lacks the tiger's grace, the rhino's brute strength. If they pangolin went to high school, it would be the drama geek--elusive, nocturnal, rarely appreciated, and barely understood. When it's frightened, it actually curls up into a roly-poly ball. The pangolin could go extinct before most people realize it exists. Or, more to the point: it could go extinct <i>because </i>of that."</div>
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<b>Spread the news about pangolins--let's make sure everyone knows about how awesome they are!</b></div>
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TIA Cette est l'Afriquehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05372624504437885642noreply@blogger.com0Harare, Zimbabwe-17.82922 31.053961000000072-18.3129635 30.408514000000071 -17.3454765 31.699408000000073tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8202805018091679344.post-33152462882493964312014-03-27T16:58:00.001+02:002014-03-27T16:59:39.749+02:00The Signs of Zimbabwe (the southern Africa Edition)<div style="text-align: center;">
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One of Africa's most amusing and endearing features? Its (creative) signs!</div>
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Like this one from Boulders, <a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/search/label/South%20Africa">South Africa</a>--I had <i>no </i>idea penguins bite and I admit it sent me into giggles.</div>
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(<a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/2012/12/penguinsin-africa-wohooo.html">Check out the penguins here</a>. Be ready for an avalanche of ridiculous adorableness.)</div>
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(For the <a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/search/label/Senegal">Senegal</a>/West Africa edition of creative signs: <a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/2011/10/signs-of-senegal.html">go here</a>!)</div>
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All over <a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/search/label/Zimbabwe">Zimbabwe</a> are animal crossing signs (elephants, wild dogs, cattle...).</div>
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I was so shocked to see the actual animal being warned about near the sign!</div>
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Nothing like an (inappropriate) pun to sell some eggs in downtown <a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/search/label/Harare">Harare</a>.</div>
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<a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/search/label/Mana%20Pools%20National%20Park">Mana Pools National Park</a>, Zimbabwe -- I think it should more correctly warn you that the deadly hazards are lions, elephants, etc...</div>
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The ex-pat in me found this one particularly amusing in a very junior high type of reaction.</div>
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<a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/search/label/Cape%20Town">Cape Town</a>, South Africa -- totally made my morning when I drove past it.<br />
Nothing like a Chuck Norris reference to make you chuckle.</div>
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Well, well, <a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/2014/03/the-zimbabwe-traffic-smorgasbord.html">Gaborone</a>, this is a bit r<span style="background-color: white;">isqué! Apparently <a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/search/label/Botswana">Botswana</a> has a certain type of humor.</span> </div>
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Nandos, the South African chicken food chain, has a history of pushing boundaries in its advertising.</div>
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It aired a commercial called "Last Dictator Standing" (see video below)<br />
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During Zimbabwe's presidential <a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/search/label/election">elections</a>, I thought this was one of the more clever ads.<br />
It shows the leaders of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movement_for_Democratic_Change_%E2%80%93_Tsvangirai">MDC-T</a> opposition party examining the election manifesto of ZANU-PF, the ruling party of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Mugabe">Robert Mugabe</a>.<br />
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Approximately 30 feet away from this sign was an entire braiding extravaganza in Gaborone with approximately 20 woman getting their hair done.<br />
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TIA Cette est l'Afriquehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05372624504437885642noreply@blogger.com0Zimbabwe-19.015438 29.154856999999993-26.681356 18.827708499999993 -11.34952 39.482005499999993tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8202805018091679344.post-30782889728276226612014-03-24T20:49:00.001+02:002014-03-24T20:49:36.727+02:00Snapshots from the Road: the Combi Edition<div style="text-align: center;">
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"Cash Money"<br />
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Africa's full of such incredibly creatively decorated <a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/search/label/public%20transport">public transportation</a>. <br />
Welcome to the Zimbabwe edition--a tiny peek!</div>
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This one made me laugh right aloud in Harare. Why? It didn't stop with naming itself "Consuming Fire"....</div>
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...it also made sure you knew the devil is a liar!</div>
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While on a road trip somewhere on the Bulawayo-Victoria Falls Road, I ran into the Delta Force.<br />
I imagine it's not <i>the </i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_Force">Delta Force</a>....and I imagine lots of creative reasons why this would be the name of choice in Zimbabwe!</div>
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While the name "Amazing Grace" was quite normal, I was always amazed (and usually laughing) at the creative ways the combis get packed!<br />
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A major difference from some other African countries? Zimbabwe's combis were rarely decorated other than an image and the name.<br />
Soooo different from places like <a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/search/label/Senegal">Senegal</a> where the <i><a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/search/label/car%20rapide">car rapides</a></i> were works of art!</div>
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Okay so maybe not a combi, but I couldn't resist adding some snapshots of life around Harare. I love the man just casually leaning to the side.</div>
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Typical bar and restaurants scattered every few kilometers in Zimbabwe, often in the middle of nowhere (or so it seemed).</div>
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Harare recycles! Who knew?!</div>
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Passing through one of Zimbabwe's small towns (I unfortunately can't remember which one this was--possibly Kwekwe?) </div>
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TIA Cette est l'Afriquehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05372624504437885642noreply@blogger.com0Zimbabwe-19.015438 29.154856999999993-26.681356 18.827708499999993 -11.34952 39.482005499999993tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8202805018091679344.post-2324799399785300162014-03-03T17:55:00.001+02:002014-03-03T17:57:51.236+02:00The Zimbabwe Traffic Smorgasbord<div style="text-align: center;">
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Harare is a wonderful mix of rural and urban, changing from block to block. </div>
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Bet you didn't think this was in the city proper!</div>
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Living in Africa can mean some interesting traffic experiences for ex-pats.<br />
Sometimes trying to get anywhere can be very....well, frustrating! It is always an adventure.</div>
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Vehicles going in multiple directions, people hanging out of vehicles, and naturally a truck barreling toward you.</div>
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(Patience and a good sense of humor gets me through it! It's definitely the biggest culture shock in Africa for me.)</div>
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And an aspect of Zimbabwe I hadn't guessed? </div>
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The amount of people who film the procession for a wedding celebration---outside the window!</div>
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I've seen some crazy things in traffic all over Africa but possibly the most endearing and scariest of all? </div>
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The amount of people who ride in the back of vehicles. For an expat, we immediately think seat belts! car seats! etc!</div>
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While it seems a little dangerous (and scary!) to me, it is also such an endearing aspect of many African cultures: the community aspect of helping one's neighbor get somewhere so of course he'll be offered a lift.</div>
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One of my <i>favorite </i>things of Africa?<br />
Its <a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/search/label/street%20vendors">street vendors</a>, especially when they get creative. Every day these guys sell their flags, their sports balls, and swimming pool toys.</div>
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<a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/2010/12/christmas-in-dakar.html">Makes me think of this guy,</a> my favorite type of Senegalese street vendor.</div>
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And what do you do when you see 20+ minutes of waiting at each repaving construction site in <a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/search/label/Mutare">Mutare</a>?</div>
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Wisely sell the hot, disgruntled people stuck in traffic cold soda! Brilliant.</div>
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Why yes, let's just haul a trunk full of skulls of assorted animals.</div>
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Thank you, Gaborone, <a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/search/label/Botswana">Botswana</a>, for this gem!</div>
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There is something always burning in Harare.<br />
It took me awhile to get used to the raging fires at night that people set, often to burn trash, that then just go left unattended.</div>
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TIA Cette est l'Afriquehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05372624504437885642noreply@blogger.com0Zimbabwe-19.015438 29.154856999999993-26.681356 18.827708499999993 -11.34952 39.482005499999993tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8202805018091679344.post-63742542113276472982014-02-26T22:13:00.001+02:002014-02-26T22:15:55.767+02:00Wild is Life!<div style="text-align: center;">
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Why, hello, Sweetpea <a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/search/label/kudu">the Kudu!</a></div>
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While visiting Wild is Life in <a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/search/label/Harare">Harare</a>, <a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/search/label/Zimbabwe">Zimbabwe</a>, we had afternoon tea with this lovely animal (she's partial to strawberries....)</div>
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How's this for a sign?? Probably best to keep your fingers away from lions...</div>
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Wild is Life rescues animals who have been orphaned (due to poaching), are ill, or who would otherwise have been killed.</div>
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This beauty promptly walked past..see? The sign has some good advice!</div>
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Wild is Life has <a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/search/label/lion">several lions</a> including one that is blind and one that is missing some teeth (making him unable to survive in the wild).</div>
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I instantly fell in love with the premises, so easy to get lost among its beauty.</div>
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So easy to forget you're in Harare.</div>
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I couldn't resist a second shot, I mean, just look at those flowers!</div>
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Mirabelle the <a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/search/label/giraffe">Giraffe</a> waiting for afternoon tea.</div>
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A boat as a swinging seat? Emphatic yes please!</div>
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Sweetpea the Kudu--aren't her stripes just lovely?</div>
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Wild is Life has also rescued Levi and Diesel, the cheetahs, from poachers who killed their parents.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">For more information on the work that Wild is Life is doing, please <a href="http://www.wildislife.com/index.html">visit them here</a>.</span></div>
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TIA Cette est l'Afriquehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05372624504437885642noreply@blogger.com0Harare, Zimbabwe-17.82922 31.053961000000072-18.3129635 30.408514000000071 -17.3454765 31.699408000000073tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8202805018091679344.post-67073201942371469092014-02-13T20:37:00.001+02:002014-02-13T20:38:09.867+02:00Mosi-oa-Tunya: The Smoke That Thunders<div style="text-align: center;">
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After an exhilarating <a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/2014/02/snapshots-from-air-flying-over-victoria.html">helicopter flight</a> over Victoria Falls, we visited the Falls at sunrise.</div>
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<a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/search/label/Mosi-oa-Tunya">Every trip to the Falls has been so unique</a> for how it looks, how it feels, how it <i>awes</i>.</div>
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But sunrise, <a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/search/label/sun%20rise">oh sunrise</a>, by far is my favorite time to visit. I fell in love with it at sunrise <a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/2013/07/take-my-breath-away-victoria-falls-sun.html">on this trip</a>.</div>
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In all my visits, I'm surprised I've never showed you this in its both amazes and terrifies:<br />
the fence that keeps you from going over the edge into the Falls at certain vantage points.</div>
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These thorns won't stop anything if you're really heading over.</div>
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This trip was blessed by so many <a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/search/label/rainbow">rainbows</a>. Stunning.</div>
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Be still my heart!</div>
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The sunrise.</div>
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Oh, Victoria Falls, you <i>never </i>disappoint.</div>
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TIA Cette est l'Afriquehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05372624504437885642noreply@blogger.com0Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe-17.9333333 25.833333300000049-17.993762800000002 25.752652300000051 -17.8729038 25.914014300000048tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8202805018091679344.post-47321190243156642032014-02-09T17:57:00.001+02:002014-02-09T18:05:30.058+02:00Snapshots from the Air: Flying Over Victoria Falls<div style="text-align: center;">
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While visiting the wonderful <a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/search/label/Victoria%20Falls">Victoria Falls town</a> in <a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/search/label/Zimbabwe">Zimbabwe</a>, we soared over the Falls.</div>
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Victoria Falls, one of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Natural_Wonders_(CNN)">Seven Natural Wonders of the World</a>, is awesome.<br />
Awesome as in the genuine definition: inspiring awe.</div>
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Taking a helicopter over the Falls runs away with your imagination and captures the beauty of this world.<br />
It is easy to understand why David Livingstone wrote after seeing it that<br />
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No painting, no photograph I've seen captures its majesty and its indescribable ability to make you feel both tiny and happy.</div>
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They also never capture just how <i>ginormous </i>Victoria Falls is. Because it is. Even that's an understatement.<br />
The other name for Victoria Falls, Mosi-oa-Tunya ("The Smoke That Thunders") is somehow also an understatement.<br />
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Here's a video from my flight, look how it dwarfs nearby roads, that building at the bottom corner?<br />
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Oh! Be still my heart, how beautiful the world is.</div>
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This was at a drier point of the season and it can still be seen so far away!</div>
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Our sweet ride. It went too fast.<br />
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TIA Cette est l'Afriquehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05372624504437885642noreply@blogger.com0Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe-17.9333333 25.833333300000049-17.993762800000002 25.752652300000051 -17.8729038 25.914014300000048tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8202805018091679344.post-43064486526642191682014-02-04T23:24:00.001+02:002014-02-04T23:25:00.056+02:00Leisure at the Victoria Falls Hotel<div style="text-align: center;">
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While on a visit to Victoria Falls, I enjoyed the loveliness that is the <a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/search/label/Victoria%20Falls%20Hotel">Victoria Falls Hotel.</a></div>
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The hotel is a remnant of colonial times, now a lovely tucked away spot overlooking <a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/search/label/Victoria%20Falls">Victoria Falls</a> in <a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/search/label/Zimbabwe">Zimbabwe</a>.</div>
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What a serene spot to escape the <a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/search/label/Africa">African</a> heat!</div>
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Good friends, good tea, and the roar of the Falls = lovely.</div>
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The hotel is wonderful for its attention to detail, its historical artifacts, and its stunning view.</div>
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Isn't this Bird of Paradise just stunning? Zimbabwe is full of such colorful, beautiful flowering trees and plants.</div>
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I may have started to dose here while listening to a pianist. Just perfect.</div>
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TIA Cette est l'Afriquehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05372624504437885642noreply@blogger.com0Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe-17.9333333 25.833333300000049-17.993762800000002 25.752652300000051 -17.8729038 25.914014300000048tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8202805018091679344.post-87703761262599968522014-01-29T18:08:00.001+02:002014-01-29T18:08:31.405+02:00Africa Wild Dogs - The Painted Edition!<div style="text-align: center;">
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While in <a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/search/label/Mana%20Pools%20National%20Park">Mana Pools National Park</a> in <a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/search/label/Zimbabwe">Zimbabwe</a>, we were visited by a large pack of painted dogs!</div>
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The painted dogs (aka African Wild Dogs aka Lycaon pictus) is an endangered species as their habitats are disappearing and poaching targets them.</div>
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Here they are standing at attention:</div>
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They were waiting for a member of the pact--here they are greeting the member.<br />
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Here's a glimpse of their greeting--it was <i>so </i>enthralling to watch, first they circled and circled the member in a cyclone then this:<br />
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Aren't they just so beautiful and some how kind of ugly at the same time?</div>
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We were very lucky to get to see them!</div>
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For more information on the painted dogs, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lycaon_pictus">click here</a>!</div>
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TIA Cette est l'Afriquehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05372624504437885642noreply@blogger.com0Mana Pools National Park, Zimbabwe-15.84826 29.367399999999975-16.336902 28.721952999999974 -15.359618 30.012846999999976tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8202805018091679344.post-29234291347981637322013-12-10T22:38:00.003+02:002013-12-10T22:38:19.313+02:00The Imire Sable<div style="text-align: center;">
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While visiting I<a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/search/label/Imire%20Rhino%20and%20Wildlife%20Conservation">mire Rhino and Wildlife Conservation</a> in <a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/search/label/Zimbabwe">Zimbabwe</a>, we came across these beauties.</div>
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<a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/search/label/sable">Sables</a>, of the antelope family, are becoming rarer and rarer.</div>
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They are absolutely beautiful to watch, very regal.</div>
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Why, hello, sable!</div>
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A <a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/search/label/zebras">zebra</a> at Imire.</div>
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Zimbabwe is covered with just so many stunningly beautiful trees.</div>
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For some reason, our ride at Imire struck me as particularly hilarious.</div>
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Some of the elephants at the <a href="http://www.imire.org/">Imire Rhino and Wildlife Conservation</a> in Zimbabwe.</div>
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One of the elephants eating. It's amazing how powerful they are, taking down trees.</div>
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Hi, elephant tush!</div>
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A baby elephant. Still my favorite of all the animals, how can you not just love a <a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/search/label/baby%20elephant">baby elephant</a>?</div>
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<a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/search/label/Imire">Imire </a>has an elephant who is rather famous for her 'identity crisis.'</div>
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Nzou is the matriarch of this herd of African Buffalo. That's right, she's the head of a herd of African Buffalo.</div>
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When Nzou first arrived at Imire, she was placed with a bull elephant within the only large herd Imire a had at the time---a buffalo herd. By the time the bull elephant died, Nzou had immersed herself so completely within the buffalo herd that she became distressed when Imire tried to move her to the elephant herd they had obtained. The buffalo also became visibly unsettled by her absence.</div>
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When I visited, <i>fourteen </i>male African Buffalo had challenged Nzou for head of the herd over the past 30 years---she won every time.</div>
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A Zimbabwean woman carries bags along the road between Bulawayo and Victoria Falls.</div>
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One of the hazards of driving in Africa? Trucks precariously loaded and driving way <i>too </i>fast or way <i>too </i>slow.</div>
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The Teecherz shopping mall. For some reason the name really amuses me.</div>
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Because the Flying Pot Restaurant was just too creepy not to include another photograph.</div>
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TIA Cette est l'Afriquehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05372624504437885642noreply@blogger.com1Zimbabwe-19.015438 29.154856999999993-26.681356 18.827708499999993 -11.34952 39.482005499999993tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8202805018091679344.post-34328973843257444962013-10-31T15:46:00.001+02:002013-10-31T15:46:53.985+02:00The Cape Town Waterfront<div style="text-align: center;">
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After visiting <a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/search/label/Stellenbosch">Stellenbosch</a> in <a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/search/label/South%20Africa">South Africa</a>, we returned to lovely Cape Town.<br />
<a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/search/label/Table%20Mountain">Table Mountain</a> as seen from the waterfront.</div>
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<a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/search/label/Cape%20Town">Cape Town's</a> waterfront is the perfect place for a leisurely stroll, something <a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/search/label/Harare">Harare's</a> not really built for.</div>
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The waterfront's clock tower, such an old world charm and a reminder of Cape Town's strong sea-faring history.<br />
Its bottom floor holds an old tidal-gauge mechanism to check tide levels. I really like clock towers---it had been awhile since I had seen <a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/2012/09/waves-at-night.html">one here</a>.</div>
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We tried to visit Robben Island where Nelson Mandela was in prison for decades but the weather was too choppy to take the ferry.<br />
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Oh! <a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/search/label/Dakar">Dakar</a>! How I thought of you immediately, what a strong sense of <a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/search/label/Senegal">Senegal</a> being worlds away.</div>
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I couldn't resist a few photos of <a href="http://www.majekahouse.co.za/">Majeka House</a> where we stayed in Stellenbosch--isn't the breakfast area just adorable? <i>Love </i>the blue.</div>
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The view from the breakfast nook.</div>
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Absolutely loved the ceiling in our room, a splash of fun color.</div>
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The hotel was lined with cactus fences, I thought they were so ingenious.<br />
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One last shot of the waterfront!! Then it's back to <a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/search/label/Zimbabwe">Zimbabwe</a>....</div>
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TIA Cette est l'Afriquehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05372624504437885642noreply@blogger.com0Cape Town, South Africa-33.9248685 18.424055299999964-34.7681915 17.133161799999964 -33.081545500000004 19.714948799999963tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8202805018091679344.post-69093483619477847402013-10-29T17:09:00.001+02:002013-10-31T15:33:56.958+02:00Stellenbosch - South Africa Wine Country: J.C. Le Roux<div style="text-align: center;">
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While touring Stellenbosch, <a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/search/label/South%20Africa">South Africa's</a> lovely <a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/search/label/wine%20country">wine country</a>, we visited <a href="http://www.jcleroux.co.za/age-check?destination_url=/">J.C. Le Roux</a>.</div>
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Oh, <a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/search/label/Cape%20Town">Cape Town</a>, be still my heart, how your <a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/search/label/mountains">mountains</a> speak to me.</div>
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[This is the view of part of the estate's vineyards.]</div>
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J.C. Le Roux is a vineyard for sparkling wine. We did a marshmallow and meringue tasting, paired with lovely sparkling wine.</div>
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The grounds were stunning, worth the visit alone!</div>
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The amazing marshmallows, with flavors like coconut and caramel, paired perfectly with lovely sparkling wines.<br />
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Returning to Cape Town, we passed the famous <a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/search/label/Table%20Mountain">Table Mountain</a>.</div>
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While on a trip to <a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/search/label/Cape%20Town">Cape Town</a>, I visited South Africa's wine country: <a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/search/label/Stellenbosch">Stellenbosch</a>!</div>
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Our first stop was <a href="http://www.waterfordestate.co.za/index.html">Waterford Estate</a>.</div>
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On a dreary, rainy southern African afternoon, the coziness and roaring fire was absolutely perfect.</div>
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The vineyard was filled with lovely little spots with bursts of color</div>
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and an old world feel to it.</div>
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The estate was lined with beautiful orange groves.</div>
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Such a burst of wonderful color on a dreary day.</div>
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The wine was excellent, paired with amazing house chocolates such as rose geranium milk chocolate.</div>
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I already want to return to Cape Town (okay, okay, okay, I <i>always </i>want to return to Cape Town) and explore more of Stellenbosch.</div>
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Such a lovely change of pace from <a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/search/label/Zimbabwe">Zimbabwe</a>.</div>
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While visiting the lovely <a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/search/label/Lake%20Kariba">Lake Kariba</a>, we came upon this stunning bird.</div>
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He would hover like this before dive bombing for food. He was amazing to watch.</div>
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An African Fish Eagle --- also <a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/search/label/Zimbabwe">Zimbabwe's</a> national bird.</div>
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Isn't he just beautiful?</div>
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A baby hippo and its pod.</div>
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Lake Kariba was just awash with birds.</div>
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This guy was on the hunt for food.</div>
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Check out how incredibly graceful he was:</div>
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And what is an animal posting without my beloved elephants?</div>
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Hello, hippo!</div>
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While visiting <a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/search/label/Lake%20Kariba">Lake Kariba</a>, we watched a stunning sunset from a boat in the middle of the lake.</div>
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It reminded me of this absolutely <a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/2011/11/au-revoir-senegal-au-revoir.html">take-my-breath-away sunset in Senegal</a>.</div>
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An elephant at sunset.</div>
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The tease of the sunset, the wake of our houseboat welcoming it.</div>
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Oh! Be still my heart, <a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/search/label/Zimbabwe">Zimbabwe</a>, you have <i>once more</i> delivered amazing.</div>
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Hello, elephant! Hello, sunset!</div>
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The sun creeping down for the night.</div>
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<a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/search/label/Africa">Africa's</a> sun is always so amazingly large, so bright, and so just...perfect.</div>
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Remnants of the <a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/2013/09/sunset-over-drowned-forrest.html">drowned forest</a> at sunset.</div>
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I love <a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/search/label/sunset">sunset</a>, it may be my favorite time of the day.</div>
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The start of our sunset houseboat adventure, leaving harbor.</div>
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One of Lake Kariba's harbors, the houseboats moored.</div>
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As dusk approaches over Lake Kariba, <a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/search/label/Zimbabwe">Zimbabwe</a>, fishermen take to the water.</div>
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Lake Kariba's breathtakingly ethereal drowned forest as sunset approaches.</div>
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Wow, wow, just wow. <a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/search/label/Africa">Africa</a>, you've pulled out the stops with this sunset.</div>
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The sun's reflection through the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submerged_forest">submerged forest</a>.</div>
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Lake Kariba is the world's largest artificial lake; when the Zambezi River was dammed, it flooded the forests in its path.</div>
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And it resulted in these amazing petrified forests.</div>
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Lake Kariba forms the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe.</div>
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Oh, Zimbabwe, be still my heart, you wowed me on this one.</div>
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TIA Cette est l'Afriquehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05372624504437885642noreply@blogger.com0Lake Kariba-16.9833407 27.784245999999939-18.9243467 25.202458999999941 -15.0423347 30.366032999999938tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8202805018091679344.post-12816911680436040592013-09-27T18:06:00.001+02:002013-09-27T18:09:35.536+02:00Take My Breath Away: Baby Mountain Gorillas!!<div style="text-align: center;">
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While trekking through <a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/search/label/Volcanoes%20National%20Park">Volcanoes National Park</a>, we found these beautiful, beautiful animals.</div>
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Why, hello, you handsome fellow!</div>
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<a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/search/label/Rwanda">Rwanda</a> is home to the stunning Sabyinyo Family of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_gorilla">mountain gorillas</a>.</div>
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The family had several juveniles that were just so adorable!</div>
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This little guy was about two years old.</div>
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And let me tell you, they were out playing! Trying to figure out swinging on the bamboo.</div>
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Climbing up things, annoying the adults, wrestling. It was <i>adorable.</i></div>
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Check out the guy above playing with the baby who was only a few months old:</div>
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(That whole bamboo swinging thing? Definitely not gotten down yet!)</div>
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Basking in the morning sun.</div>
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Here's another short clip, it makes me laugh because his somersault? All it makes me think of is an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ewok">Ewok</a>!</div>
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I was absolutely amazed to see how stunningly orange the gorillas' eyes were.<br />
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A few months old---just <i>too </i>adorable!</div>
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If given the chance to go mountain gorilla trekking, go, go, GO.<br />
It is an absolutely amazing, almost spiritual experience.<br />
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After trekking into <a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/search/label/Volcanoes%20National%20Park">Volcanoes National Park</a>, we came across the Sabyinyo Family of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_gorilla">mountain gorillas</a>.</div>
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How beautiful is this gorilla?! Those eyes are <i>bright </i>orange.</div>
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I was amazed and just blown away by how human-like their expressions were.</div>
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I mean, seriously, how many men have many this look of sighing contentment during a nap?!</div>
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<a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/search/label/Rwanda">Rwanda's</a> Sabyinyo Family has the world's largest Silverback. This isn't him. This is the <i>smaller </i>Silverback, how insane is that? He was ginormous.<br />
Think hundreds of pounds in weight (!!!!!)</div>
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Here's insight into their size: our guide moving out of the way of one of the smaller mamas. They are relatively peaceful, but if they want to display dominance, give them some serious respect. A simply touch to your shoulder is enough to send you flying in the opposite direction.</div>
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First thought when I saw this guy: grumpy old man. Hehe.</div>
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A peaceful nap. This experience was amazing, almost spiritual, absolutely indescribable.</div>
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The hour you spend with the family flies by and you wonder where it's gone and how you were so enthralled and captivated for so long.</div>
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The Sabyinyo Family was named after <a href="http://s1104.photobucket.com/user/TIAPhotoBlog/media/31SabyinyoVolcano-tiaphotoblog_zpsad8b3079.jpg.html">this volcano</a>. Sabyinyo means 'old man's teeth.'<br />
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I've seen my dad sleep with this same expression. So amazing. So creepy.</div>
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For more information on <a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g317075-d601784-Reviews-Volcanoes_National_Park-Ruhengeri_Northern_Province.html">Volcanoes National Park</a>.</div>
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For more information on <a href="http://www.eyesonafrica.net/african-safari-rwanda/gorilla-trekking.htm">mountain gorilla trekking</a>.</div>
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(go, go, GO if you get the chance. I want to go back.)</div>
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TIA Cette est l'Afriquehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05372624504437885642noreply@blogger.com0Parc National des Volcans, Volcans National Park, Rwanda-1.5 29.5-27.0220345 -11.808594 24.0220345 70.808594tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8202805018091679344.post-21023326659261874842013-09-18T19:56:00.000+02:002013-09-27T17:51:59.874+02:00Volcanoes National Park!!!<div style="text-align: center;">
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While on a visit to <a href="http://aebabroad.blogspot.com/search/label/Rwanda">Rwanda</a>, I saw my first volcano!</div>
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Why, hello Sabyinyo Volcano.</div>
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A woman works the fields just near the volcanoes.</div>
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The park is home to five of the eight volcanoes in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virunga_Mountains">Virunga Mountains</a>.</div>
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We began hiking up the mountains and wow, just wow. Bamboo forests like I've never seen before.</div>
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I had no idea that bamboo forests make a creaking sound--almost like an old door opening---</div>
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when the wind blows through them. It's very eerie and beautiful.</div>
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Why were we hiking? Why we were mountain gorilla trekking of course!</div>
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Here's where we stopped while the guides hacked a path through the forest to where our family of gorillas were resting.</div>
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Some of the guides.</div>
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My first view of the famed mountain gorillas.</div>
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Here's a teaser of the next post: isn't he just <i>adorable</i>?!</div>
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