My Favorite Moments in My 2007 African Trip
Created August 2007
This page is more or less the "preview" of my upcoming African Trip Travelogue on my saricie.com website. It is hard to choose my favorite moments in this trip, especially my camcorder/camera was broken two thirds of the way through this trip. I do hope to have more pictures of Tanzania and Zanzibar's Stone Town.
Along the way, I will post gradually those pictures in the individual chapters, so just wait and see!
Please click the thumbnail on the pictures to see enlarged images
On a Premier Classe train from Johannesburg to Cape Town, South Africa. This is the biggest splurge I had in this whole trip. Paul Theroux took the same train in his "Dark Star Safari." However, the fellow passengers in my train seemed to be kinder, though less interesting.
My orange next to the Orange River, Namibia. It is South Africa across the river. Though I picked this orange in South Africa, it just crossed the border with us without being stopped!
My orange next to Fish River Canyon, Namibia. This canyon's depth is said to be only second to the Grand Canyon in the US.
Our G.A.P. overland truck (and my orange). Can you believe it? We are not allowed to call this truck a "bus" or we would be fined....
Dune 45 looks serene after all the tourists were gone, Namibia.
I (or at least my shadow) looked really tall next to the Tropics of Capricorn Sign, Namibia. Passing this line, now we are in the tropics.
Our in-house (or "in-truck") library before it collapsed. With all these Lonely Planet guide I contributed to the Library, you can call me "Mr. Lonely Planet" (but not "Mr. Lonely")
The giraffe drinks water gracefully. I cannot stretch my legs like him...
Giraffes' Sunset Boulevard in Etosha National Park, Namibia.
Our animated guide, Pilot, at Okavango Delta, Botswana.
This Baobob tree looks spooky under the morning light, Botswana. I think it was Jan in front of this tree.
Anteaters in Botswana are realy, really big.
Elephants frolicking in the Chobe River, Botswana (while we were busy making our boat a booze cruise).
Gentleman loves blond(e)s because they are more fun....especially on a booze cruise. On Zambezi River, Zambia.
Zambian wildlife. It doesn't bite but it may carry ringworms...
What are you looking at?
Oh, the poor impala...
A happy baboon family. We human do this too. It's a hard work to be a parent...
Zambian kids love Blondie too! ("Just like me, they long to be close to you...")
A lone bird appreciates sunset in South Luangwa National Park, Zambia.
Lounging in the open-air restaurant of Amaan Bungalow, Zanzibar. Yes, this is my 100th country.
Sunset view from the balcony of Amaan Bungalow restaurant in Zanzibar, with adhow passing by. Now you know I love taking pictures of sunset!
A surprise party to celebrate my reaching 100 countries at Amaan Bungalow, Zanzibar. in the background from left, Elliot, Blondie (aka Jon "the Aussie"), and Stacey. This might have been the best party in my life...
They prepared 99 balloons for this party. Each balloon symbolizes the 99 countries I had traveled to before Zanzibar. Yes, Blondie and Stacey planned this! (The pink balloon at upper left hand corner shows my Country #1, which is the country I was born)
I was also given a crown with "100" on it. It feels great to be a king! Though it's one night only, it took me more than 20 years' traveling to reach this stage.
A lake in the Ngorongoro Crater Conservatory Area, Tanzania. No famous pink flamingo in sight, only Blondie. Though the weather was shitty, we possibly had the most fruitful wildlife viewing experience there. So I say "save the best for the last"!
Last night for our group in Arusha's Nasty, ew, Snaty, , oop, I meant Snake Park Campsite. I found unbelievably, our orange survived all the way from South Africa. Though it was quite rotten after almost 5 weeks on the road.
My days in Uganda were all quite relaxed. I did not do much sightseeing when staying at Bujagali Falls campsite. Usually I just stared at the mighty Nile in front of me. These were my last days in Africa.