The beauty of the Okavango Delta and the utter stillness of the wilderness in Botswana stoked a fire in me to give up my professional life for a year and leap into the unknown. This is my pilgrimage to the continent that opened my heart.
Ngorongoro Crater afforded my first viewing of lion mating, a wham-bam-thank-you-m'am affair. I'll leave that to your imagination. But here's the cigarette moment.
The guide squeezes this flower and it squirts water like a water pistol
Cathy and Joe Wanzala
They couldn't wait to paste the Obama sticker on their car
My main man
Ernest is my trusty cab driver who blasts music as we make our way through Gabs
Ted Thomas, man of intrigue and style
My friend, Ted, and his wife, Mary Ann, hosted a Safari Send-Off for me in Austin and treated me to a special mix of African music that already a UB student and a professor want to download.
3 comments:
hey maria..just discovered your blog..what an amazing adventure you are having.
your futures so bright, yuo have to wear shades, or is it "raids"- love the sleeping bag story. Ready at your request- Oct 27-Nov 14th-call me!
I don't know wny some people have to take something beautiful and make something ugly out of it.
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