These Corners of the World

My African Safari - Day 12 (The end of the road)

While I wasn't due to leave Africa just yet - future plans included exploration of the area around Kilimanjaro followed by a few more da

My African Safari - Day 11 (Attacked over a piece of chicken)

Hippos may look placid, but they're actually incredibly dangerous and are unpredictable. In the end, however, it wasn't the hippos

My African Safari - Day 10 (Lion prides from Serengeti to Ngorongoro)

Driving cautiously around the back of Pride Rock, we caught an even more majestic sight - an enormous male lion, bulging with muscles, lay q

My African Safari - Day 9 (Camping in the Serengeti)

As you can imagine, the trek from my tent to the outhouse toilet was terrifying. I only went twice after dark, and the trek was only maybe a

My African Safari - Day 8 (Views of Mount Kilimanjaro)

As soon as we had eaten and left the hotel, I realised today was the day I would finally set eyes on the famous Mount Kilimanjaro. It was as

My African Safari - Day 7 (A little luxury in Amboseli)

His friend was driving along when, up ahead, he spotted a snake on the road. A big one. The snake disappeared, however, and he couldn't

My African Safari - Day 5 (Getting up close and personal with white rhinos)

A few days later I befriended a different guide, and I asked him what kind of dangerous situations he had encountered as part of his job. He

My African Safari - Day 4 (Escaping death by lion)

Never in my life will I ever forget the sound of that poor gazelle's bones crunching and compressing within the jaws of that fearsome ca

My African Safari - Day 3 (Burn tattooed by the Maasai tribe)

Only a few metres away, in a clearing between two bushes, three tiny lion cubs were jumping and playing and rolling around in the grass with

My African Safari - Day 1 (Learning about Pole Pole in Nairobi)

I learned something very important about Kenya, and about East Africa in general. It is best demonstrated with a well-used phrase called Pol