"I bless the rains down in Africa" Spoonball's photos around Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
A TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow of a travel blog to Serengeti National Park, Tanzania by TravelPod blogger Spoonball titled "I bless the rains down in Africa". TravelPod is a company of TripAdvisor™. Spoonball's travel blog entry: "DAY SIX (Wednesday, September 9, 2009) Ain't no way to hide your LION eyes. Today was our sleep-in day. No need to depart until 9 am. However, today we departed our luggage as well. We were limited to our Tauck duffel bags for the next two nights. We will have a reunion with our luggage in Arusha when we transfer to Kenya on Friday. Our traveling companions today were Stephanie Foote and Carol Sobol of Denver; our guide was Assand. First up as we left Ngorongoro was a Big Sky Montana view of the Serengeti Plain. And appropriately enough, our first encounter was with giraffes, which is the animal I normally associate with the area. It turns out the giraffe is the national symbol of Tanzania, because it can't back up, it can only go forward. Tanzania officials loved the symbolism, AND the fact that the giraffe is the most peaceful animal in the plains. Next was a long and very bumpy ride out of Ngorongoro where the roads are pitiful and into the Serengeti where at least they are graded. We arrived late morning at Olduvai Gorge (see description on Day Five). FYI, a gorge is the same as a canyon, only not as deep. We had a lecture on the archeological significance of the gorge and the anthropologists who have made history there. We headed to Nobi ...
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