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October 29th 2007

Published: October 29th 2007

As I sit here, writing these electronic journal entries, I sometimes think to myself - why the hell do I do this? I mean, it is a bit strange, really. When I first went travelling back in 1998, I didn't even have an email address. Communication with home was via very expensive - and infrequent - phone calls from international call centres, or poste restante in big city post offices. Sometimes news... Read Full Entry

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Tom Griffith

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Travel happens when I can fit it in, nowadays, but it will always be my favourite hobby. Here's my list of the best bits so far, in thirteen years of hopping around the world: Asia Angkor Wat (Cambodia) Taj Mahal and Varanasi (India) Annapurna Range and Kathmandu (Nepal) Bagan (Burma) Koh Phiphi (Thailand) Great Wall, Terracotta Warriors and the Forbidden City (China) Peshawar and the Chitral-Gilgit road (Pakistan) Istanbul and Butterfly Valley (Turkey) Luang Prabang (Laos) Americas Teotihuacan and Mexico City (Mexico) Lake Atitlan and Tikal (Guatem... full info

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Herbivores

A wildebeest and some zebra on the plains in Ngorongoro crater

Hyena!

A spotted hyena in Ngorongoro crater

Hippo pool

Some of the 70 hippos snoozing in Ngorongoro's main hippo pool

Ozzie

A male ostrich, Ngorongoro crater

Ngorongoro crater

View from inside the crater

Buff

A Cape buffalo watches us from the Ngorongoro grassland

Warty

A warthog snuffling around for roots, at Tarangire NP

Down into the crater

Looking back into Ngorongoro crater

Mother and baby

A mother zebra and her child graze in our campsite at Ngorongoro

More zebra

Three zebra, near Ngorongoro, Tanzania

Giraffe

A giraffe in Tarangire NP, Tanzania

Tarangire baobab

Some wildebeest wander past a baobab in Tarangire NP

Fleeing waterbuck

A female waterbuck runs away from our safari 4WD

Giraffe family

A bunch of giraffe in Tarangire NP

29th October 2007

Chani
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hand me the farking keys you farking c0cksucker
ok, pretty lame attempt at a death threat, i'll work on a really good one. say hi to big kev for me

29th October 2007

Tammi
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Great pics!
Awesome trip and photos! Keep up the great work. Who cares if some people don't like it! Mean people suck! /hugs from, your fan in Texas!

29th October 2007

Mimi
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Super!
Thanks for your splendid journaling and for the photos. I visited Serengeti and Ngorongoro in the late 80's. Your photos make me think not much has changed and that's a good thing. My tent was "marked" by a lion the night I "slept" there! Imagine the reaction of my cats when I got home! As long as you keep writing, I'll keep reading. I enjoyed your reflection upon traveling before internet vs. now.

29th October 2007

Suzanne Stephen
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Thanks for the Teaching Material
Hi Tom, I'm an ESL teacher living in Taiwan right now. One of my students (an 11 year old boy) and I have been discussing elephants; ie, the differences between African and Asian elephants, etc. I was so pleased when your blog popped up in my inbox this morning. Your pictures are fantastic and will be a great teaching/learning tool for my student. BTW, you say you've been travelling since 1999. Lucky you!! My husband and I have to work so we can take trips out from Taiwan whenever holidays come up. Best regards, Suzanne

14th November 2007

Nigel
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Watch your back!!
Tom, your blogs are lame, you have the journalistic flair of a wet sock, and I am going to killllll you.

27th November 2007

Tiffany
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Thoroughly enjoying your blog in Sydney! Keep them coming!

24th February 2008

mimghi
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I like your pic
I search photo by google for see "zebra" i see it on your web i love it very mush, Thanks for all

15th December 2009

igor konjevod
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I googled my alter ego and I found this

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