Background: Shortly after independence, Tanganyika and Zanzibar merged to form the nation of Tanzania in 1964. One-party rule came to an end in 1995 with the first democratic elections held in the country since the 1970s. Zanzibar's semi-autonomous status and popular opposition have led to two contentious elections since 1995, which the ruling party won despite international observers' claims of voting irregularities.
July 18th 2007Africa » Tanzania » North » Serengeti National Park The site hosting these blogs suffered some form of cyber attack and lost some of its content, I am not about to retype the safari entry (although it was by far my favorite) but I am reposting some of ... 9 photos[full story]
April 5th 2008Africa » Tanzania » North » Serengeti National Park Hey everyone.
Hope everything is going well.
This week we went to the Ngorongoro Crater and The Serengetti (where the lion king was based on!) It was amazing; one of the highlights of the tr ... [full story]
March 24th 2008Africa » Tanzania » North » Serengeti National Park As if the Gorillas weren't enough we headed straigh to Arusha to start a 5 day safari in the Serengeti and Ngorogoro crater. Managed to get a good deal for a jeep safari with just 4 people in the jeep ... [full story]
March 24th 2008Africa » Tanzania » North » Serengeti National Park On the way into Serengeti National Park, we had to drive through the Ngorongoro Conservation Area along the rim of the Crater that we would come back to in 2 days time. It was an interesting drive be ... 26 photos[full story]
March 20th 2008Africa » Tanzania » North » Serengeti National Park Sun 17th Feb - Stayed in bed until about midday. Packed up our rucksacks and said goodbyes - was very sad, we've made some really good friends at the Hoff. Stanley's taxi took us to The snake park cam ... [full story]
March 3rd 2008Africa » Tanzania » North » Serengeti National Park Today we begin our break from work and head off on a safari organized by St Jude. Richard, Gemma’s husband, organises safaris for visitors to the school.
We set out first thing in the morn ... [full story]
December 27th 2007Africa » Tanzania » North » Serengeti National Park Finally on the road again cross country through magical and hugely neverending Serengeti Parc.
Lots of gnous and Zebras. We saw lions and finally djidas...just amazing !!!!
I was again all the tim ... 44 photos[full story]
January 26th 2008Africa » Tanzania » North » Serengeti National Park Following our relatively relaxing time in Zanzibar, reboarding Pangani and saddling up for more driving along Tanzania's less than perfect roadways wasn't exactly high on my list of "must do" activiti ... 14 photos[full story]
October 29th 2007Africa » Tanzania » North » Serengeti National Park When I was a child of 4 years old I caused much hilarity to my parents and other rellies by answering the question, 'what do you want to be when you grow up?' with a very honest 'I want to be an eleph ... 10 photos[full story]
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