Our excursion to Arusha National Park to find Colobus monkeys today exceeded our expectations. Not only did we find one Colobus family but FOUR of them. Located only within this Tanzanian government park, the Colobus monkeys live only in these hills and are hard to spot because they stay in the trees and are well-concealed [...]
Monthly Archive for February, 2009
Nikon D300, 17-55mm @40mm After over nighting in Amsterdam and again in Dar el Salaam, we made it to Mountian Village Resort just in time for lunch. After lunch, I’ll be spending time with four safari-goers that have arrived two days early and getting all of my equipment ready. Tonight I’ll be discussing how to [...]
Wonderful Amsterdam
Posted in Travel on Feb 17th, 2009
Nikon D300, 17-55mm After departing Seattle on the early bus ride to Europe, I finally arrived in Amsterdam early the next morning. As expected, tulips are everywhere. It will be an early retirement Tuesday night as the 0700 flight into Africa via Zurich, Nairobi, and Dar el Salaam will come early. Meanwhile, I’ll spend [...]
Kiboko Camera Bag from Gura Gear
Posted in Africa, Gear That Works, Photo Gear and Reviews, Safari on Feb 13th, 2009
This weekend I leave for Tanzania leading another photo safari and man I can’t wait to get there. These crazy gray Seattle skies are killing me. So what is in the bag? For this trip I will be taking two carry ons. One Gura Gear back pack (shown here, and one over the shoulder lens [...]
Mother and Cubs
Posted in Africa, Photo of the Week, Safari, Travel on Feb 9th, 2009
Nikon D300, 500mm +1.4TC With my departure for my next photo safari in less than 7 days, I simply can’t wait to get my boots dirty again with the dust of Africa. The above photo was taken on near NDutu Village in the southern area of the Ngorongoro National Park. I had the wonderful experiance [...]