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I ain’t Lion, the Masai Mara is the place to take a safari!
A friend and great ape conservationist in Fairbanks, Holly Carrol, told me that the Masai Mara is a good place to bang out your safari, probably bag all the animals. I have always wanted to do safari...
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Young lion eating a wildebeest in Masai Mara (video)
Not too far into our journey we found a small pride of lions where this young male tried to tear this wildebeest kill apart. Nearby you’ll see the older females lazing about looking sated. Please share...
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Ethiopian Music show I’ll be presenting over the next 3 weeks
Hello friends and travelers. I host a radio show here in Fairbanks, Alaska on a regular basis. Over the next 3 Sundays I will be sharing music I picked up in Ethiopia. The show, Funk Roots, runs...
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Northern lights in Fairbanks, Alaska
I like this shot of the lights and stars because it gives some perspective on the night landscape where I have lived for 19 years. We live in the forest.Photo by Maryanne Babij- talented local...
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Safari at Masai Mara, Kenya (Full day)
This is my journal entry from December 3, 2013…. An arid landscape full of life. Maasai wave with big, toothy grins or stick their hands out to beg for shillings. Their cows graze among the cactus and...
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Macoa, Colombia y Fin Del Mundo
I made a quick stopover in Macoa located in Amazonas Fin del Mundo This is a nice jungle hike without much information available. Jump in a taxi (10000pesitos) or collectivo (2000pesitos) towards...
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Epic aurora borealis Friday night in Alaska
This photo was taken by Terry Tedor in Fairbanks, Alaska on Friday the 7th of February…To see a video of this display from another part of town, follow this link!
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…and it was 100 degrees below zero!!!
Well, close but the Frank Zappa quote is close enough!
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Crossing the Colombia-Ecuador Border at San Miguel/ Lago Agrio
From Macoa, Colombia you go by bus. Go to the bus station during the day to buy a ticket. Many people will say there is not bus but just keep at it. Do not go to the bus station at night as the...
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A day bus ride in equatorial Uganda
Note: This was written the same day as this travel occurred in December 2013 I just remember being dumbfounded that there were no cocks crowing or dogs a barkin’ as I stood waiting for the taxi (small...
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A 3 day trek in Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia
Trekking in the Simiens is awesome and well worth the effort if you are in Ethiopia. Here I describe my trek in the Simien Mountians Naitonal Park in some detail, provide pictures of the Simien...
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The Danakil Depression- The land of Lucy our genetic grandmother
We are all Ethiopian. Lucy was unearthed here, her body 3.2 million years old. I don’t imagine much mixing has happened, relative to the rest of the world, since this time. Here today and for at least...
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View of the active volcano (Concepcion) at Ometepe, Nicaragua (video)
Last weeks post was pretty heavy so lets take a wander back to 2005 when I visited Nicaragua (Jueputa!) I a pretty sure I was on volcan Maderas when I shot this super low definition footage. Ha ha I...
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Kebab in Cairo!
Take out in Gizah! Let’s see rib meat, steak tips, marinaded chicken, hummus, beans that I cannot describe nor eat, pickled vegies, and fresh greens. All timed to be served with The Great Pyramids of...
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Rio Moja Huevo. Get it?
“Oh my”, as a friends always says when they see the log locks of my past. Ha ha, here I am with my cheap binoculars and my cheap camera with a shirt I’d been wearing since high school (15 years...
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