Hakuna matata: Tanzania part 3

The Ngorongoro Crater is “the world’s largest inactive, intact, and unfilled volcanic caldera,” according to the journal Biological Conservation. The crater was created when a large volcano exploded and collapsed on itself two or three million years ago. I recently visited Volcanoes National Park in Hawai’i and it’s hard to imagine a spewing, roiling crater […]

Jambo: Tanzania part 1

Our arrival, and my first impressions of Tanzania, were hazy with fatigue, but the excitement of being in a new country (and continent) kept me awake through it all. We were met at the Kilomanjaro International Airport by our guide, David Bygott, a wonderful gentleman with decades of experience in and love for Tanzania. Unfortunately, […]