During our recent northern circuit safari trip to Tanzania, we visited Lake Manyara National Park on our first day. Here’s the map of our jeep trek in the park. Here are the animals we saw: Baboons blue monkeys elephants buffaloes ostriches zebras vervet monkeys impalas pelicans wildebeests giraffes Hadada ibis Klipspringer African jacana crowned cranes… Continue reading Tanzania Day 1: Lake Manyara
Category: Travel
New Orleans
We visited New Orleans for the Christmas holidays. Here are some photos.
Smoky Mountains
Fall is the best season to go camping and hiking. And I love the fall colors you can see in the mountains. So once again we headed to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park a couple of weeks ago for some camping, riding, hiking and driving. We had three black bear sightings in the smokies… Continue reading Smoky Mountains
Not Sitting Next to Indian on Plane
Via the awesome Ta-Nehisi Coates, here’s a story of a half-Jewish half-Arab woman blogger whose flight to Detroit turned into being handcuffed and questioned all apparently because she was sitting next to two Indians who took too long in the loo in the plane on September 11, 2011. Someone shouted for us to place our… Continue reading Not Sitting Next to Indian on Plane
Nathiagali
We went to Nathiagali in the mountains (elevation: 7,900ft) to escape the heat in Islamabad. The weather was warm there but much nicer. We rode/hiked to Mushkpuri peak (elevation: 9,200ft) which was a lot of fun and had beautiful scenery. On our way back, we stopped in Bhurban.
Daman e Koh & Pir Sohawa
The almost seven year old wanted to hike up Margalla Hills but it was too hot. We drove up to Daman e Koh and then had dinner at Monal Restaurant in Pir Sohawa. Both places have a nice view of Islamabad.
Skiing in 95F
It wasn’t as hot today as earlier, but skiing and playing in the snow when it’s 95F (35C) outside is still fun.
Abu Dhabi
The Formula Rossa roller coaster was really fast and the Formula 1 simulation was a lot of fun too.
Burj Khalifa
Dubai: View Out the Window
Here’s the view out our window here in Dubai.