honeymoon

as if the wedding wasn't enough... we escaped to tanzania to seal the deal.

safari day 1

this was our first campsite - not very rustic but very nice

we visited the town and met these boys who were swimming

banana saleswomen

tasting local beer made of fermented bananas

biking through a forest of banana plants

baboons!

zebras

inside a masai home. this is 1/2 of it and about 6 people sleep, cook, and eat there.

masai dance

thompson gazelles

leopard right by our car

our second campground. i was a bit sick at the beginning of the trip and here i was awakening from the dead

we didn't go in this but it was a pretty sight at the start of the morning

giraffe

ostrich

lion - seeing this was the most incredible moment of the trip

at breakfast

setting up the tent with steve and estomieh

this elephant was drinking the water from the campground's cistern - so much for hot showers that night...

the third campground was spectacular

masai trying to sell sohail some trinkets

elephant

hippo

people in arusha

view from our room in kendwa (west coast of zanzibar)

dhow sailboat

the water was incredibly blue

people rallying for the presidential elections (oct 31)

visiting a former slave trading site in stone town

a church which originally had as a goal to end the slave trade on zanzibar

ordering lunch in stone town

exploring the city - we loved it - reminded me of old jerusalem

a view of stone town's port

having a sunset aperetif at the hotel serena in stone town (our doctor's recommendation!)

breezes - the resort where we spent our last two nights

the tide on the east side of the island was extreme and at low tide we could walk out to this dock - at high tide we had to swim a fairly long way.

spending a morning in amsterdam during a long layover. the fall colors made the canals even more beautiful than ever.