My Blue Sky

“Karibu Sana – a very warm welcome to your new home,” is how we were consistently greeted throughout Tanzania. The people of Tanzania are warm, friendly and have a genuine spirit of hospitality. They actually say, “hakuna matata”. It’s the friendliest and most easygoing place we’ve been so far. There is a natural camaraderie in the way our safari guide Raphael traded greetings with the other guides and tribesman. In the national game parks, employees and guides stay in dormitories,…

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  Tanzania is teaming with wildlife. The giraffes, elephants, zebras, gazelles – they’re all hanging out together – peacefully intermingling as they graze on the savannah. I guess I expected the different species to be separated into their own habitats, like the carefully curated shadow boxes at the zoo. Besides the gazelles who are naturally skittish, the rest of the animals were completely nonchalant at our approach. They would continue eating or lounging by the track, the easier to be…

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