Tag Archives: Birding
East Africa Birds – 1
For seven weeks Rich King and I visited Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Ethiopia, largely in search of birds. Rich is a casual bird lister, I try to be a bird photographer. I hesitate to give either of us these labels … Continue reading
Ethiopia
We are now home from our seven week four country Africa trip Our Ethiopian venture began February 10th with our flight from Dar Es Salaam. We were picked up by Tefera Alemu who had put together Rich’s trip before Covid … Continue reading
Tanzania
We arrived in Tanzania on Feb 1, settling in for two nights in a hotel in Arusha. Arusha is the centre of tours into the northern highlands, where most of the animal parks are situated. Rich has visited this part … Continue reading
East Africa
Once again I have neglected this blog. It is almost two years since my birding/biking trip to Japan/ Taiwan and my last entries. Although my travels are getting less adventurous I am still getting around. In the last two years … Continue reading
In Between Dances
I am doing a post at this time primarily to brush up my posting skills after such a long hiatus. This in preparation for future travels. It is almost three years since my last posting; Bangkok to Singapore. Since then … Continue reading
Kerala, Birds & Backwaters
Nov 18-21 Jungle Bird Home Stay – Thattekad, Kerala My hesitant introduction to what will become my home away from home in India, began at about 11:00 am when Sudha, the beautiful 57 year old owner of the Home Stay … Continue reading
The Nilgiri Hills
Nov 9 – Forest Hills Resort near Masinagudi, Tamil Nadu Boy, do I know how to screw up a great day. I got away from the Parklane in Mysore after a good breakfast before 8:00. Actually, breakfast was funny. This … Continue reading
Birds and Game Viewing
Oct 18,19 – Bharatpur We left our hotel in Agra at 7:30, and for almost an hour followed the GPS directions out of town. Unfortunately our hotel was on the east end and we had to get out of the … Continue reading