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How close is too close on safari in Tanzania?
As close as it gets in Tanzania. If you're wondering how close you get to the animals when you're on safari, this should give you an idea. And since elephants can get spooked easily, we actually had to use our 'inside voices' when we got close to a herd. You don't...
$50 Billion dollars buys more ‘Freedom 55’
It looks like the US is embracing the economic windfall from Canadian snowbirds 55 and older, and may soon allow us to spend 240 days in the States without a visa. The law isn’t passed yet, so don’t be rushing out to buy any cheap swampland, but the signs are...
Peeing in the Serengeti
Let's talk toilets. You're on safari in Tanzania, driving 8 hours or so a day in a jeep on a photographic hunt for the Big Five, religiously downing water to stave off possible dehydration from the African sun. So, what happens when Mother Nature calls (and let's...
Why I developed Grownup Travels
I'll never forget the moment when I crossed over to the other side. I was at a restaurant in Rome, one of my favourite places in the world, when a waiter greeted me with a polite "Buona sera, Signora." Not "Signorina". Okay, it might have been overdue given that I was...
