Monday, October 28, 2013

The Lion King - live!


Please forgive my ignorance... my only African reference thus far was Disney's The Lion King. And a great reference indeed! I found the South African land just as I had expected!

The setting

Thorny bush and dry savanna
Antilopes
An impala
A kudu (until a week ago, I had thought that was a cheap, tasteless fast-food chain from KSA)
Zebras
A beautiful elephant

Look at the baby elephant, it was only a couple of days old and still struggled to walk
And baby elephant is up on its feet again!
A giraffe
White rhinos
A beautiful, big cat (also called a cheetah!)
A cheetah female with her three cubs
The Pride Rock...
... and the pride! 
Mustafa/Scar (he's actually scarred on the face, and blind on the right eye)
Grooming as any other cat would...
Isn't he sweet?
Sarabi (Simba's mum)


Sweet lionesses...
... and their darker side! Eating off a zebra kill
The deadly buffaloes
Shanzi and Banzai, waiting for a dinner opportunity

Zazu!
Rafiki
the vultures
the Elephant Graveyard
Pumba!
A beautiful place on the Indian Ocean coast, near Mozambique


I enjoyed each of my first steps on the African continent and can only look forward to going again! 


Friday, August 30, 2013

Around Jordan in 7 days


Just back from a week in beautiful Jordan, a country definitely worth visiting! I'll let the pictures speak for themselves...

Mount Nebo. where Moises died, contemplating the Promised Land


Jordanian hospitality - Act 1 - Madaba
Wadi Mujib
Crusaders' castle in Kerak
Petra


Jordanian hospitality - Act 2 - Petra
Petra - the Monastery
Fighting over the best view of the Monastery

Definitely the best view!
Petra - the Treasury
Sunset in Wadi Rum
Jordanian hospitality - Act 3 - Wadi Rum
Wadi Rum at 6am




Bedouin breakfast
Aqaba - Red Sea


Dead Sea
The Dead Sea experience or how floating turns out to be real fun

Amman - the Roman Theatre
Amman - the Citadel



Falafel @ Hashim - Amman
Best konafah in Amman Jordan the world @ Habibah
Jerash - Hadrian's Gate
Jerash - Cardo Maximus
Jerash - Oval Plaza
I hope you all had a great summer; good luck going back to school/work. September's here!