Daniel Young Travels: Miscellaneous

Special Weather Notice:

Word has reached me that, while we were away, the East Coast of the U.S. suffered a very severe winter and New York City had the coldest February in more than eighty years. Do not think, however, that we were enjoying ideal weather in Tanzania.

We also suffered from weather conditions - at the other end of the spectrum. In Selous, a game reserve in Southern Tanzania, we endured temperatures of 45 Celsius (113 degrees!), with only a fan inside our tent. It was so hot that I would take a shower and stand in front of the fan for momentary relief. I could argue that, in New York City, people could stay warm by dressing properly and finding indoor places with heat. But in Selous Impala Camp, once you wore minimum clothing or none at all and used a fan there was no further relief. So our suffering may have been greater.

And let's not forget that we were bitten scores of times by tse tse flies, the scourge of many areas in Africa. Although I must admit that their bite is not as painful as the bite of the green flies at Louse Point, East Hampton, they do transmit sleeping sickness once in a while. And that can be a big problem.
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Here I'm trying to put a miscellany of photos.

I'm loading it quickly while waiting for our flight out of Mahe, Seychelles to Abu Dhabi.

One of the Carmine Bee-eaters that accompanied us as our Land Cruiser raised insects along the road

Interior corridor of our hotel in Stonetown, Zanzibar

The area on the left shows the horrendous mud flats which lacerated my feet on the way to Chumbe Island. Chumbe snorkeling was the best on this trip, a boat took us offshore.