Day trip to Ngare Sero mountain lodge

Malachite King Fisher

Colobus Monkeys - found them!

Drove for lunch and coffee today to a lodge in the foothills of the mountains - only about 40 minutes from home. I've made two day trips on other occasions to see Colobus monkeys (Arusha National Park) with no luck. Today was the day! What extraordinary looking creatures. Also, visited a TZ trout farm there, and near the water saw this oh so beautiful King Fisher. Not easy to photograph with my little pocket digital camera, yet happy that a few pics worked well enough that you can get an idea of the coloring. Once again...another day I feel blessed and privileged for the time I have in this outstanding part of the world! 

Tarangire in March

Lilac-breasted Roller

Bishop

elephant family

a BIG bull elephant who kept following me as I reversed down the track

European Roller

Buffalo Weaver

Weaver

on the drive home...rain storm & Mt Meru

Kilimanjaro half marathon

taking care of a six month training goal!

What a cool experience! Very privileged to see the Kenyan and Tanzanian professional marathoners shoot by.

crowd craziness at the finish line

Introducing the violin to the Tanzanian school children

 after all the children 'saw' a vibrating string, I invited them to feel the vibration through the scroll - you'll see their reactions

Lake Manyara

tented camp Maramboi where I stayed (SE side of Lake Manyara)

HOT late afternoon walking safari 

driving on the dry lake next to Impala

trusty chariot with my Massai guide Lengai in the passenger seat

Maribu Stork - these babies are tall!

Flamingos in the distance - a line of pink as far north and south as I could see. Ngorongoro Crater is just over the mountains

Early morning drive along the edge of the lake, watching out for dark patches - thats where it turns into goopy mud that our feet sunk into!

Bishops

Work hard & have fun doing it!

Arusha street scenes

milkman's baiskeli (bicycle)

bed frames for sale - street side 

neighborhood charcoal collector's donkey

dusty drive on one of the shortcut roads

my mechanic (gari fundi) Sam

transporting hay for cows

daladalas have cool mantras

shoes for sale - street side

clothes for sale

Sam's garage

this is how I get my kitchen knives sharpened