This Will Be VERY Brief

June 29, 2017

For those following my updates on Instagram, you know I made it to Africa – almost a week ago. Last Wednesday to be exact. The time has gone so fast since then. The WiFi has been significantly slower! I’ll keep this update brief and punctuate it with a rather large selection of photos.

: Waiting in the lobby of the Fairview Hotel in Nairobi. Tanzanian safari begins today.

: Sunflowers.

: First giraffe sighting.

: Our guide, Milton.

: What’s that up there? It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s … oh, yeah … it’s birds.

Quick summary:

Qatar Airways was a VERY pleasant experience – 20+ hours in the air was borderline enjoyable.

Gear and luggage arrived in one piece – including the drone.

Spent two days doing safaris in Tanzania at Lake Manyara and the Ngorongoro Crater. The latter marks the first time I’ve returned to a previous vacation destination (non-North American vacation, that is).

Since returning to Kenya, we’ve been organizing gear and getting ready to get to work – including testing the aforementioned drone.

We’ll be heading to Wote to start work on the documentary tomorrow.

Not sure what my WiFi access will be like once I get to Wote. If it’s like last year, it will be pretty limited.

As for the photos … this gallery is from Day One of the safari. I haven’t had a chance to sort through the 370 photos I took on Day Two. Yeah. 370. I wish I was kidding.

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4 Comments to This Will Be VERY Brief

Lisa says:

July 5, 2017 at 4:42 am

Amazing pictures!
- Mark says:
  
  July 8, 2017 at 9:00 pm
  
  Hi Lisa. Thanks for note … glad you’re enjoying the pictures too.
Robyn says:

July 4, 2017 at 6:42 pm

Love, love, love the photos. Thanks for the update.
- Mark says:
  
  July 8, 2017 at 8:59 pm
  
  Thanks Robyn. Glad you enjoy the photos.