30 December 2011

Serengeti National Park

The Serengeti was just amazing. It was my favorite park of the trip. The landscape was much more varied than I imagined. Parts of it felt reminiscent to the Great Plains, while other parts had rolling hills. We spent about two and a half days in the park and here are just a few of the photos we took:









































29 December 2011

Lake Manyara National Park

Lake Manyara National Park was our first stop. After arriving in Tanzania, we met up with our guide and the two couples who would be traveling with us. We reached our hotel and had lunch and a quick swimming break before going on our first safari.


Our transportation for the next week


Who could resist a swim in this pool?



View of the park from above

In the late afternoon, we headed out to see the park. Here are a few of the highlights:













And we ended our first day with a beautiful sunset.

Tanzania

Doc and I recently went to Tanzania. We spent a week visiting national parks and seeing the wildlife. We saw everything we hoped to see -- and more! We will be posting some of our favorite photos from each park over the coming days.

03 November 2011

Olympia

The last port of call on our cruise was Kataklon, which is a short distance from Olympia. Doc and I toured the ruins of the old Olympic site.

















02 November 2011

Mykonos

Our next stop on the cruise was Mykonos. We had a relaxing day touring the island.













01 November 2011

Santorini

I've wanted to visit Santorini for a number of years and was so excited it was one of the stops on the cruise. Sailing up to the island was just amazing because all one can see are huge cliffs. And the views from the island itself were even more spectacular. We traveled up to the highest point on the island, visited the town of Oia, and ended the day with dinner and a beautiful sunset. There are so many great photo opportunities. Here are just a few of the photos we took.