Author Archives: Ray

For today’s entry I will keep the narrative limited so that I can show the events of the day more with pictures. For the most part I will let the pictures tell the story. Today was a very interesting working … Continue reading →

The itinerary for today was to visit the Ngorongoro Crater. I don’t understand the geology of it but it is a collapsed volcano that has left a massive plain surrounded by hills. It is now a wild animal preserve and … Continue reading →

This blog has had too much time to cool down. Now it is time to get it cooking again and serve up some delicious info on the latest travel adventure. My interest in international travel and development was noted a … Continue reading →

This trip was one of the most important adventures of my life. I was anxious when I scheduled the trip. It seemed like a lot of money and it was scheduled far ahead of time without me knowing with a … Continue reading →

No sightseeing today. Now it’s all about bringing it home. Spirits are high. It’s been an amazing trip but when you realize that it is time to go home you get anxious to get it over with. We took off … Continue reading →

This is the last stop on the trip before we go to Orlando, FL to complete our around-the-world expedition. We had a very busy day today. We are staying at a Sofitel Hotel which is inside Medina, the ancient part … Continue reading →

Another long day. The reason for that is that we will leave Luxor, fly to Cairo, take buses to the Giza pyramids and return to the plane for our flight to Fez, Morocco. As I mentioned, we have been to … Continue reading →

Three years ago we were in Egypt when were doing a humanitarian project for an organization called Coptic Orphans. We renovated apartments in the slums of Cairo for single women who were caring for orphaned children. At the end of … Continue reading →

Another long day. We loaded up the safari vehicles and took the hour drive to the landing strip where the small shuttle planes were waiting to take us to the Kilimanjaro Airport so that we could board our 757. The … Continue reading →

Animals, Animals, Animals! That’s why we are here. We loaded into the safari vehicles and set out for an extensive drive through the savannah. There had been rain in recent days and the guides correctly surmised that the zebras and … Continue reading →