Tall Ships Race 2008

The Tall Ships Race reached Bergen this weekend and the weather was surprisingly enough good. Rarely has the city been as busy and full of life as it has been the past couple of days. I read that half a million people were expected to arrive...that is twice as many people arriving as there are inhabitants in the city...so you can imagine the crowd.

Tanzania

As several people have asked me to post some pictures of my trip to Tanzania this summer, I figured now was as good a time as any...-since it is raining cats and dogs outside and summer is pretty much over...I took about 900 pictures or something like that, so this is just a very small sample of what I had the chance to experience first hand. All I can say is: Get your ass to Africa at some point in your life. It is unlike anything you have ever experienced.

Baboons are just as social and playful as children...and baboon ladies are just as annoyed by horny baboon guys as the human counterpart.

This baby elephant had a hard time crossing the ditch. -Mommy waited patiently on the other side.


Zebras grassing underneath a Baobab tree (Also called "Upside-down tree")

Giraffes have a certain grace to them which is not found in many animals...although the grace can be well hidden in certain situations...

The warthog or "pumba" which is the swahili name, has become one of my favorite animals. A funnier animal is hard to find.

The Ngorongoro crater covered in mist early in the morning.

Some of the craters many inhabitants. The wilderbeast migrate during the dry season (northern summer), but the ones in the crater tend to stay put.

Male lions are surprisingly patient with cubs...

Some of the lions we came across were marked so that preservationists can monitor their movement and prevent poaching.

The Masai people and their welcome dance. Masai men impress the women by jumping.

Kilimanjaro mountain,-the worlds tallest free standing mountain.