Close Encounters with Tanzanian Treasures

June 30, 2008 · Leave a Comment 

It’s midnight. A relatively peaceful night so far. As I turn over sleepily, absent-mindedly rolling out of my safe perimeter of flimsy mosquito net (supposedly protecting me from the dreaded tsi tsi fly), the silence is interrupted by a knock. Someone at the door? Who could possibly need me at this hour? Plus, nobody knows me here at Seronera Wildlife Lodge. I drag myself to the large window and peer out – there he was. The culprit. The window-knocker who rudely disturbed my sleep. A handsome giraffe, happily helping... [Read more]