A Death on the Savanna: The Unexpurgated Version

WARNING: This blog post contains a description and images of lions killing a buffalo. Some people may find them disturbing. If you would like to read the post without the images, please click HERE. If you think the written description of a buffalo’s death may disturb you, then please feel free to visit the home […]

All the Giraffes! All. The. Giraffes.

I absolutely adore giraffes. There’s something I can’t resist about the awkward graceful way they glide around savanna, munching as they go. And there’s that weird shape of their legs and head, not to mention the horns that aren’t really horns. But then there’s that long delicate neck that sneaks around corners and into places […]

I Don’t Think My Driver Likes Baboons

At breakfast this morning, I was almost excited when my waiter brought me a banana. The best banana I’ve ever eaten in my life was in Uganda, so I knew it would be good. I heard a whoosh of a noise and saw something in my peripheral vision. I looked up and there on my […]

The Savanna Doesn’t Stop for the Rain

The savanna is a dangerous place, with life hanging in a precarious balance far too often. We saw that twice today. In the morning, I woke to the sound of rain on my tent. Yes – Butterblogger is once again staying in a tent. To be fair it has a permanent foundation, wooden floor, and […]

In Which I Make Things Up as I Go

The driver / guide is Sammy. His accented English is perfect, but my hearing isn’t. This leads to an occasional misunderstanding on my part. Mostly it has led to me mislabeling things in a way I could never possibly admit to him. At one point, he told me that we were looking at a Gravy […]

Jambo from Kenya

When I checked into the hotel they asked, seemingly as a matter of routine, when my next flight was. That’s what happens when you stay at the airport hotel – they assume you are going somewhere else (because no matter how nice it may be, there’s usually not any other good reason to stay at […]