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Just back from tiger safari at Kanha in India. Had a fantastic tiger
sighting with two male tigers right in fron of us. Woulf advise wildlife lovers to see tigers in India. http://tigersafari.blogspot.com/ http://india-travel-guides.blogspot.com/ warm regards Uday |
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On Tue, 16 Oct 2007 03:40:40 -0700, Seocontentwriter wrote:
Just back from tiger safari at Kanha in India. Had a fantastic tiger sighting with two male tigers right in fron of us. Woulf advise wildlife lovers to see tigers in India. http://tigersafari.blogspot.com/ http://india-travel-guides.blogspot.com/ warm regards Uday, hate to tell you this, but India is not in Africa. Hans-Georg -- No mail, please. |
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Hans-Georg Michna wrote: On Tue, 16 Oct 2007 03:40:40 -0700, Seocontentwriter wrote: Just back from tiger safari at Kanha in India. Had a fantastic tiger sighting with two male tigers right in fron of us. Woulf advise wildlife lovers to see tigers in India. hate to tell you this, but India is not in Africa. When you tell people you've been to Kenya, don't they ask you if you saw "lions and tigers"? (Maybe Germans are better informed.) Slainte Liz -- http://www.v-liz.com - Kenya; Tanzania; Namibia; India; Galapagos |
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Liz Leyden schreef:
In message Hans-Georg Michna Just back from tiger safari at Kanha in India. Had a fantastic tiger sighting with two male tigers right in fron of us. Woulf advise wildlife lovers to see tigers in India. hate to tell you this, but India is not in Africa. When you tell people you've been to Kenya, don't they ask you if you saw "lions and tigers"? (Maybe Germans are better informed.) My wife received an e-mail just yesterday from a german friend, asking her if the kids had enjoyed seeing the "lions and tigers" on our last trip.... :-) Regards, Hans |
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Liz Leyden wrote:
hate to tell you this, but India is not in Africa. When you tell people you've been to Kenya, don't they ask you if you saw "lions and tigers"? (Maybe Germans are better informed.) Yes, many people do that. Even worse: most Americans claim to have seen 'Water buffalo' when they were in Africa. Or how about those people who insist they saw 'deer' in Kenya. Or antelopes with antlers rather than horns... -- Johan W. Elzenga johanatjohanfoto.nl Editor / Photographer http://www.johanfoto.com |
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On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 22:37:36 +0100, Liz Leyden wrote:
When you tell people you've been to Kenya, don't they ask you if you saw "lions and tigers"? (Maybe Germans are better informed.) Liz, hehe, no, it hasn't happened to me yet, or maybe once in a long time. There may be something with being much closer to Africa in Europe. Maybe that raises awareness. From Germany a flight to Africa can be cheap, convenient, and relatively short. This year Egypt Air had a flight from Munich, where I live, to Nairobi and back for some ¤340. Only Tue to Fri, or some such, and overnight with a stop in Cairo, but if you're on a budget, you can have a really cheap vacation in Kenya from here. Getting into the nature reserves makes it more expensive though, due to the rapidly rising entrance fees and the requirement to go in a car. By the way, a couple of thousand years ago, in stone age, lions were all over the place, at least at mediterranean latitudes. Go back another couple of 10,000 years and you had cave lions in Europe. Those were bigger than today's tigers. If you had some time to kill, you could read, "Clan of the Cave Bear" and its sequels. I'm not even sure whether there aren't a few isolated lions still in India. Haven't heard of isolated tigers in Africa though. (:-) Hans-Georg -- No mail, please. |
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Hans-Georg Michna schreef:
I'm not even sure whether there aren't a few isolated lions still in India. Haven't heard of isolated tigers in Africa though. (:-) Indeed there are both lions and tigers in India. Though not much lions there anymore. In South Africa there are a few private reserves which have tigers. One even breeds tigers to create a surplus in case they would need to be "restocked" in India..... I remember seeing an ad a few years ago for a game farm in South Africa which was for sale. The text mentioned: "Included in the sale are 4 tigers. You may keep these or (if you can catch them) sell them". Greetings, Hans |
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Hans-Georg Michna schreef:
There may be something with being much closer to Africa in Europe. Maybe that raises awareness. It doesn't seem to work the other way around. I remember sitting in a restaurant in Etosha in 2001. The (local) assistant manager of Namutoni Camp came to our table and sat with us. We chatted for quite a while. He wanted to know about our home country (Netherlands) and was visible surprised that we didn't have wildlife like elephants wandering about.... :-) Regards, Hans |
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On Thu, 25 Oct 2007 14:19:00 +0200, Wildpicture wrote:
Hans-Georg Michna schreef: There may be something with being much closer to Africa in Europe. Maybe that raises awareness. It doesn't seem to work the other way around. I remember sitting in a restaurant in Etosha in 2001. The (local) assistant manager of Namutoni Camp came to our table and sat with us. We chatted for quite a while. He wanted to know about our home country (Netherlands) and was visible surprised that we didn't have wildlife like elephants wandering about.... :-) Hans, education in Africa is a problem. I visited some upcountry schools in Kenya and wasn't sure afterwards whether those schools actually educate the students or, rather, keep them dumb. This leads to many people in Africa being very poorly educated. I remember those starry nights on the camp fire when I had to explain to my African friends what the difference is between a star and a planet, or what our sun is or how far it is away or how far the moon is away---they knew essentially nothing. Actually my thoughts go further. I believe that mankind cannot really afford to let so many brains go to waste. I'm asking myself how many children are dumbed down in Africa and kept from developing their potential. A particular waste is the highly intelligent ones that would urgently be needed to develop the economy in their own countries and, for example, create jobs. Hans-Georg -- No mail, please. |
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Hans-Georg Michna schreef:
A particular waste is the highly intelligent ones that would urgently be needed to develop the economy in their own countries and, for example, create jobs. Very true! Regards, Hans |
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