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East Africa - Drought Conditions
In message , Hans-Georg
Michna writes On 14 May 2006 12:45:27 -0700, Bill wrote: Try this link instead ... http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/programm...cd/index.shtml Bill, Pat, thanks, found the page. Lots of stuff there, ran out of time. Have to pack first. (:-) Hans-Georg Safari Njema! Will you be doing your annual safari report Hans Georg? I hope you have a great safari. Best wishes, Pat. -- Pat Anderson |
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East Africa - Drought Conditions
On Thu, 18 May 2006 15:10:48 +0100, Pat Anderson wrote:
Safari Njema! Asante. Will you be doing your annual safari report Hans Georg? I hope you have a great safari. Sure. As usual. Hans-Georg -- No mail, please. |
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East Africa - Drought Conditions
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Hans-Georg Michna wrote: On Thu, 18 May 2006 15:10:48 +0100, Pat Anderson wrote: Safari Njema! Asante. Will you be doing your annual safari report Hans Georg? I hope you have a great safari. Sure. As usual. Excellent! I look forward to a vicarious thrill, and I've got broadband now! Slainte mhath Green Liz -- http://www.v-liz.com Kenya; Tanzania; Namibia; India; Galapagos Photo galleries: http://www.betterphoto.com/gallery/free/gallery.asp?memberID=165111" http://www.photoshopuser.com/napmem/...g.php?id=39466 |
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East Africa - Drought Conditions
In message , Hans-Georg
Michna writes On Thu, 18 May 2006 15:10:48 +0100, Pat Anderson wrote: Safari Njema! Asante. Will you be doing your annual safari report Hans Georg? I hope you have a great safari. Sure. As usual. Hans-Georg Asante sana, I look forward to it! Pat. -- Pat Anderson |
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East Africa - Drought Conditions
In message , Liz
writes In message Hans-Georg Michna wrote: On Thu, 18 May 2006 15:10:48 +0100, Pat Anderson wrote: Safari Njema! Asante. Will you be doing your annual safari report Hans Georg? I hope you have a great safari. Sure. As usual. Excellent! I look forward to a vicarious thrill, and I've got broadband now! Slainte mhath Green Liz Liz, great to know you now have broadband, it makes a tremendous difference with the "big stuff" Did you say you won`t be going on safari this year? I wish I could go but since we went to see Stuart (our son) in NZ for the first time last year it might be on the cards again. I almost feel I`m letting Kenya down but I still keep in close touch. By the way, did you see the BBC2 programme that visited Hippo Point in Naivasha last week? I met Dodo Cunningham - Reid once at the Lake Naivasha hotel. Cheers, Pat -- Pat Anderson |
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East Africa - Drought Conditions
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Pat Anderson wrote: Liz, great to know you now have broadband, it makes a tremendous difference with the "big stuff" Did you say you won`t be going on safari this year? Almost certainly not to East Africa. I've seen a few interesting trips in either Kenya or Tz, but I really have no intention on principle of paying £500 and upwards as a single supplement on top of the High Season hike. I have a few trips to other places as 'probably best compromises I can get' given having to join a group. I just found one on Weds night which looked interesting (Botswana and Namibia), but the company, although based in England, didn't seem to have an ATOL. I checked ATOL's own site and a company of the same name, and apparently the right URL, was listed there, but the 'registered address' on the ATOL site is different from the one on their own site, and it seemed very odd they wouldn't have the ATOL symbol on their site. So I filled in the online enquiry form asking about this as well as some specifics about the trip. I got an email back today asking "Where are you located? I need to know this before I can answer your questions" which I couldn't understand at all! Anyway, I replied to the email and it got instantly bounced. I've tried again, so we'll see, but it's not looking too promising. You might remember that three years ago, I contacted Wildlife Worldwide, which I thought was a reputable company (ATT, but not now, I think, they were a sister company of Naturetrek - I know people who have travelled with NT, and even one of their Tz tour leaders) asking how much the single supplement on their Madagascar trip was. I got an email back from them with no answer, but the person who got the original email had forwarded to the owner of the company with the message "I'll leave this one to you, see her sig", which was just a link to my website, and I couldn't see how that was at all relevant. Anyway, I chased them up a further three times but got nowhere. The same year, friends had met them at the British BirdFair with re. a trip to Bangweulu Swamp to look for Shoebills. After a long conversation in which they had more or less sorted out a tailor-made trip, they never heard from them again, and phone calls were unanswered. Do you think these companies are just tax dodges or something? They seem to have heard of clients but want no truck with them. I wish I could go but since we went to see Stuart (our son) in NZ for the first time last year it might be on the cards again. I almost feel I`m letting Kenya down but I still keep in close touch. Kenya seems to be doing OK - they can't be desparate for visitors if they can keep the really keen away by swingeing single supplements! Anyway, I had to visit a physiotherapist last week, and it turns out he's from Kisii (he was impressed that I'd guessed he was from the West by his name!), but now has a house in Nakuru and was just there last month (explaining how his consulting room was always closed!) We got on like a house on fire. :-) By the way, did you see the BBC2 programme that visited Hippo Point in Naivasha last week? I met Dodo Cunningham - Reid once at the Lake Naivasha hotel. No, I missed that one. :-( Is the Lake Naivasha Hotel the one which used to be the Djinn Palace? We're reading 'The Lives of Beryl Markham' at the moment, and have just read about her fling with Joss Errol. Slainte Liz -- http://www.v-liz.com Kenya; Tanzania; Namibia; India; Galapagos Photo galleries: http://www.betterphoto.com/gallery/free/gallery.asp?memberID=165111" http://www.photoshopuser.com/napmem/...g.php?id=39466 |
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