Honey beer - maybe Asheville's next micro brewery?

Everytime I've visited large cities in Africa, SE Asia, or similarly developed nations I have marveled at the pasenger vans used as taxis for the local residents. They are everywhere and so packed with people it's hard to see how they all fit. Well today we got to see this system in action first hand. We decided to go out and visit the National Museum. We walked outside the hotel gate and got a taxi across the street. It was a beat up old car and the driver c...

After the 9 hour plane trip to cover about 100 miles as the crow flies we ended up a Camp Beteleur in the Maasai Mara in Kenya which is actually the same as the Serengeti in Tanzania. Both are located in the Great Rift Valley that extends from Ethiopia to South Aftrica. Camp Beteleur is a tent camp with large tents over a wooden platform with all the amenities of a hotel room. The rear of the tent is aligned perfectly with the bed producing a perfect view o...

Wash day on the Serengeti. Actually in Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya but program won't allow me to use correct location!?

On the final evening at Klein's Camp in Tanzania we went on an evening/night safari, which included sundowner wine and beer at the peak of a ridge looking toward Kenya (picture). Our next camp, Bateleur in Kenya, was almost visible from the hill. Next morning getting ready to be taken to the airstrip for I thought a short flight to Camp Bateleur, I noticed our itinerary had the flight taking 4 hours. When we were making parting comments to the manager I ask...