Our African Adventure - Part 1
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I'd listened to Roger describe Tanzania and Kenya. I'd seen the pictures. Nothing prepared me. The scenery was beautiful, so untouched and rugged. The animals were incredible; not in a game park, but just out in the wild with us!
| Kudu on the side of the road |
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I was not prepared for the roads. Oh, did I say roads? I meant path or trail or an unending series of potholes! We went to one of the mines producing Tsavorite. The mine was four hours from the nearest town. It was get-to-able after a two hour drive through a sisal plantation. Sisal fiber is a strong fiber obtained from the leaves of agave plants used to make ropes and rugs. The sisal plantation has been in the same family since colonial times.
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