The Amazing Race

Have you seen the show? That is how the last three weeks have felt.
We plowed our way through the Middle East (Syria, Jordan, Lebanon and Egypt) in all of two weeks. In fact, there was one day in which we were actually in three countries -- a four hour taxi from Beirut to Damascus and then right into another taxi for a four hour drive to Amman, Jordan. Not one of my favorite travel days I can tell you. It may sound nice to travel by taxi, but you are crammed into a 20 year old Chevy Caprice, usually with three other hot sweating Arabe men or possibly a family of four with a child sitting on someone's lap. Oh, and it is about 95 degrees out and there is no A/C in the car.
More on the middle east later ... we are now in Arusha, Tanzania and about to head to the Serengeti and the Ngorongoro Crater tomorrow. Kenya was fabulous (except that we weren't as prepared as we should have been for the chilly weather and camping) and we saw an absurd amount of wildlife. Elephants, zebras, gazelle, hippos, rhinos, and more...plus we really caught the wildebeast migration. There were thousands and thousands (millions?) of them.
I wish I could elaborate but unfortunately we are on a tight schedule -- look for more stories in about a week. Promise!