Barb and I visited Tanzania in the fall of 2000, fulfilling a 50th birthday wish for me. We were overwhelmed by the vistas, the people, the animals. Most fulfilling for me was the sense of abundance and diversity. It was richly comforting to see so many creatures ... simply to know the wildebeest still migrated by the tens of thousands, to see elephants and lions by the dozens, to grow almost weary of the almost unbelievably exotic giraffes. (click thumbnail image to enlarge photo)