Monthly Archives: February 2011

Hakuna Matata

Posted on February 16, 2011 | 1 comment

Jambo,
I am back.
In one word  –  it was amazing. In three words: just do it.
Whoever you are, whatever you are – just pack and go.

It will take me a few days (or weeks?) to arrange and share my pictures (1700) my thoughts and insights with you. So for the meantime, I would like to share with you one of each:

A picture (above) – A leopard female picture, just as a sample. The picture was taken from a distance of ~3 meters.

An insight –  my main insights from the trip are simple:
1. Human beings are not as different from  animals as we tend to think
2. The difference between our way of living, and the African people way of living  is huge. possibly larger than #1.

So till I have the time, remember: “Hakuna Matata” (video from The Lion King)

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Africa, here I come !

Posted on February 6, 2011 | Leave a comment

Finally, I am flying to my long-waited 8 days trip to Tanzania tonight, to see some wildlife and to get another perspective on life.


Although this is a trip for spoiled brats, I doubt that I will have the technology required to be able to share my experience during the trip, so I guess you will have to wait for the pictures until I back home.

Remember the old days when you had to take with you a travel guide (in a book format, not a person), a dictionary or a phrase book, maps, maps, a photocopy of the flight ticket, the insurance etc. (did I mention maps)?.
Well, these days are gone. A simple iPhone will do – just download the right apps, and you are ready to go !

I will just leave you with a quote from Toto‘s Africa (video):

The wild dogs cry out in the night
As they grow restless longing for some solitary company
I know that I must do what’s right
As sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti
I seek to cure what’s deep inside, frightened of this thing that I’ve become

See you when I am back !

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You will never be as young as you are right now

Posted on February 1, 2011 | 9 comments

The text in the title is a quote from the closing sentences of Neil Pasricha‘s TED talk in September 2010. Neil is the author of an award winning blog titled 1000 Awesome Things(wikipedia) (blog). He talks about enjoying the simple things in our short life and how to make the most of them in order to have an AWESOME life.
I found it very touching and inspirational. I believe it worth the 18 minutes.

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