Me and Gabriel in Africa

Gabriel was our driver and guide on our 3 day trip to the Ngorongoro Crater and the Serengeti. He was excellent. I learned a lot from him. Africa really is a different place than the U.S. Things are the same in so many ways, yet different in so many others. He seemed to be something of an authority on the Masai people and their culture. I’m sure he wasn’t, but compared to what I knew about them, he was to me. He was also excellent with his identification of mammal and bird species. He challenged me to be able to rattle off 20 species of mammals and 25 species of birds at the end of the trip. Luckily for me, he forgot to ask me about them when the trip ended.