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By Melissa Fuller I went on an amazing international vacation mdash an African campaign to see some of the world acirc euro trade s most prized national wonders Arusha National Park Ngorogoro Crater the Serengeti National Park and Tarangire National Park Zebra graze on the hillside at Ngorogoro Crater We spent our days cruising in the sun below the popped top of a converted 4 times 4 Eurovan hunting for sightings of hippo elephant gazelle rhino giraffe and lion We didn acirc euro trade t get to hunt terribly hard Perhaps as a side consequence of eco tourism the animals were strangely comfortable with our gawking presenc

On day one a wayward lioness even came up to our van and slept in our shade for 20 minutes I careened my upper body out of the window to take a shot of the lioness and I in form like a kid posing with a character at Disneyland Needless to say I was quickly shooed back in the vehicle by our safari leader who was stung by my Siegfried and Roy like actions Lions at the Ngorogoro Crater On night two we slept in tents under a indigo sky as a the sound of Maasai children in the distance singing songs carried over the flat calm plains and good through my nylon tent A Maasai man with a bow and arrow lashed to his back watched over the site to ensure hyenas and other acirc euro oelig visitors acirc euro would not have their way in to our campground The former years of my international vacation peeled by Scrambling to determine the binoculars to place a panther in a tree standing on the seating of the van as we watched a baby elephant cool off in a muddy bank mdash all of these experiences creating a personalized vision of Africa in my head that I certainly will never forget An elder brother watching his sister introduces himself to campers Ostrich Crossing at Taringire National Park Two lionesses lay in the afternoon sun in Serenghetti National Park Water buffalo bones at Ngorogoro Crater Related Orbitz resources Flights Eco vacations International vacation Melissa Fuller earned her bachelor of skill from the University of California Berkeley where she studied word and image theory with an emphasis in photography Her influence has been featured in National Geographic acirc euro trade s acirc euro oelig There and Back rdquo readers series and for TOMS shoe acirc euro trade s for tomorrow blog Melissa has traveled around the United States and overseas as production staff for several networks including A amp E VH1 MTV and ABC See more of her influence on her blog

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