The Art of Buying a Carpet in Turkey

I entered a random carpet shop where another couple were being subjected to the mystical marketing ways of a middle-aged carpet seller.  The walls were piled with carpets and kilims of intermingled scarlets, greens, indigos and any other colour female Turkish carpet weavers found appealing on any given day.

‘Hello, please sit down; I will be with you in a moment. …

One of the coolest camping grounds – Ngorogoro Crater, Tanzania

Yes, this elephant is not fenced in at all.  This photo was taken at the camping ground on the edge of the Ngorogoro Crater in Tanzania.  Animals freely walk in and out of the crater and often through the campground, which is unfenced.  This large elephant walked straight past numerous tents to find some nice lush grass to munch on…