There's a time for ruminating on START treaties, TSA goons, theories of induction, the end of the world as we knew it.... and there's a time for fun. One of my favorite activities is vicarious travel via Google Maps or Earth. This week takes us on a big-game expedition to the deepest bowels of the inner reaches of Africa. The southwest corner of the Central African Republic, to be exact. Latitude 3o 12' 04.13" N, Long. 16o 07' 02.79" E.; You can copy that directly into Google Earth to visit yourself. Let's journey there, shall we?
Note the little village in the picture above. Now zoom in a bit more and see what's there...
My personal guess -- that's a lot of hippopotami swimming around. Click on the pic to enlarge. I've scanned this area of Africa before and seen large groups of them in other rivers. So cool to think you can see this stuff without watching a Tarzan movie. How else can you go to this part of the world?
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