My first trip to sub-saharan Africa was a safari my wife and I took in July 2011, in part to celebrate my fiftieth birthday. On the way we stopped in Amsterdam for a couple of days, and then went on to Arusha. From there we visited Tarangire National Park, Lake Manyara National Park, the Ngorongoro Crater, and, finally, Serengeti National Park. We saw a lot of animals and, by the end, the back of my head hurt from smiling so much.
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