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Is vegetarianism unnatural?

Is vegetarianism unnatural?

  • No

    Votes: 5 10.6%

  • Yes

    Votes: 30 63.8%

  • Nature has no intentions

    Votes: 9 19.1%

  • I don't kow

    Votes: 1 2.1%

  • Other

    Votes: 2 4.3%
  • Total voters
    47
Jack Hays said:
Ha! In 2010 we stayed in a "tented camp" on the Oloololo escarpment and explored the Mara triangle. Great trip. The camp was something I could not have afforded in 1980. Btw, the Ngong Hills scenes in "Out of Africa" were filmed in the Triangle because the area around Nairobi was too settled.
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You stayed at the Masai Mara camp, I bet. I stayed there in tent number 6 for a week just for the break. Hot showers and all that.
 
humbolt said:
You stayed at the Masai Mara camp, I bet. I stayed there in tent number 6 for a week just for the break. Hot showers and all that.
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We stayed at Mara West, one of several relatively new camps. This one was run by missionaries. They had a large number of modest habitations for church meetings and conferences, and a small number of luxury "tents" to fund the operation. Wooden floors, superb view down into the Mara, hot/cold running water (excellent shower), in-tent flush toilet. No going outside the tent at night without armed camp staff. Leopards hunted close by.:cool:
 
Jack Hays said:
We stayed at Mara West, one of several relatively new camps. This one was run by missionaries. They had a large number of modest habitations for church meetings and conferences, and a small number of luxury "tents" to fund the operation. Wooden floors, superb view down into the Mara, hot/cold running water (excellent shower), in-tent flush toilet. No going outside the tent at night without armed camp staff. Leopards hunted close by.:cool:
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These kinds of posts are one reason I like sites like this! You and humbolt and others with real life experiences are both educational and interesting to read... :thumbs:
 
Jack Hays said:
We stayed at Mara West, one of several relatively new camps. This one was run by missionaries. They had a large number of modest habitations for church meetings and conferences, and a small number of luxury "tents" to fund the operation. Wooden floors, superb view down into the Mara, hot/cold running water (excellent shower), in-tent flush toilet. No going outside the tent at night without armed camp staff. Leopards hunted close by.:cool:
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Sounds pretty nice. Masai Mara had a wood-fired boiler for hot water. I did have a run in with a cape buffalo there. A couple of weeks before that I entered Tanzania at a remote border checkpoint. Off to the side was a burned out Pugeot still smoking and riddled with bullet holes. 4 Frenchmen tried to cross the border the previous night, and didn't live to talk about it. Traveling at night was not a good idea, and not just because of the wildlife.
 
humbolt said:
Sounds pretty nice. Masai Mara had a wood-fired boiler for hot water. I did have a run in with a cape buffalo there. A couple of weeks before that I entered Tanzania at a remote border checkpoint. Off to the side was a burned out Pugeot still smoking and riddled with bullet holes. 4 Frenchmen tried to cross the border the previous night, and didn't live to talk about it. Traveling at night was not a good idea, and not just because of the wildlife.
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Sounds like they had a run-in with poachers. Border police generally see gringos without visas as financial opportunities.:cool:
 
humbolt said:
Sounds pretty nice. Masai Mara had a wood-fired boiler for hot water. I did have a run in with a cape buffalo there. A couple of weeks before that I entered Tanzania at a remote border checkpoint. Off to the side was a burned out Pugeot still smoking and riddled with bullet holes. 4 Frenchmen tried to cross the border the previous night, and didn't live to talk about it. Traveling at night was not a good idea, and not just because of the wildlife.
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As I just stated to Jack, it's posts like yours, with real life experiences, that make this site so interesting to visit, because the likelihood of my going to Africa are probably slim to none, and also because I am curious by nature. :cool:
 
Out. :2wave:

Thanks to all for some very interesting reading tonight!

BTW, my horse choices did NOT win the Kentucky Derby. Too muddy, I guess. They both stayed in the middle of the pack. ...sigh... :thumbdown:

Be well.
 
polgara said:
Out. :2wave:

Thanks to all for some very interesting reading tonight!

BTW, my horse choices did NOT win the Kentucky Derby. Too muddy, I guess. They both stayed in the middle of the pack. ...sigh... :thumbdown:

Be well.
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Verrazzano let me down as well. Be well.:2wave:
 
Jack Hays said:
Sounds like they had a run-in with poachers. Border police generally see gringos without visas as financial opportunities.:cool:
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That's what the border guard said - poachers. Ugandan (then) thieves and poachers generally bought all their ammo from the border guards and police, so it was a quid pro quo arrangement. It was difficult to be certain and therefore best to just move on as quickly and quietly as possible.
 
polgara said:
As I just stated to Jack, it's posts like yours, with real life experiences, that make this site so interesting to visit, because the likelihood of my going to Africa are probably slim to none, and also because I am curious by nature. :cool:
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Parts of Africa are stunningly beautiful. It's very hard to explain because it's not something you'll see anywhere else. Other parts of Africa are devastatingly bad. Lagos comes to mind. One thing I can tell you for certain having spent time in such places - this is a great country. I have never been so happy as when I have returned here. Too many don't understand that.
 
polgara said:
Out. :2wave:

Thanks to all for some very interesting reading tonight!

BTW, my horse choices did NOT win the Kentucky Derby. Too muddy, I guess. They both stayed in the middle of the pack. ...sigh... :thumbdown:

Be well.
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Have a good night. You too, Jack. Once in a while I dream of Africa.
 
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