In late October into November 1996 we travelled to Kenya and northern Tanzania with Olga and Herb Clarke on a trip they organized through LA Audubon.  We flew to Nairobi by way of Rome (on Alitalia before they banned smoking – argggh!) and Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (where we had to hide all our books so as to avoid offending any of the crew coming on board).  Our travels took us to Lake Manyara, Ngorongoro Crater, Serengeti National Park, Olduvai Gorge, Samburu Game Reserve, Lake Nakuru, and the Masai Mara.  This was a trip Liza had dreamed about ever since reading about Elsa the lioness in Born Free as a kid!