Last month, I fulfilled a boyhood dream and visited Tanzania on safari. It was unforgettable, but I must say, there is nothing like visiting another country to make you appreciate home.
For example, we take for granted that our national parks are easily accessible to almost everyone. In Tanzania, the story is quite different. Roads vary from washboard gravel to unimproved ruts in the dirt. (There is some new pavement, but it was often built by foreign investors.) To visit the Serengeti or any of Tanzania’s magnificent national parks, expect a long, hot, bumpy and dusty journey. Driving requires nerves of steel; a heavy-duty, four-wheel-drive vehicle; and, in my case, multiple spare tires. That’s a shame, because it means most Tanzanians cannot enjoy their own parks.