“Then I remembered the lure of Africa, how she ever calls one to trek again her limitless veldt, to see again the red-hot sun fall off the edge of the world, to feel again the chill of an African night, to hear again the chorus of lions and the answering laugh of the hyenas, and to experience again the beginning of a new day.”

Grace Crile, writing in 1936 after her safari to East Africa with her husband, an American surgeon.
Skyways to a Jungle Laboratory: An African Adventure.

“Africa draws us back to life's essentials--and therefore to our truest selves. Nothing is contrived here; nothing is vicarious; we participate in everything we see. Senses quickened to beauty and to danger, spirits tuned to the miracle of life and the nearness of death, we absorb an ancient honesty and calm...maybe even wisdom.”

Larry Shames, author, writing after his safari with me in 2004.