December 28th, 2010 – 01:19
The ducks all reached the top! Very well done!

The duck nurse tested oxygen levels on all humans twice daily.

And also took care of feeding the humans.

It got pretty foggy down at 4000 meters in the afternoon.

The ducks really enjoyed the trip up, and somewhat resisted going down again.

December 28th, 2010 – 01:10
The park guards didn’t allow the gorillas to play with ducks, but the kids outside loved them!



December 28th, 2010 – 00:59
The ducks went diving in Zanzibar!


October 17th, 2010 – 17:56
The Hôtel des Mille Collines is a large hotel in Kigali, the capital city of Rwanda. It became famous as the building in which more than a thousand people took refuge during the Rwandan Genocide of 1994. The story of the hotel and its manager at that time, Paul Rusesabagina, was used as the basis of the film Hotel Rwanda.


October 17th, 2010 – 11:52
Bujumbura is the capital city and main port of Burundi and ships most of the country’s chief export, coffee, as well as cotton, skins, and tin ore. It is located on the northeastern shore of Lake Tanganyika.

October 17th, 2010 – 07:33
Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, (IATA: NBO, ICAO: HKJK) formerly called Embakasi Airport and Nairobi International Airport, is Kenya’s largest aviation facility, and the busiest airport in Eastern Africa. It is the 6th busiest airport in Africa. The airport is named after the first Kenyan prime minister and president Jomo Kenyatta.

October 14th, 2010 – 21:25
Mafia Island is part of the Tanzanian Spice Islands, together with Zanzibar and Pemba. As one of the six districts of the Pwani Region, Mafia Island is governed from the mainland, not from the semi-autonomous region of Zanzibar, of which it has never been considered to be a part.
The name “Mafia” derives from the Arabic morfiyeh, meaning “group” or “archipelago”, or from the Swahili mahali pa afya, meaning “a healthy dwelling-place”.

Duck on Mafia Island beach

Duck inside banda

Ras Mbisi duck profile
September 22nd, 2010 – 15:46
Mount Hanang is the fourth highest mountain in Tanzania. It is 3417 meters high, but still much lower than Kilimanjaro, which is the next mountain this rubber duck is heading for 

November 26th, 2009 – 19:12

United Nations square, the main square in the center of Khartoum proper.