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Postcards from

Tanzania POSTCARDS FROM JOHN & JODY

This is the latest in a series of “postcards” sent
to WDT Magazine publisher, Ron James, from
veteran journalists and friends Jody Jaffe and
John Muncie as they travel the globe.

Dear Ron,

We saw our first big cat a half hour after
entering Tarangire National Park. We
were late to the viewing. By the time we
drove up, eight other safari trucks and at
least 23 zoom-lenses, some the size of
an elephant’s leg, were already ahead of
us.

Under a tree by the side of the dirt track
lay the carcass of a half-eaten antelope.
About 60 yards away, on the other side
of a stream, was the perpetrator – a
leopard, whose spectacular fur would
have been great camouflage at a 1960s’
fashion shoot.

The leopard eyed all of us with feline
aplomb. He licked his fur, yawned,
yawned again, flicked his tail. Then he
slumped down for a post-prandial nap.
A male lion saunters across our path in
Ngorongoro Crater; on photo safari in
Serengeti National Park.

162 WDT MAGAZINE SPRING 2017