http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Anthony+J.+Namata Business Anthony J. Namata Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=618126&ca=Business In an article, I read how a rich contractor died owing a large tax bill and didn't have enough cash in his estate to settle it. However, he had a large collection of several hundred colored gemstones. His family, who'd always whined about him spending so much money on his gem collection, decided to... Writing Anthony J. Namata Fri, 30 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=1049604&ca=Writing This may sound a little farfetched, I know, but actor Jamie Foxx says he got the concept for his upcoming animated movie ''Welcome to the Jungle'' during his South African safari. According to a recent article, the ''Ray Charles'' star had let his imagination run wild while watching animals during h... Travel Anthony J. Namata Wed, 14 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=889690&ca=Travel When I was a little boy growing up in East Africa, I used to follow the East African Safari Rally with a lot of interest and enthusiasm. I remember back then I wouldn’t miss it for the world! Now if you’re a rally enthusiast and want to enjoy the best of both worlds—an exciting safari rally and a fa... Travel Anthony J. Namata Wed, 14 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=890008&ca=Travel What I particularly like about mobile tented camps is that they are seasonal and can be removed during the rainy season or relocated to where the game is. Permanent structures in the bush have their advantages but a tented camp kind of brings you closer to nature. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to view ga... Travel Anthony J. Namata Fri, 26 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=893694&ca=Travel With the royal wedding just gone and many a celebrity wedding come and gone, the one phrase that has somewhat become a conversation piece with weddings of late is ‘safari honeymoon’. Somewhere down the line it always gets a mention. There’s something about the adventure and tranquility of the wilder... Travel Anthony J. Namata Fri, 26 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=899856&ca=Travel Predators and other mammals are territorial. They are resident game and wouldn’t go beyond their own ranges to follow the migration. It is the wildebeest, gazelle and zebra that migrate in search of fresh grazing. Let’s put it this way. When the food supply dries up, they move on to greener pastures... Travel Anthony J. Namata Fri, 26 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=906555&ca=Travel Designated a UNESCO World heritage Site in 1982, the Selous game reserve in Tanzania has a very diverse wildlife and virtually undisturbed nature. Named after Englishman Sir Frederick Selous, the reserve is one of the largest faunal reserves of the world. So picture this: A walking safari in a reser... Travel Anthony J. Namata Fri, 26 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=913735&ca=Travel The feature film Serengeti Shall Not Die, released June 25, 1959, was written, produced, directed and narrated by German producer Bernhard Grzimek. It won an Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Award for Best Documentary Feature - 1959. When I was still a kid growing up in Dar es salaam -- m... Travel Anthony J. Namata Wed, 24 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=981791&ca=Travel Marilyn Miglin, a cosmetic icon, traveled with Grannies on Safari best friends and co-hosts Pat Johnson and Regina Fraser to Zanzibar back in May 2009, to fulfill her quest to find ingredients for a new fragrance. The new scent, Zanzi, is infused with mysterious spices from Zanzibar Island. Their te... Travel Anthony J. Namata Mon, 22 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=963147&ca=Travel What really fascinates me about the Ngorongoro crater is how it was formed about three million years ago. To imagine that it was once a mountain as high as the Kilimanjaro and that it blew up to cover the Serengeti in ash and then the crater floor sank leaving the rim to form a natural enclosure 2,2...