Fantastic and Well-valued month

After such an amazing month in the wild of Tanzania aiding research on hyena conservation, having to select a favourite memory was a task that induced much conflict within myself, but after deliberation, I think that the best would in fact be a relatively simple one: a mere hike through the bush on one of my last days. The research assistant Harry and I went to scout out a new camera trap location that was a few miles from the dirt track through the bush, which in itself was several kilometres from even the small village at the base of a mountain. Once off the road though, there was no distinguishable path and you got the sense that even the local shepherds did not come here very often. We were likely the first Westerners to go to that part of the forest in a very long time. Essentially, it was necessary to bushwhack the entire path ourselves, leaving me with myriad of battle scars on my arms and legs, but having the scarce opportunity to explore independently that degree of wilderness, climbing in and out of well-forested gorges for hours on end, is so adrenaline-inducing that I just believe I had something really unique there. The scenery was incomprehensible and the company unbeatable; the serenity indescribable and to top it all off, you know that you're doing something good for the world. It really was worth it!