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Spokane Mountaineer details Middle East, Africa travels tonight

A giraffe gazes at tourists on a safari vehicle at Aquila Private Game Reserve near Touws River, South Africa. Pictured at top: Rhinoceros, like this one in Aquila Private Game Reserve, have poor eyesight, but very good hearing. (Holly Pickett / The Spokesman-Review)
A giraffe gazes at tourists on a safari vehicle at Aquila Private Game Reserve near Touws River, South Africa. Pictured at top: Rhinoceros, like this one in Aquila Private Game Reserve, have poor eyesight, but very good hearing. (Holly Pickett / The Spokesman-Review)

TRAVEL -- Meri Murphy of the Spokane Mountaineers will detail her the post retiremed trip she made -- for eight months! -- in the Middle East and Africa during a free program tonight, 7 p.m. at Mountain Gear Headquarters, 6011 E. Mansfield.

 Murphy departed Spokane one week after retiring for a low-cost adventure in Middle East (2 months) -- Turkey, Syria (whew!), Lebanon, Dubai, Oman.

Then Africa: (6 months): South Africa, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, Malawi, Tanzania/Zanzibar, Rwanda.

She'll show her slides and talk about the good, the bad, the beautiful, the ugly.

Her one word summary of her journey: "Fabulous."

Rich Landers
Rich Landers joined The Spokesman-Review in 1977. He is the Outdoors editor for the Sports Department writing and photographing stories about hiking, hunting, fishing, boating, conservation, nature and wildlife and related topics.

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