535 - Elia Edward Mollel (Tanzanian Guide)

Tangentially Speaking with Christopher Ryan

Chris Ryan

Society & Culture, Arts

4.8 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 12 July 2022

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

The folks at Gladioloa Adventure in Arusha thought Elia would be a good guide to show us around northern Tanzania for 9 days. They were right. Raised by his Maasai grandfather, Elia has a deep understanding of animal behavior, not only spotting lions, leopards, and cheetahs at a distance, but anticipating where they would move so we could position ourselves and wait for them to wander by. His knowledge of the animals and how best to interact/photograph them, combined with his insights into the geology, cultures, and history of the region enriched our experience more than I can say. Plus, he’s an easy guy to be around.

Intro music “Brightside of the Sun,” by Basin and Range. “Wassiye,” Habib Koité; Outro: “Smoke Alarm,” by Carsie Blanton.

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0:00.0	Radio Mano, Papa Tchango.
0:02.0	üyor e
0:09.3	Hey Chris, everybody.
0:29.6	Ten Gentileistas.
0:32.1	My name is Jim, just sitting here listening to your latest episode.
0:36.8	I'm about to send you a little message.
0:40.4	I'm here.
0:41.4	Let's put on the bed of Croset.
0:43.6	I live in Tijuana for four years now.
0:47.2	I met my wife here and got married here.
0:51.1	And right now I'm waiting to cross the border to go help a friend of mine on her podcast.
0:59.2	I'll probably be sitting here for about four hours.
1:02.3	So I just wanted to say thank you so much for all the amazing content that you put out.
1:08.0	All the amazing guests that you have.
1:10.4	It's definitely helped me through some tough times.
1:13.7	Helped me, you know, might be so bored sitting here in the border.
1:19.2	So I just wanted to say keep doing what you're doing, man.
1:22.0	I guess ladies and gentlemen, welcome.
1:27.1	Thank you Jim in Tijuana.
1:29.2	Hope you're not still sitting at the border.
1:30.8	Hope you made it through and back and wherever you need to go.
1:35.0	This episode is with Elia.
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