This Malaysian grows more appreciative of nature's beauty after an African safari

Different species of animals co-habiting in their natural habitat at Ngorongoro crater. -- Photos: ANGIE LIM

I was euphoric standing atop Uhuru Peak, Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, the highest mountain in Africa but what came afterwards was spellbinding – I embarked on an African safari.

I felt as if I was teleported back in time to the Born Free days. For those of you wondering what Born Free is, well, it was a 1966 hit movie set in the vast African safari landscape featuring a domesticated female lion cub and later the laborious as well as the challenging efforts to re-introduce the mature lion back into the wild instead of caging her in a zoo.