Destination
Africa
Does it matter?
It's official we are stateside. 29 hours in a plane, 19 of which had no movies, and the other 10 had lots of crying children, yet we…
A Bull Enters the Ring
It's been awhile. I know. I apologize. It's just that we were away from the internet and all for a bit and we're just now catching up. It's…
The Last Holdout of some Formerly Imposing Mountain
We seem to have very little time left. As of today, we have 22 days left. But before I complain about how quickly a few weeks can fly by,…
Anticipation
I was talking with my dad the other night reminicing about the first blogs we wrote from Paris. Seems like worlds ago. The anticipation of…
The charge must be lead and we are the willing.
Today rounds out the week and tomorrow is another day of work at the farm. But luckily our batteries are recharged and ready to go. We have…
On riding...
The last couple of days have been absolutely great. Monday was our first motorcycle lesson with Tony, as was so well documented by Erin. I…
On the open road
Wow, what a day! Todd and I had our second motorcycle lesson today. Todd found a guy named Tony on the internet and he seems like the best…
Written on Sunday, posted today... Oops.
I believe I last wrote on Friday, describing the first week and the friends who came to visit. To pick up from where we left off, we went…
Complications of life cut by a butcher's cleaver
Couple of quick additions to Erin's post. Quad biking was great from my perspective. Erin ended up in the sissy-sally group and wasn't…
End of the Overlander and onto the farm.
A week has gone by since we arrived in Cape Town. What a world of difference from East Africa; clean, modern, modern, etc. But we have been…
Tasty Morsels
I grew up a very picky eater. I knew what I liked and I was sticking to it. Well, times have changed and I will apparently try anything.…
Ode to flying!
I did it, I finally jumped out of a plane! I may be too chicken to jump off a bridge or do a gorge swing, but now I can say I jumped out of…
New Pics
Check out the pics from our Overlander trip. We finally were able to post them. When I have more time we will get the captions and all that…
Overlanding fun
What a great morning! Started off at the early hour of 5:30am, the norm on our overlander. Etosha National Park, Namibia looks like a…
Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe
On Sept. 23rd we were in Thebe River Safari Lodge outside Chobe National Park in Botswana. We'd come quite a way since we left Lilongwe a…
Leaving Lilongwe.
Sadly, tomorrow we leave Lilongwe and Malawi in general. Malawi has treated us very well. We were both surprised by the huge diversity of…
Cultural Persuasion
What a day! We started at the wee hour of 5:00am. The destination, 100km into Zambia (directions: you'll be able to tell where to turn) for…
Kiss the blessed ground for our fortuitous reunion
Erin's ADD is very strong today, so she apparently wasn't quite up to the task of getting us all the way through the trip. Close enough.…
The 'Best of' tour
Two weeks away from the computer and lots of great stories. Dale and Jeannie took us on a 'best of' Malawi adventure. This country…
Wait for it...
Yes, we're back from our two week jaunt around central and southern Malawi. I'm not yet ready to write the novel that will likely be the…
Day Trip!
I am a born procrastinator, so to avoid this hole you are getting an update on the actual day of this event. This is very exciting, I know.…
The lazy blogger finally gets to typing... Warning, it's a long one.
I have turned into a lazy blogger with the surroundings and comfort of a home. For this I must apologize, because we have actually been…
Human machinery and creature comforts.
We may have been delinquent in the regularness of our writing. I apologize. It's just that we've been overcome with comfort here in…
Trains, taxis, busses, and touts!
Todd pretty much summed up our Dar Es Salaam experience. Nice enough place, but not too much to do or see. And forget about getting a beer…
Excercises in African Efficiency
I guess the best thing I can say about Dar is that we're gone now. It was a fun couple of days exploring the city. We had left Paris in…
On becoming more familiar and comfortable.
We've managed to leave Kendwa. It was difficult for both of us, but in the end a good decision. Simply accepting our lazy natures was good…
Start of something great.
This is the beginning. We are starting our trip. Officially. We are 10 days away now and I really can't stand the waiting anymore. Work has…