A Year Without Ice Cubes

One year through Africa and Asia

Trip: Acacia Overland

There are [11] stories from my trip: Acacia Overland


Tanzania Video

TANZANIA | Saturday, 17 Jan 2009 | Views [206] | Comments [1] | Video

Another old video: back on the truck, traveling through Tanzania...I think we're retiring the actors commentary format soon...we just don't have the same spark we used to...

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Swakopmund Township Video

NAMIBIA | Saturday, 17 Jan 2009 | Views [178] | Comments [2] | Video

Old video from a township in Swakopmund, Namibia that I just uploaded.


Okavango Delta Video!

BOTSWANA | Thursday, 27 Nov 2008 | Views [316] | Comments [2] | Video

Here is a long overdue video of our adventures in the Okavango Delta, Botswana. Enjoy again and again...

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I'm baaaack...

KENYA | Friday, 21 Nov 2008 | Views [236] | Comments [6]

I feel like I’ve become a stranger to this blog, but now that I’m done camping I’m going to try to update more frequently since I’ll presumably have more internet access.   Let’s see how it goes…but for now, I’ll try to make up for my long absence ... Read more >

Tags: mombasa


Obamarama!!!

TANZANIA | Thursday, 6 Nov 2008 | Views [372] | Comments [8]

Okay, so I'd like to take these 45 minutes of paid internet time to alert you all of the awesomeness that is being an American in Africa right now.  We're on the tropical paradise island of Zanzibar off the coast of Tanzania, and we've done some amazing ... Read more >

Tags: obama, zanzibar


Informative Video

SOUTH AFRICA | Sunday, 26 Oct 2008 | Views [271] | Comments [5] | Video

Learn all about our going-ons in Namibia by watching this educational video set to the sweet tunes of Paul Simon and Ladysmith Black Mambazo!

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In Zambia

ZAMBIA | Saturday, 25 Oct 2008 | Views [310] | Comments [8]

Wow, it’s been a while since I’ve been online!   I’m in Livingstone, Zambia, the home of Victoria Falls and apparent American Tourism Central in Africa.   It’s funny, we’d gone almost a month without hearing an American accent besides our own, ... Read more >

Tags: zambia, victoria falls


Special blog entry...

NAMIBIA | Wednesday, 15 Oct 2008 | Views [211] | Comments [3]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LOUISE!!!!!!!! (tomorrow...) I'll try to call you tomorrow, but if I can't, just know you're the best sister I've ever had. And I mean that. What do you want from Africa? Are you even reading this blog? LOVE YOU!! -your ... Read more >

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The bush and the park

SOUTH AFRICA | Wednesday, 15 Oct 2008 | Views [284] | Comments [4]

Since Swakupmund, we’ve camped out in the bush and in a game park in Nambibia.   We spent one night in Spitzkopf at a bushcamp (meaning no facilities, just us and nature) and 2 nights at the Etosha National Park.   Spitzkopf was absolutely ... Read more >

Tags: spitzkopf, etosha


Swakupmund and stuff

SOUTH AFRICA | Friday, 10 Oct 2008 | Views [317] | Comments [4]

Woohoo, overland camping trip!   It seems that I can’t get away from civilization for too long, I’m sitting in a strange little Namibian town in the middle of the Namib desert called Swakupmund, at a fancy internet café with wireless internet in ... Read more >

Tags: swakupmund, overlanding


Leaving Civilization

SOUTH AFRICA | Saturday, 4 Oct 2008 | Views [274] | Comments [3]

The time has come to put away my laptop, get on a big truck, and co-exist with about 18 other people for the next 6 weeks.  We're starting our overland camping trip, which will take us through Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, Malawi, Tanzania, and Kenya. ... Read more >

Tags: overland camping


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