South Africa
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Tuesday, 28 Jul 2009 | Views [672] | Comments [2] | Video
My camera was lost/stolen while we were trekking in the Annapurnas, so I had to buy a new one...which has a video TIMELAPSE option! COOOOOOOOOL!!!
Mountain flight with Buddha Air over the Everest/Himalayas, and trekking around the Kathmandu valley.... Read more >
Tuesday, 2 Jun 2009 | Views [594] | Comments [6]
We've been having an amazing time in Kathmandu, visited our friend's family's villages, visited some amazing temples and monasteries, and just over all have really been enjoying ourselves and meeting really great people. We've stayed a bit longer than ... Read more >
Monday, 23 Mar 2009 | Views [503] | Comments [4]
Sorry to give some parents a fright, but we were without phone or reliable internet for over a week, which was only supposed to be 4 days...but now, back in Addis using the insanely slow but fortunately working internet across the street from the hotel.... Read more >
Monday, 9 Mar 2009 | Views [614] | Comments [1]
Well, they're not mine, but Linda, a South African woman who was in our tracking group in Bwindi has put some of her photos online. And her camera is 10 times better than mine. Enjoy! http://picasaweb.google.com/LPampallis/Gorillas?authkey=Gv1sRgCIDy_... Read more >
Tags: gorillas, uganda
Wednesday, 4 Mar 2009 | Views [1379] | Comments [8]
I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I know it’s been over a month since I posted on my blog, but now I’m back and here to fill you in on what I’ve been up to. A thousand apologies… Well, obviously we left Kenya because our 3-month ... Read more >
Sunday, 26 Oct 2008 | Views [873] | 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!
Tags: namibia
Wednesday, 15 Oct 2008 | Views [878] | 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: etosha, spitzkopf
Friday, 10 Oct 2008 | Photo Gallery
South Africa and Namibia
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Friday, 10 Oct 2008 | Views [1049] | 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: overlanding, swakupmund
Saturday, 4 Oct 2008 | Views [850] | 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
Thursday, 2 Oct 2008 | Views [650]
are uploaded! (a few, anyway.)
http://www.youtube.com/user/syliaiko
Kisses
Tags: videos
Wednesday, 1 Oct 2008 | Views [1914] | Comments [5]
Well, we've just about come to the end of our backpacking experience on the Baz Bus, so while I wait for it to pick us up one last time and take us to Capetown, I thought I'd take advantage of the free wireless. Wilderness is a great beachy resort ... Read more >
Tags: hippie cave, wilderness
Wednesday, 1 Oct 2008 | Photo Gallery
Yep, along the Coast
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Wednesday, 1 Oct 2008 | Views [1107]
I guess I’ll pick up where I left off, we left the homestead
in Vusweni super early the next morning and got a ride into Manzini, then took
a minibus to Mbabane where we had our bags in storage at the hostel. Eli took it upon himself to negotiate ... Read more >
Tags: chintsa, durban, wilderness
Wednesday, 24 Sep 2008 | Views [2360] | Comments [10] | Video
We left the hostel early, got on the Baz Bus with 2 older German guys and a young French couple and our driver Jesse, who is Indian and hilarious, and drove to Nelspruit, where we picked up a British couple. Then we drove to the South African/Swaziland ... Read more >
Tags: swaziland
Saturday, 20 Sep 2008 | Photo Gallery
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Saturday, 20 Sep 2008 | Views [1943] | Comments [8]
On a lighter note than yesterday, Michelle and I couldn’t find Mandla so we couldn’t go back to Soweto, so instead we decided to go to the Lion Park outside Johannesburg. Lots of lions, hyenas, cheetahs, giraffes, antelopes, wildebeest, zebras, ... Read more >
Tags: carnivore, lion park
Friday, 19 Sep 2008 | Photo Gallery
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Friday, 19 Sep 2008 | Views [990] | Comments [2]
I just wanted to thank everyone who's read this blog and commented (and those who've read this blog and not commented...). It is so great to read notes from you all, please please please keep them coming! I have tons of pictures and some videos to ... Read more >
Tags: kliptown, soweto
Thursday, 18 Sep 2008 | Views [1090] | Comments [16]
We’re in Johannesburg! The flight from London was long but we slept for a good amount of it, and I have to say that South African Airways is fantastic. It was an overnight flight, and we got to watch an amazing sunrise when we were a few hours ... Read more >
Tags: africa, johannesburg
