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Okavango Delta Video!

BOTSWANA | Thursday, 27 Nov 2008 | Views [1117] | 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 [900] | 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 >

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Gallery: Zanzibar

TANZANIA | Friday, 21 Nov 2008 | Photo Gallery

Tropical Paradise in Africa
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Obamarama!!!

TANZANIA | Thursday, 6 Nov 2008 | Views [898] | 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 [872] | 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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Gallery: Kalahari Bushmen

BOTSWANA | Sunday, 26 Oct 2008 | Photo Gallery

Botswana
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Gallery: Victoria Falls

ZAMBIA | Saturday, 25 Oct 2008 | Photo Gallery

Ahhh!!!!
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Gallery: Overlanding 2

ZAMBIA | Saturday, 25 Oct 2008 | Photo Gallery

more
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In Zambia

ZAMBIA | Saturday, 25 Oct 2008 | Views [920] | 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 >

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Special blog entry...

NAMIBIA | Wednesday, 15 Oct 2008 | Views [694] | 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 [876] | 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


Gallery: Overlanding 1

SOUTH AFRICA | Friday, 10 Oct 2008 | Photo Gallery

South Africa and Namibia
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Swakupmund and stuff

SOUTH AFRICA | Friday, 10 Oct 2008 | Views [1048] | 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 >

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Leaving Civilization

SOUTH AFRICA | Saturday, 4 Oct 2008 | Views [848] | 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 >

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Videos...

SOUTH AFRICA | Thursday, 2 Oct 2008 | Views [649]

are uploaded! (a few, anyway.) http://www.youtube.com/user/syliaiko Kisses

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Waiting for the Baz Bus

SOUTH AFRICA | Wednesday, 1 Oct 2008 | Views [1911] | 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


Gallery: Traveling along the Coast

SOUTH AFRICA | Wednesday, 1 Oct 2008 | Photo Gallery

Yep, along the Coast
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Traveling along the Coast...

SOUTH AFRICA | Wednesday, 1 Oct 2008 | Views [1103]

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


Gallery: Vusweni

SWAZILAND | Friday, 26 Sep 2008 | Photo Gallery

Rural Community in Swaziland
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Swaziland

SOUTH AFRICA | Wednesday, 24 Sep 2008 | Views [2356] | 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 >

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