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Traveling Off the Beaten Path/ Watching my bank account bleed dry
Blog: Nilikuta Shani - 18 December 2009
I have to confess that I really haven’t really traveled off the beaten path before I began this yearlong adventure. When I was living in England I was able to travel a bit through Europe, but I never considered those trips the sort that required any real forethought—planning in advance consisted of finding my passport [...]
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9 Weeks Through Africa/ The trip of a lifetime? Hope so.
Blog: Nilikuta Shani - 15 December 2009
On January 17th, 2010, after spending 3 weeks in Uganda, I get picked up in Nairobi, Kenya, for a 6-week overland trip through Southern Africa—from Kenya, we drive down to Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, and finish the journey in Cape Town, South Africa. Epic! I always fancied the idea of traveling extensively through Africa, [...]
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Honesty – Not Always the Best Policy
Blog: No Hurry Curry - 12 November 2009
10/16/09: Somewhere near the Wheelhouse, Malawi When Marietjie told us that the people in Malawi love to exchange their crafts for tourists’ old clothing and other sundries, I immediately regretted letting Kevin talk me into leaving a few short-sleeved shirts and my old pair of flip-flops at home. I regretted it even more when I kept [...]
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Eskimos and Igloos and Penguins and ICE??
Blog: No Hurry Curry - 10 November 2009
10/15/09: Wheelhouse campsite, Malawi I could chew on ice cubes for days back home. I know that this is supposedly not good for your teeth, but neither is growing older and I don’t try to stop that. Here in Africa though, ice cubes have been a scarce luxury. In fact, I hadn’t had one in our [...]
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Now We in Malawi
Blog: No Hurry Curry - 8 November 2009
10/13/09: Malawi Kenya: Very desert-y with patches of greenery Uganda: A rainforest Tanzania: A dust bowl Malawi: Vermont? These were my first impressions of the landscapes of each of the countries we’ve visited thus far. Before coming to Africa, I naively thought two things: hot and dry. However, the vast differences from country to country exemplify how much this continent [...]
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Notes from Malawi, part 2
Blog: Passed Ports: images and anecdotes from our travels - 12 October 2009
It was a small, crumbling concrete building half way up a steep dusty red hill. It had four rooms, each with spaces in the walls roughly the size and shape of windows and doors. There were no windows and doors. A mangy stray dog wandered in. Two rooms were empty but for pieces of cracked [...]
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What’s Hot. What’s Not
Blog: Africa Attraction - 11 October 2009
If this posting was really about what was hot, then I’d be writing about the three of us, sat in the middle of Zambia, in our pants, sweating a lot. But no one wants that. No, in this instance what I mean by ‘hot’, is useful. And by ‘useful’, I mean things that have benefitted our journey thus far. I’m sure any seasoned Africa traveller – if there is such a thing – will snort derisively at me stating the obvious, but I’d certainly like to have known some of the below before setting off on my jaunt, so I’m assuming similarly clueless Africa virgins would as well.
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Too much Carlsberg can damage your power supply; a horse riding adventure in Malawi
Blog: 501 Places - 5 October 2009
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Vwaza Game Reserve, Malawi: possibly the worst place in the world to be attacked by hornets
Blog: 501 Places - 3 October 2009
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Notes from Malawi, part 1
Blog: Passed Ports: images and anecdotes from our travels - 22 September 2009
Sept 9 My favorite part of the day is a quick lunchtime dip in the lake to cool off from the midday heat. I grabbed a mask and snorkle for my swim and started to venture in. The water was especially rough – it is always surprisingly rough for a lake, but today epecially so [...]
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Giving Back: Travel the World and Make a Difference
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 7 August 2009
There are many ways to help out this world. We are so fortunate to live in a rich country and to have the opportunity to travel the world. This world brings us a great deal of joy and we feel that the least we can do is to help the communities that enrich our lives so much by giving back to them.
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Inspiration Through the Eyes of Two Travelers
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 1 July 2009
Dave and I often discuss this idea. Who "up there" decides who will be born in luxury and who will be born in poverty. When we were in Cambodia, we had a hard time accepting ourselves and felt guilty for being who we are. The world is not a fair place and travel opens our eyes to it on a very real and deep level.
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Plan Project in Malawi
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 3 April 2008
We visited Mkoma Preschool today and what an amazing experience we had. After finally hooking up with Patrick we made it out to the school that Plan built. We were greeted by a mob of children and caregivers singing traditional songs beautifully. Their warm smiles immediately made us feel welcome. Before Plan arrived, the villages surrounding the school did not have a place to study.
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