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- Hakuna Matata
- Once In A Lifetime, Again - Not-So Manic Monday - Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? - Acronyms and Flea Shampoo - Giving Good Price - Donations to a Country Going to Mars - Last Day With ZEHRP - The Things People Do On A Sunday - Orphans - Traveler Again |
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April 15, 2004
Hakuna MatataDAY 174: The Swahili phrase "Hakuna matata," made popular by Disney's The Lion King, is such a wonderful phrase. Hakuna matata ain't no passing phase. It means "no worries," for the rest of your days. It's a problem-free philosophy. Hakuna...Read this entry Once In A Lifetime, AgainDAY 175: When you visit a place like Victoria Falls, you treasure every moment of it, taking in the beauty of its sights with your eyes and the monstrous roar of its waters through your ears. The mist seeps through...Read this entry Not-So Manic MondayDAY 176: After so much that had happened since the last Blog entry posting, I seriously needed a day to catch up. And since most stores and banks in Zambia were closed for Easter Monday, it was the perfect day...Read this entry Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?DAY 177: Exchange rates are a funny thing for the US Dollar. Unless you are transferring money into British pounds -- after of which the Brits will make fun of you for "how embarrassingly low the dollar is these days"...Read this entry April 16, 2004
Acronyms and Flea ShampooDAY 178: Nowhere on Earth is the AIDS epidemic more widespread than on the African continent. In fact, according to Lonely Planet, "the U.S. Census Bureau predicts that AIDS-related deaths will mean that, by 2010, sub-Saharan Africa will have 71...Read this entry April 18, 2004
Giving Good PriceDAY 179: One way to help aid a developing nation like Zambia is to pump foreign money into its economy. And what better way to do so as a tourist than by buying souvenirs and gifts for friends and family...Read this entry Donations to a Country Going to MarsDAY 180: Being at the ZEHRP house was like entering a bubble back into the familiar life I had back in metro-New York City. Other than watching The Simpsons with fellow fans like Jens the night before, that morning I...Read this entry April 19, 2004
Last Day With ZEHRPDAY 181: "We're going to a bakery if you want to come," Cristina said to me in the ZEHRP living/dining room that morning as I was typing a Blog entry on my iBook at the dining table. I took her...Read this entry April 21, 2004
The Things People Do On A SundayDAY 182: "We have to do something exciting today, so Erik can have something to write about," Shelle told George in the car as we were driving to the market to get fresh vegetables. "Where should we go?" George asked...Read this entry OrphansDAY 183: When I was stranded on Easter weekend in Livingstone, a town where only Visa-based ATM cards were accepted, me and my MasterCard-based bank card were lost like a stray puppy. Fortunately for me, a girl named Shelle picked...Read this entry Traveler AgainDAY 184: Some people travel to escape their boring routine lives at home. Some people, particularly a fair amount of the backpacker set, travel great distances only to travel pub to pub, club to club, and have "generic" experiences they...Read this entry |