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Making Friends Anywhere & Everywhere

Tuesday, August 30th, 2005

The best part of traveling is meeting people along the way. Hostels provide a great way to meet other travelers. Everyone is of the same mindset in the “backpackers”. They want to see a lot and travel for a long time. People staying in these backpackers are not interested in luxurious accommodations; they spend their money on experiences instead. Canoeing, rappelling, bike tours, jumping off cliffs, swimming with sharks, and any and all other risky endeavors you can imagine. We have generally enjoyed this environment, but it is always nice to spend the night in a ‘normal’ home and have a great meal.

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Time to Move On

Tuesday, August 23rd, 2005

Our Opel Zafira mini-van was delivered on time this morning, although the paperwork and rental details were grossly out of order. Renting cars can be a real challenge when you don’t know the type of car you will end up with. The agents start spewing out car name after car name as they take you through the different classes, all names and styles we have no clue about. What is a Toyota Condor? An Opel Zafira? Will that work? Who knows?!?!? In the end the one we chose worked out fine. We dropped the back two seats (three rows) and loaded one side with our backpacks and the other side with $300 worth of groceries, all requiring no refrigeration, for a week of meals.

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Some Down Time

Tuesday, August 23rd, 2005
As we mentioned a few days ago, we decided to move to a new backpacker since the last one was a little run down, dirty, dark and cold. What do you expect for very little money? Once we ... [Continue reading this entry]

Soweto and Townships

Saturday, August 20th, 2005
Today we awoke with the great anticipation of taking a trip to Soweto. We hired our own tour guide, instead of going with a big group. Since we have our own agenda regarding photography and education for ... [Continue reading this entry]