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December 30, 2005Impressions of AfricaAfter eleven and a half months in Africa I would have thought that a blog entry about my thoughts and impressions on my trip would seem to be a daunting task because there would be too much to say. Instead...Read this update December 24, 2005Back in the USAMy trip to Africa is now over. I flew back from Johannesburg on Wednesday (didn't arrive here until Thursday, though). I am now at my parents home in Connecticut trying to get used to the fact that it is summer...Read this update December 18, 2005The Namib DesertThe thing that Namibia is perhpas best known for is its huge sand dunes and vast deserts. I could not possibly have gone to Namibia and missed the desert which is how I found myself climbing a sand dune in...Read this update December 13, 2005Etosha, The Great White PlaceHaving seen the wildlife of the sand dunes, gone sandboarding down them (on one you can reach speeds of us to 80km/h), and quad biking up the sides of them, it was time to see something a little different for...Read this update December 11, 2005Transparent Geckos and Other Cool CrittersAfter the safari in Kruger and a few days hanging around Pretoria I treated myself and flew over to Windhoek, Namibia. Windhoek isn't all that exciting of a place so I soon went to Swakopmund, on the coast of Namibia....Read this update December 04, 2005KrugerAfter island hopping in Vilankulo it was time to leave Mozambique and head back into South Africa. I went to Pretoria, where I met up with David, a British rock-climber that I had met in Cape Town, to go on...Read this update December 02, 2005Island HoppingFrom Tofo, I headed up to another beach town, Vilankulo, with Anna and Maria, to women I had met in Tofo. After a couple of fairly lazy days Anna, Maria, Alex and Kieran (who had by now caught up with...Read this update |
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