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Kruger – The North

Tuesday, August 23rd, 2005

We entered the Punda Maria gate before 9am. After a smooth entry through the park service personnel we were in. We were instantly rewarded with warthog running down the middle of the road! A few minutes later we had zebra. Impala were everywhere. Wow.

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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]

Cheetahs and Wild Dogs

Saturday, August 20th, 2005
OK. It has been more than two weeks since we posted. We had problems with the weblog as some of you know from logging in about ten days or so ago and seeing an error message. After ... [Continue reading this entry]

Where are the Pictures?!?!

Wednesday, August 3rd, 2005
Oh yes, pictures. Well here is the long answer on why we have not shared more, as of yet. 1. Internet connections in Africa are challenging. Most of the time we use other computers, not our own. 2. ... [Continue reading this entry]

Change of Plans

Monday, August 1st, 2005
Well it won't be the last time we change some plans. We arrived in Namibia relatively on time. (Amazing). The flight on Air Namibia from Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe to Windhoek, Namibia was on a smaller twin turbo prop. ... [Continue reading this entry]

Final Day of Africa Heavy

Monday, August 1st, 2005
Before coming on this trip many a traveler had told us about Africa heavy vs. Africa light. Africa heavy is what they show on all the TV shows in America. Villages with no electricity, running water, and dirt ... [Continue reading this entry]

Lusaka, a Walk Down Memory Lane

Wednesday, July 27th, 2005
The Road to Lusaka We arrived at the chaotic bus station in Livingstone to board our coach bus to Lusaka a half hour before departure as requested. After all the nightmare stories we heard about transportation in the third world, ... [Continue reading this entry]

Victoria Falls

Wednesday, July 27th, 2005
We made it. We skirted through the South African Airlines strike and landed in Zimbabwe on time. The moved through immigration and customs at an acceptable pace and found our name on a sign. THANK YOU! Originally, we were not ... [Continue reading this entry]