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A month ago we were lazing on rocks at the base of a waterfall surrounded by a lush tropical green jungle.  The boys were trying to catch fish with plastic bags while Bryan and I sat contentedly in the shade.  I commented how “This just feels normal… but it isn’t.”  He nodded and said he was feeling ... Read More »

We have been on this continent for 20 days but I just started to feel like we were in Africa a few days ago. As we drove into Etosha National Park, located in northern Namibia (not to be confused with the fabricated Nambia), I spotted an elephant standing by the side of the road. When I saw the ... Read More »

Today did not go as planned. …was how Colin started his daily journal entry. How right he was. That plan involved leaving at 6am, driving 3 1/2 hours to the red dunes in Namibia’s Soussevlei Desert, exploring the park, then, driving back to our lodge where Rhinos and Cheetahs awaited us. And, a ... Read More »

For ten days in the beginning of this trip we walked one block to our Spanish school.  We each had our own teacher and spent four hours a day ‘speaking’ Spanish in this small colonial city.  It was exhausting, but I felt like I was actually learning the language. The people in Antigua, Guatemala ... Read More »

“I’m sorry sir, but you can’t get your Brazilian Visa…“ were not the words I wanted to hear on that Friday afternoon. We already had our flights and hotels arranged for Brazil. We also needed to get there to catch our flight to Cape Town, South Africa. I knew Brazil would be one of our more ... Read More »

Some days are harder than others. Sometimes things don’t go as planned. And sometimes you need to adjust the schedule which can cost a lot of money. Audrey and I were looking over our Chilean plans with our original intent to fly from La Paz, Bolivia to Santiago, Chile. We heard great things ... Read More »