coffee and passports’ photostream on Flickr.
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Monthly Archives: February 2012
coffee and passports’ photostream
Filed under Argentina, Malawi, Mozambique, Photos, Safari, South Africa, Zambia
For the love of Africa
Africa is a continent full of contradictions. She will both astound you with her beauty and crush you with her tragedy. She is welcoming and isolating, joyful and painful, free and oppressed, breathtaking and heartbreaking, all at once. But for many of us, her contradictions are part of her enchantment and bring many a traveler back to her time and time again, while convincing others never to leave. This quote by Hemingway was in our backpackers in Livingstone, and while there were a few days when I was sick and would have disagreed, I can hardly argue with his sentiment:
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Filed under Crossing Borders, Drinks, Food, Wonders of the World, Zambia
From Zambia with Love
Africa has always held a powerful allure for me. I was born in Tampa, Florida and grew up going to Busch Gardens, an African themed zoo in Tampa. Animals fascinated me from a young age, and because of Busch Gardens, my fascination has largely been of the African variety; Nairobi, Timbuktu, Cairo, Uganda, Congo, and the mighty Sergengeti are all represented in the park. Not only did we spend countless weekends as a family at the park, but I spent quite a few summers at Zoo Camp, Busch Garden’s camp for kids. It may sound corny, but I owe much of my love and fascination for Africa to Busch Gardens. Africa is the Holy Grail of wildlife and nature travel for me, and our Zambian safari did not disappoint. Continue reading
The reality of the poor in Africa
“When one makes $20 million, ten thousand people lose….” from ‘The Irrationality of Rationality’ by NOFX
The above is from one of my favorite songs written in my college years but the lyrics never held much meaning to me until I came to Africa. Rachel and I have witnessed the ultra poverty that plagues the people here, and seeing this in person brings us to a new level of understanding of how little some of these people have, and how wealthy the western world is in almost everyway. It will forever change us. Continue reading
Filed under culture shock, Details, Malawi, Mozambique, Musings, Poverty, Zambia
Life is good in Nkhata Bay
Peaceful. Beautiful. Heart Warming. These three words describe our 4 days Nkhata Bay, Malawi. In Nkhata Bay, I felt we finally found our way to the warm heart of Africa- not that the rest of Malawi wasn’t welcoming, but if you have read our previous posts, you know that we had been having a rough time. Lots of rain, illness, hellish minibus rides, aggressive craft sellers, and an underwhelming lake experience didn’t make for the most satisfying of days, until we reached lovely Nkhata on Tuesday night. Continue reading
Filed under Crossing Borders, Lodging, Malawi, Tours
