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African Adventure- Day 56
Aga po sewo (how is your morning)? Séo (good) Uneshe sewo (how is your husband)? Séo Ginwa sewo (and your family)? Séo Unuwa sewo (and your children)? Séo The fantastic, lengthy greetings of the Dogon people sound much like a … Continue reading
African Adventure- Day 51
Things started to return to normal today and many more people were out on the streets…even street food returned! We got our Timbuktu stamps and discovered that we can no longer visit the mosque because a Spanish couple had gone … Continue reading
African Adventure- Day 43
After all of these days on the road, we have finally encountered an African success story! The giraffes of West Africa were nearly extinct; down to 50 giraffes in the wild. In the late 90s, the government established a reserve … Continue reading
Posted in Niger
Tagged adventure, Africa, art, Bobby, cold, eat, family, home, hot, hotel, South Africa, walk, West Africa
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African Adventure- Day 21
Today was our big day for game viewing. Unfortunately there wasn’t much that wished to be seen. The animals that we did see were very skittish, they obviously still regard humans as being a threat. I don’t blame them based … Continue reading
Jim Corbett National Park
After an exciting ride on the Indian Railways, we have finally arrived in Ramnagar! We left from the Old Delhi Terminal and it was pretty chaotic. When you enter any large Indian train station you will encounter what seems to … Continue reading
Choo Choo!
Today was a very laid back day. We woke up very late, it was nearly noon by the time we got to breakfast. We leisurely made our way over to the train terminal and popped into some shops along the … Continue reading
Posted in India
Tagged breakfast, experience, family, India, life, Nepal, park, travel
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Arrival in India
We have finally arrived in India after years of planning and reading. We have expected seething masses of people at every turn and complete chaos everywhere. We were surprised when we landed and every actually went smoothly! All of our … Continue reading
Food Shortages
You may have heard talk about the global food shortages on the news recently. It seems that we may soon feel the effects here in Syria soon also. Already the prices of bread products have increased slightly but there could … Continue reading
Life Without Water
We have recently re-located to the periphery areas of Damascus. I guess it would be an equivalent of Brooklyn to Manhattan. We reach the general area after a brief 10-minute stretch of highway and enter into another city setting but it … Continue reading
Pork: The ultimate home wrecker
Talking with different people here, I have heard many explanations for Islamic practices. We briefly had an Algerian roommate who liked to put Islam in scientific terms. For example, when Muslims pray, they kneel and touch their head to the … Continue reading