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African Adventure- Day 100

Today was monumental for a few reasons.  Firstly, we have successfully reached 100 days traveling with people who had been little more than strangers.  Secondly, today we made the decision to end our time here and move on to Europe. … Continue reading

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African Adventure- Day 79

After 58 nights in our tent, something was bound to break at sometime.  As we were packing up, one of our 3 rods cracked and poked through the fabric.  It is still functional and should still last for a while … Continue reading

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African Adventure- Day 59

We have made it to Djenné, home to the world’s largest mud bricked building. It was a relatively short drive from Sévaré and then just a short ferry to arrive in the town.  The ferry was particularly entertaining because a … Continue reading

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African Adventure- Day 39

Things went surprisingly smoothly today.  We travelled to the border on a road that, of course, did not correspond with the three different maps that we have on hand.  Well, at least we arrived at the correct crossing point just … Continue reading

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African Adventure- Day 22

Since we didn’t get too see too many animals, we made the decision to splurge for the mandrill tour that is run by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS).  They put four collars on members of different packs of Mandrills to … Continue reading

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African Adventure- Day 20

Nestled amongst the mountains, forest, and the Ogooué River, Lope really is a strikingly beautiful place. We camped last night in a nice grasslands about 80 kilometers outside of the park. It took a while to travel the last stretch … Continue reading

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African Adventure- Day 9

We woke up at the usual time, just before sunrise.  We lingered a bit longer than usual this morning since we were in no particular rush.  We packed up camp so that we could drive around town and hopefully get … Continue reading

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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

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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

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Car Bomb

On the evening of Valentine’s Day, there was an explosion in a residential area of Damascus. It had been a car bomb that killed only one person, a Hezbollah leader. We heard no explosion and actually didn’t even hear of … Continue reading

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