Sunday is always a tough day in Africa. We have the entire morning to spend here in Maun but most of what I want to do – go to the post office, make phone calls, go to the bank etc. – is unavailable because those places are closed. At least the internet is open, [...]
Archive for October, 2007
Okavango Delta
Posted in Botswana, tagged canoes, game viewing from the air, makoros on October 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Moving at Lightning Speed
Posted in Botswana, Zimbabwe, tagged adrenaline, elephants, gorge swing, hippos on October 25, 2007 | 1 Comment »
This trip is disappearing before my eyes. Already we are missing 7 of the original people who started this trip with us and 6 new people have joined. I lost two of my best friends on the truck yesterday, Jodie and Webby from New Zealand, as they move on to the next stage of their [...]
Wonders of the World
Posted in Zimbabwe, tagged adrenaline, white water rafting on October 22, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Victoria Falls markets itself as an adrenaline junkie’s paradise, and it certainly is. Yesterday was spent watching a few people bungee jump off the third highest bridge in the world (but the number one is in South Africa, where I will be jumping!) and wandering around the falls. The water is very low at the [...]
Stalking 101 (Rifle and Night Vision Goggles Optional)
Posted in Zimbabwe, tagged rhinos, ruins on October 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Zimbabwe continues to prove itself as a difficult but rewarding country. In regards to the arrest mentioned in the previous post, one of our number was hauled away for taking a photo of empty supermarket shelves. Without some quick thinking from our tour leader, he may have ended being charged with treason. Scary stuff. Our [...]
Antelope Park
Posted in Zimbabwe, tagged Antelope Park, lions on October 18, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I sit here at the computer and have no idea where to start. The past few days have been exhausting and wonderful. After the beach weeks we had at zanzibar and lake malawi, it is difficult to get back into the swing of major activity… but by god, we did it!
Harare was hair-raising. There may [...]
The day I became a multi-millionaire
Posted in Zimbabwe, tagged harare, mozambique, oasis overland on October 18, 2007 | 1 Comment »
(This post was written approx. 5 days ago)
This past week has seen me in three completely different countries: Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. It is difficult to compress all the experiences and impressions I have had this week, but if I had to sum it up in one word, it would be: overwhelming.
Truck Travel
So [...]
Lake of Stars
Posted in Malawi, tagged lake malawi, music festival on October 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The Lake of Stars festival is a melange of African and Western music held on the shores of Lake Malawi. We went on the final, apparently most frenzied day of the festival. It was so much fun.
Our first impressions of the festival were of sand and too-cool-for-school travellers jamming to guitars on the beach. It [...]
Wherethemalawiarewe?
Posted in Malawi, tagged hiking on October 6, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
It is hardly a secret that I relished the constant mental challenges of academia. Challenge is part of the reason I felt drawn to Medieval and Anglo-Saxon literature. There is something a little beyond the norm about that field, the extra language hurdle that offers insight into the words I am writing right now. I [...]
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In the words of one wise professor, Amy is fulfilling the true calling of every English literature student and "becoming a vagabond."
This year will see her leaving her two homes -- Canada and England -- to chase the summer around the world with fellow adventurers Sarah and Jason. She will travel to eastern and southern Africa, Australia, New Zealand and south east Asia during a ten-month hiatus from school and the real world.
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