Archive for July 2009
Preparations
Friday, July 24, 2009 | 11:01 pmEvery year, my village entertains a group of volunteers from Earthwatch. These volunteers pay very good money to work on environmental projects, have a cultural experience, meet some cool people, and hopefully get a chance to travel on their days off to see the countryside. There are Earthwatch projects all year and in [...]
Travel Gadgets
Friday, July 24, 2009 | 9:11 amRecently, a friend of mine sent me a link and asked me, “Do you agree with this guy? What would you take and leave?” She was talking about travel gadgets. I read the article and sent her my thoughts, and now I would like to share them with you.
Here is the link to [...]
An Ordinary Day
Tuesday, July 21, 2009 | 11:21 pmA very, very long post about not a whole lot.
I want to post more - I really do - but it seems that the things that were once so fantastic and exotic about this place are becoming more and more ordinary. It’s difficult to see things through the eyes of a visitor, after being [...]
Amusements
Tuesday, July 14, 2009 | 12:02 pmI recently bought a new phone to replace the one I had stolen a couple of weeks ago. This phone has all sorts of cool features, such as FM radio, camera, micro-SD slot, internet capabilities, and more. I was playing around with the camera feature while having lunch with my friend, Jeff, and [...]
Post-Birthday Update
Friday, July 10, 2009 | 7:56 pmI don’t feel like I have much to report today, but it has been a while since I last posted, and people tend to get worried if too much time passes between posts, so here I am to say I’m alive and well.
Swine flu has finally made it to Africa, and the first case in [...]
Turning Thirty
Friday, July 3, 2009 | 5:48 pmIt’s the day before my 30th birthday. Never in a million years did I think I would celebrate such a landmark birthday in Africa. In fact, until just a year ago, I never imagined I’d ever make a trip to the continent in the first place!
If you asked me when I was 20 [...]