Meteorite Hoba
Biggest meteorite in the world. Located just outside of Grootfontein, Namibia.
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If you are wondering what the scariest, craziest, most exhilarating thing I have ever done is,
it's bungee jumping over the Zambezi River at Victoria Falls. The bridge I jumped off connects Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe and Livingstone, Zambia. Can you see me? I'm sure all of Africa heard me scream.
Our routine on the road:
Wake up early, before the sun rises. Get ready, pack up the car, and have breakfast. Breakfast is either cornflakes with soy milk and honey, or baked beans with pap. Hit the road. Lunch consists of snacking on the road: bread with peanut butter and honey, apples, digestives, cucumbers and carrots, and crackers. Do the day's activities and arrive at the next destination by sunset. Set up the tent and start the gas stove. Cook dinner, which is almost always rice and beans with a variety of chopped vegetables. Plan the next day. We never know what we are doing the next day until the night before. Very loose agenda. Shower and laundry. Any laundry needing to be done is hand washed in the bathroom sink and laid out to dry in the back of the car. Clothes are usually dry by the middle of the following day. Sleeping arrangements is one person in the car and two in a very small tent. Here is our set up at Chobe Safari Lodge in Kasane, Botswana. "But no m...
Driving through Botswana
The first 8 hours: dry and hot and dull... The last 2 hours: OMGOSH A GIRAFFE! OMGOSH ELEPHANTS! etc etc
To be fully alive, fully human, and completely awake
is to be continually thrown out of the nest. To live fully is to be always in no-mans land, to experience each moment as completely new and fresh. -Pema Chödrön
SWAZILAND (an overview)
On the morning of Friday, October 4, Suteh picked up Mel and I from Pretoria and we drove to Swaziland, where we stayed until the morning of October 7. The people and culture: Swazis are very friendly and non confrontational. There is very little crime and begging is uncommon. Rather than begging, it is much more common for people to loan or exchange. Our hosts: Sean and Nicole are an American couple who have lived in Swaziland for about a year. We camped in their backyard. I thoroughly enjoyed the time I spent with them learning about their lives here in Swaziland. Sean is introducing water pumps to the community and helping people start their own gardens. Nicole is a doula and is also delving into permaculture. It was fascinating! The biggest thing I took away from it was how they try to help the people by empowering them rather than creating a culture of dependency. Misconceptions about Swaziland: that it is just like South Africa is one great misconception. Also th...