Africa
Travel Tips for Victoria Falls
Now for those of you interested in traveling to Victoria Falls, I thought I would do a post that is more travel guide oriented in nature. In doing research online, the resources were a bit scarce, so I figure these might help someone; if they do, please be kind to leave a comment.Getting ThereYou can…
Read MoreIncredible Victoria Falls
Most often when I travel for work, holidays are absorbed by work and so forth. This year, I had missed every holiday there had been, but I wasn’t going to let the same thing happen for the 4th of July (I know – I’m a bit behind these days!). I made a point to get…
Read MoreWorld Cup Finale
On a cheerier note, regarding the World Cup, I have to urge you to catch the beginning of the final match. I was lucky enough to watch a private performance in Zimbabwe of a twenty something orphan, named Taps, who will be performing at the finale. Taps was abandoned as an orphan at two days…
Read MoreWorld Cup Fever
One of the best parts of being in Africa this summer has been the World Cup. There has been something electric about it being here in Africa. With games in the middle of the day in the states and no TV at home, I would have been unlikely to catch more than a couple of…
Read MoreTravel Update
So I’ve clearly been delinquent in keeping up with my travel log. That is just how it rolls some times. I’ll be catching up on my adventures in Zimbabwe over the next week with some best of recaps. In the mean time I wanted to update on the where is Miel status. In the Harare…
Read MoreMONUC leaving DRC
UN discussing DR Congo withdrawal The UN has begun talks with Democratic Republic of Congo on withdrawing its peacekeeping mission – the biggest UN operation in the world. UN peacekeeping chief Alain Le Roy said his officials would take a month to assess how the pullout of 20,500 personnel could be carried out. The current…
Read MoreYou Say It’s Your Birthday!
Well it’s my Birthday too! My twin sis and I always had fun singing this one to each other. This is even better since it is Paul McCartney’s Birthday as well, and so many radio stations play the song today. Unfortunately, once again my sis and I are apart for our Birthdays. In our adult…
Read MoreJungle
There is ironically and sadly, only one positive side effect to the raping of the earth for these minerals. This would be the inadvertent preservation of the Congo River basin’s jungle. See the thing is, the minerals are so lucrative that they simply bypass the plentiful jungles of this region. It is far easier and…
Read MoreMinerals
The final jet fighter maneuver that took the plane around for final landing into Goma couldn’t even be described as comparable to a roller coaster; not even Montezuma’s Revenge. It came unexpectedly. I had been warned, but even that wasn’t sufficient to prepare oneself. Suddenly there was part of me that wondered if I was…
Read MoreOn the Road Again
As you might have gathered from my last post, I’m on the road again. This year might make the record for the long time on the road while actually not living overseas. I’ll basically be summering in Africa. Schedules are made to be broken, but the most likely scenario will be Burundi, DRC, Zimbabwe, and…
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