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Cartoon sketch of African kids dancing on Lake Malawi Africa

Our experiences road tripping through Malawi

December 12, 2016

I had no idea what to expect from Malawi. It was just a last minute route change driving south from Tanzania that took us there. So, we decided to find the local beer first.  We stopped at a roadside bottle shop. The guy behind the counter dressed rather like a cool dude; he wore sunglasses … More Our experiences road tripping through Malawi

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A malawi general store with a group of locals and a bicycle

How camping on Lake Malawi went all wrong

December 11, 2016

The Songwe border crossing into Malawi was easy as pie (no paperwork issues, and no touts trying to earn money by guiding us through the border), and we made it through in a matter of minutes. The border guards reminded us to stick to the speed limit, so we did.

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people drinking beers at jomba restaurant tanzania

Daring to try truck stop food in Africa

March 7, 2016

We stared at the menu with skepticism. A pile of limp, pale, thick-cut fries was piled in the corner of a glass-doored display cabinet. On another wooden shelf was some kind of withered, skeletal fish. Both options looked like they’d been waiting for quite a while for a brave customer.

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Sketch of Zambian people carrying bales of sticks

Staying overnight in a tiny African village

July 9, 2015

Zambia was zooming past at great speed as we crossed it’s great arterial highway. Golden brown scrubland, dry skeletal trees, yellow-tinged earth, low rolling hills. Small villages clustered by the highway, clusters of tiny thatch huts with people and livestock standing around, sweeping leaves or carrying bales of wood. This truly felt like wild Africa.

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A drawing of go-go juice cocktails with ice

Maun, the Okavango Delta, and taking the Go Go Juice challenge

February 23, 2015

A small-town Botswana butcher is quite a eyebrow-raising sight. We stopped to buy some steaks at a small shack with no door and no fridge. What he did have was a glass display cabinet piled high with cow hearts, enormous cow tongues, and some assorted steaks.

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This is Goryokaku Star Fort, a 19th century fort in Hakodate, Japan. One of only two European-style star forts in Japan, Goryokaku has since been converted into a public park. It's also one of the best cherry blossom viewing spots in Hokkaido! 🌸🌸🌸🏯🏯🏯🇯🇵
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