JasonWoodley

Over the last 9 months we have learned that you really can’t plan more than a couple of days ahead. We left the continent of Africa after an absolutely amazing time. Our tentative plan was to start in Greece and make our way up through Eastern Europe, visiting some friends along the way. We made it to Greece and settled in easily to the beach lifestyle on Crete. We spent 3 weeks hanging out in tiny beach towns and mountain villages. This is where the unexpected came. Along the way we always thought there could be problems, unexpected events, budgets blown or whatever that would cause us to cut our trip short. But at the end of August we got news we never expected. An email from home with the subject “emergency” told us that it ... read more

We went to Tanzania to see some of the big sights like... Lake Victoria - Jason ate fish from the lake and we visited a fishing village full of children. Interesting fact: while sitting at dinner eating local lake fish someone was reading their guide book which noted the high concentration of pollution in the lake. We are still waiting to see if there are any effects. The Serengeti - The wildebeests were gathering! Each year millions of wildebeests and their friends, the the zebra, gather around the Mara river before heading to the Serengeti for greener pastures. The big event is watching them actually cross the river while the Nile crocodiles pick off one here and there. Woodley was very happy that we didn’t actually see the river crossing. All we saw was the gather, ... read more

Cape Town and Around We originally arrived on the African Continent on May 14th in Cape Town. Most of our African adventures originated out of Cape Town where we spent a lot of time relaxing and organizing our trips. We also spent a few days on separate occasions in Johannesburg creating a scouting report for the 2010 World Cup. We (more specifically Jason) focused on trying to get hoteliers and drivers to commit to locking in a price for our next adventure here but were unsuccessful. Everyone is very excited for the big event (not always for the right reasons) although there is a ton of work that needs to be done first. The primary language in most of South Africa is Afrikaans which is similar to Dutch. Jason wants to be fluent for the World ... read more

We entered Botswana and prepared to head to one of its most famous wildlife reserves in the Okavango Delta. To get to our campsite we took a local mode of transportation - the mokoro. The mokoro is a hallowed out tree trunk in the shape of a canoe that is propelled by a local Botswanan Poler. The 3 hour ride to our campsite was a lot of fun although we thought we were going to sink or tip over several times. Finding a camp site in the delta was easy, when the guide sees a good place to camp you stop. This means there are zero facilities. After setting up our camp the guide went over all of the rules. It is the first time we actually had to hear what you do in case an ... read more

The tourist slogan for India is “Incredible India” and let me tell you that it lives up to its name. Everything is incredible; you truly can not believe what you are seeing: *Taj Mahal *Beautiful People of Jaipur *Mumbai and the Bollywood crowd *Humayun’s Tomb *Qutub Minar *Red Fort *The craziness in Old Delhi *Train travel *Auto-Rickshawing (many good debates took place before the actual ride) *Monkeys, Cows, Oxen, Elephants, Goats, Camels and Pigs *Colorful Sarees *Muslims, Sikhs, and Hindus *Naked people *Ghats *Dazed and Confused tourists *Incredible Sweat streaming out of every pore *Wealth and Poverty *Helpful Touts (we don’t know how to type this more sarcastically) *Agra Fort *Ambassador Taxis *People playing cricket *The best food ever for the best price *Police carrying bamboo sticks (if they would only use them ... read more