After a long (but amazing) month in Zambia, we were definitely excited to get back to friends and our new family in Capetown. We had two full weeks in Capetown before flying to India. We spent the time with Angi, Gaz, Cardi and the gang at the Sunflower Stop, which was home for us at this point! Christmas day, we met great new friends Phil and Vicky (from the U.K. and threatening to invade America in the fall!). We also wanted to explore more of this amazing city. We rented a car and took a scenic drive to the Cape of [View Full Entry]

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Victoria Falls is known as the adrenaline capital of Africa. It has one of the highest bungee jumps in the world, the Devils Armchair (a pool right on TOP of the falls, gorge swinging and white-water rafting. We wanted to indulge in every activity offered, and definitely enjoyed quite a few! One of the highlights was white-water rafting on the Zambezi River. The rapids were way more than we bargained for! It took our "team" three tries to get through the very first rapid, the Boiling Pot. We all applauded ourselves when we finally made it through. On the biggest rapid [View Full Entry]

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After our volunteer experience, we headed back down to Livingstone and decided to take our hostel up on an offer for a fantastic safari at a budget price (low, wet season). We headed to Botswana, and to Elephant Valley Lodge for a 3 night 4 day Safari. It was spectacular and we saw all the "Big 5", EXCEPT lions. We were a bit disappointed because we found their prints and tried to track them most of the day, but they were quite elusive little kitties. We did, however, see some amazing wildlife and got a little to close for comfort to [View Full Entry]

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We were originally scheduled to volunteer in a small village near Livingstone Falls, Zambia, home of the Great Victoria Falls, but two weeks before our departure date, we learned that the location was changed to Solwezi, Zambia, about one hour south of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Nice!! We were excited to volunteer, but weren't looking forward to a bus ride that was 17 hours out of the way! We were not sure what was in store for us, but were still eager to begin our volunteer project. The bus ride to Lusaka was surprisingly smooth, but when we arrived, [View Full Entry]

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(Photo caveat: most of the pictures here are of poor quality due to our camera, which broke in the middle of the Garden Route. Bummer!) After our big halloween party in Capetown, we headed for "The Garden Route." We have been reading about this infamous route for months and were excited to finally begin the journey. We rented the cheapest car possible, and hit the road. The car resembled my former yellow Festiva, only bright red. Oh yea, by the way, one of the things they caution tourist drivers about is not to stand out. Karl was not thrilled about the [View Full Entry]

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After our exotic, fantastic trip through Egypt, we were excited to be able to navigate our way around a country on our own again. We scored immediately with an excellent pick for a hostel called The Sunflower Stop, in the heart of Cape Town. Everybody there treated us so well and gave us a ton of great ideas to explore this incredible diverse region. They also showed us where the nearest mall was so we could buy clothes and toiletries when none of our luggage made the trip from Cairo with us! Sweet! We loved hiking around Table Mountain (not up [View Full Entry]

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We arrived in Cairo on October 18th. It was a short flight from Athens. This is the only leg of our trip where it was advised to do a tour, and it was some very good advice. My Arabic skills aren't up to date. The trip was phenomenal. Karl was offered 1,000 camels "for your wife". I was quite insulted as I heard later another girl had been offered 6million. Oh well. (I talked him up to 2,000 camels and now I have an absolute gaggle of these beasts. Soooo cool!) I'll never forget flying in over Cairo late-afternoon, and seeing [View Full Entry]

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Greece - The land of Mythology, Mythos Beer, and the best Gyro you will ever taste (and at 1.20 Euro a pop, you will want to eat one any chance you get)! Greece has also been a bit of errand time since we leave for Egypt tomorrow, but nonetheless, we have seen some amazing sites. The Acropolis is difficult to put into words. The entire area which includes The Parthenon is awe inspiring. I really wanted to experience Greece because I teach "The Odyssey" every year and it has been a great experience. Not that I'm ready to go back to [View Full Entry]

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Bona Serra from Naples, home of the original calzone and inventors of pizza. Oh my is it tasty. I never thought I could truly enjoy pizza every single day. So we have been working on the blog a while, but internet is expensive and not always as easy to come by. We finally did a big chunk of it for free at our current hostel. Perks of a hostel are nice. This is where we have been so far. There are many more pictures, but you will have nothing to watch at the slideshow when we return, plus, how many museum [View Full Entry]

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So, part of this trip is planning what to do and where to go NEXT, and sometimes that takes a bite out of where you are. Anyway, we knew we had a bunch of chores to do while in Rome, because AFRICA is fast approaching and we need shots, pills, paperwork, Canadian flags stiched into our clothes - you know - the usual. That being said, Rome has been nothing short of super cool! Today we checked out Vatican City. KT is making sure she ends up in the right place when all is said and done! She was on her [View Full Entry]

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