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Svetnas - Lisa Alfredson and Jenny Akerwall

From tacos and salsa, through reggae and samba, to African dancing and rice. Cities, countrysides, hostels, beaches, clubs, volunteer centers, everything is going to be visited. Here comes the story of when two people; the oak and illlsa go on an incredible journey...
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Hiya travelblog lovers! =) We hope you all have had a really nice Christmas. Now we're back in a cold and dark Gothenburg. We're not too sad about it though since we have missed all our friends, family, sushi and salt liquorice just to mention some things. And we have had a really nice traditional Christmas too :) But if you are curious to find out what we were up to the last two weeks of our trip, keep reading... To go from Zambia to Tanzania we were ready to take a 48-hour train journey which we were not looking forward [View Full Entry]

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Published: January 2nd 2008 | 232 Views | [diary=229380]

Wanna buy some yellow tomatoes?
Rural Africa
Zanzibar... sail away sail away sail away...

Jambo! We are now enjoying the last 10 days of our incredible journey to all these wonderful places. We can't complain when we get to spend the end of it on Zanzibar! :) As you have to wait for the photos of the gorgeous beaches (we don't want to make you guys sitting at home in the rain too jealous) we've spent some of our time at the beach reflecting on some of the less favourable things about backpacking. We have loved travelling like this, but getting towards the end we are starting to long for clean clothes etc. In true [View Full Entry]

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Published: December 7th 2007 | 371 Views | [diary=225941]

Heaven
A cosy crowded bus somewhere in Africa

Hello everybody!! Hope you are all good and healthy :) We are back in Lusaka after 3 weeks in Livingstone. It was heartbreaking to say goodbye to our kids last Friday. After making party hats and playing football everyone gathered in the classroom again and our kids sang a song in Nyanja and read us a poem. After a lot of hugging we left the school crying. And it wasn't just our kids that we had to say goodbye to but also our volunteer friends from Northern Ireland and England, Lois and Grainne, and our Zambian friends Obert, Ozzy, Tyson and [View Full Entry]

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Published: November 26th 2007 | 307 Views | [diary=222861]

Lisa with grade 5 and 6
Jenny with her grade 4
The Victoria falls seen from a tiny airplane

Mulibwanji!? (How are you, in Nyanja) We are not the best at keeping this blog updated, but we hope you have patience with us and we will try to give faster news during these last few weeks of our amazing trip! We have now reached the Africa part of our travels, and are currently in Zambia. To be more specific we are in a small place called Livingstone, only a few kilometres from the Victoria Falls. Before making the long travel here from South America we enjoyed two weeks in Brazil, spending most of our time in Rio. We love this [View Full Entry]

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Published: November 19th 2007 | 195 Views | [diary=219277]

With our "Walk on the Beach Hostel" friends!
Johan and Jenny enjoying some capirinhas
The Vic falls

Hey again guys! Just wanted to say that we have managed to get some more photos up in the last entry we made. So you can check those out! We have also tried to upload some films, however not sure if it works to watch them?? We know some of you are not used to this site, but you can all leave comments just as in any other travel blog or "resedagbok". It is always appreciated! :) Will try to give you more news soon, next time will probably be in Africa though! Hugs and kisses PS. Hearing from back home [View Full Entry]

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Published: October 25th 2007 | 158 Views | [diary=214320]


Oi todos!! Hope you are all well and happy! After 32 hour on planes, different airports and buses we recently arrived to Rio de Janeiro from Cuba. A LOT have happend since last time we wrote so we´ll have to give you the short version. We will at least try! Back to Jamaica. Before we left lovely Port Antonio we went on a rafting tour on Rio Grande, slow and peaceful but very nice. It would have been very romantic with a partner :) After a few hour in the packed sweaty local bus (where you litterally got very close to [View Full Entry]

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Published: October 21st 2007 | 271 Views | [diary=212396]

Robin, Robert, Mikael & Dre
By Plaza de la revolución, Cuba
At the ice cream place Coppelia where the Cubans can queue for hours to get their ice cream

By Svetnas
September 28th 2007
Ya Mon Central America Caribbean » Jamaica
Hiya everyone! We have now left the wonderful Mexico to continue our travels to new countries. The last week was spent on the Yucatan peninsular which meant more sun and beach life than the previous weeks. We spent two days in Cancun before heading to Playa del Carmen which lies about an hour south. Cancun had really nice beaches, and we enjoyed our stay at the Mayan hostel, which more looked like a big hut than anything else. The resort however felt very touristy as a change from the other cities we had visited so far in Mexico, and that is [View Full Entry]

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Published: September 29th 2007 | 1494 Views | [diary=206489]

Our nice room in Playa
The Oak on a swing at the bar across the street
A cenote a bit from Playa del Carmen

Hola amigos!! We know that many of you have been longing for our first update =) Well, here it is... We started our trip almost 2 weeks ago in Mexico City!! Spent a few days at the cool Hostel Amigo. Walked around the big park and old beautiful buildings and enjoyed tacos and som tequila. At our hostel we met Juan who was born in Houston by his mexican parents. Together with him, his brother Rodrigez, sister Sandra and cousin Omar we took the bus to a small remote village in the mountains called Luvianos to celebrate their grandfathers 74th birthday [View Full Entry]

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Published: September 21st 2007 | 274 Views | [diary=203750]

At the top of the pyramid with Juan and Omar
Tomás in front of the Chivas store
One of the many big Texas-trucks