Of course there will be excitement. But, there are also the more mundane tasks that make us human, no matter the location. Maybe it was the discovery of Uncle Ben's South African nemesis on a bag of rice. Now that I am officially "Uncle Ben," it put me in a pensive, self-reflecting mood, and I made some dramatic revelations about my more domestic side. I have not really "used" a bathtub for nearly two decades. Now it is only the focus of questions such as, "why don't you ever clean your bathtub?" and "I am not using that shower until you [View Full Entry]

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Hello everyone. I guess this is the first official posting after commencement of the journey. I arrived in Mthatha (or Umtata) on Thursday evening after a bit of improvization while traveling. My initial flight out of Chicago Monday morning was delayed and I missed my connection in LA. I took a flight out later that night and arrived in Hong Kong early in the morning, I think it was Wednesday there. After the missed connection, spilling orange juice all over myself during an intercontinental flight, and opening a container of yogurt that proceeded to spray me in the face, not unlike [View Full Entry]

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Hello everyone. I have set this up to serve both as a travel journal for myself and an easy way for anyone interested to get a sense for where I am and what I am doing. I will also be able to display photographs of hospitals, living arrangements, and various flora and fauna. My tentative itinerary is as follows: August - Mthatha, South Africa, September - travel through Mozambique, October - Blantyre, Malawi, November - Thimphu, Bhutan, December - traveling around Thailand, Jan - June - Battambang, Cambodia. For piece of mind for friends and loved ones, I have attached a [View Full Entry]

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