Road to Nowhere

Driving on the African plains

May 28th 2006
In our last blog, we expressed our undying desire to leave Egypt and that was before we spent an entire day negotiating the Egyptian visa office and mailing a package of souvenirs home to the US. We know that beauracracy is everywhere but this was a whole new level. With our reentry visas stamped in our passports (we hope) and our package mailed at an incredibly expensive 4-day delivery rate (wh ... read more

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Shortly after independence, Tanganyika and Zanzibar merged to form the nation of Tanzania in 1964. One-party rule came to an end in 1995 with the first democratic elections held in the country since the 1970s. Zanzibar's semi-autonomous status and po... ... read more

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Drinking Life to the Lees

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When we first hooked up in '94, we talked about traveling around the world before we hit 30, the deadline distant and hazy. Now that we can see it all too clearly, we figured we better get in gear. So we set out from Chicago with seven months to traverse the globe and hopefully make it back in one piece. This blog will chronicle our journey. Basic Plans: Dec. '05 - California, Jan. '06 - NZ / Austrailia (East Coast), Feb. - SE Asia (From Singapore to Ho Chi Minh City) / Hong Kong, March - Beijing / Russia (including Trans-Siberian Express) / Scandanavia, April - Eastern Europe / Mid... full info

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