Kelly and I have made it out of Africa. After almost a month camping through the bush, we made it to our 3rd continent, Asia. Not suprisingly, the African bush has very little internet access, especially when camping. Even when we did have internet, it was pretty damn slow (this is my long-winded excuse for not blogging in awhile). In addition to having no internet, there was almost a complete lack of news. When new people joined our trip in Vic Falls, we peppered with questions about the outside world, one even had back issues of the Economist, though nothing more recent than early September. You can imagine our suprise when we learned, after emerging from the bush, that: (1) McCain is ahead in the polls; (2) Wall Street has disapeared; (3) South Africa no longer
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