Ramblings. Musings. Strange Eatings.

a sacrifice to the travel gods

When you’re traveling on a budget, you become hyper-aware of money. How much is that? What’s that in dollars, again? Should we go somewhere else? Exchange rates, colorful bills, funny […]

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photo gallery: cape town

Anyone who has spoken to us about our experience in Angola will know that our time there was challenging, to say the least. So when it came time for us […]

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last day of summer

The sun rises on our final morning in Cape Town and I’m feeling a pang of melancholy to leave this beautiful city and the summer sunshine behind. In Angola seasons […]

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photo gallery: scenes of cabinda

When we used to live at the Staff House, Kelli and I would swing by the “Church Bar” to have a few Super Bocks, break out the cards and play […]

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new beginnings

Things in Angola came to an end rather abruptly …

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thumbs up

When it comes to non-verbal communication, the thumbs up is one of the most underrated.

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How much?

how much?

Around these parts, most everyone is obsessed with how much things cost. The other day I strolled two blocks up to the basketball court to shoot some hoops with a […]

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View of the Olympic village with the Sonangol compound behind

Olympic Village

Moving into new digs (again).

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on waiting and hoping

When it comes to organized events in Angola, perhaps it’s fitting that the Portuguese word for ‘wait’ is the same as the one that’s used for ‘hope’ – esperar.

As in, “I hope this damn thing starts before I die of starvation / thirst / malaria / boredom.”

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Namibia in Photos Part 3: Sossusvlei

Third and final photo gallery of a recent trip to Namibia. 26 Photos.

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