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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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.”