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From the Serengeti to Zanzibar
The Sunrise Our last day in the Serengeti was on July 4th. Even after a week of game drives we still wanted more. As a...
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Zanzibar
New Friends In Zanzibar, we were staying in a small hotel a block away from the ocean. We were one of two couples on the...
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Zanzibar to Dar Es Salaam
4:30 AM We awake to darkness and our alarm. As we got ourselves out of bed and ready for the day we heard a knock...
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13 days in Dar Es Salaam
In our original itinerary, we had no intention to stop in Dar Es Salaam. We are grateful that Paka brought us to the city. The...
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Paka: A Lesson in Being Flexible for Your Future
Note: Many of the posts from Tanzania were written after we left. However, this post was written while in Dar es Salaam, before we knew...
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Flight home
July 21 10:30 PM With an hour left until our driver picks us up for the airport, I am sitting here with Paka on my...
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Moments with Paka
Intro This post is a collection of moments we had with Paka, ranging from Zanzibar to Dar es Salaam to the flight to New York....
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Packing: take 2
Pre-packing Our original plan for the summer in the US was to road trip from NY to CA. Then sell our car in CA before...
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42 hours in San Francisco
We looked for flights from Austin to Siem Reap, Cambodia and the ones in our budget and on our timeline had a 1.5-hour layover in...
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North America: One Memorial, Two Weddings, and One Death
The General Plan - Places & People As you may know, Tim and I are focused on visiting all seven continents during our trip. Including...
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16 hours in Singapore
To the airport When we booked our flight to Cambodia and it had an overnight layover in Singapore. At the time of booking Singapore was...
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Siem Reap - Reflections on the first day
Reflections on the first 12 hours When visiting Tanzania, I felt very disconnected from the country and its culture. The travel was difficult and had...
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Siem Reap
Kulan Elephant forest I tend to be skeptical of the ethics of any animals in captivity and especially ones involving large mammals. I also love...
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Angkor Wat: An International Wonder
Angkor Wat is an extremely special place - similar to Machu Picchu or Teotihuacan in how you can feel the history and the sophistication of...
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Angkor Wat: The Photoshoot
After seeing numerous families take photos at Angkor Wat, we decided to get matching outfits and take photos ourselves. We connected with a local history...