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I'm going where the sun keeps shining, through the pouring rain.
Going where the weather suits my clothes.
Banking off of the northeast winds, sailing on a summer breeze
And skipping over the ocean like a stone.
Henry Nilsson
Day 4 - Vancouver
Last day in Vancouver and then back to reality. It made me sad to wake up and realize that my staycation was coming to an end. I love to...
Joanna
Aug 15, 20203 min read
Day 3 - Vancouver
Woke up fairly early this morning after a successful, full night's sleep. Pays to walk back and forth across the city and eat all day......
Joanna
Aug 14, 20209 min read
Day 2 - Vancouver
My plan was to get up early to watch the sun come up on the Burrard Street bridge. Seemed like a typical, Vancouver vacation thing to do....
Joanna
Aug 13, 20206 min read
Day 1 - Vancouver
I have to admit, COVID is tough. 2020 is tough. Working through COVID in 2020 is tough. Everywhere you turn, there is a new rule or...
Joanna
Aug 11, 20204 min read
And So it Begins...
I am officially tired of 2020. All of my travel plans have either been cancelled... or give the threat of travel. The border remains...
Joanna
Jun 25, 20202 min read
Totsiens. Hamba kahle. Sara mushe. Goodbye Africa...
“Africa changes you forever, like nowhere on earth. Once you have been there, you will never be the same. But how do you begin to...
Joanna
Jan 16, 20205 min read
My Adventurous Last Day
After the thrills collected at the mall had subsided and the fun had run its course, David headed to meet his new Nomad tour crew and I...
Joanna
Jan 15, 20206 min read
Joanna-sburg & the Mall Maze
Once I was safely out of customs yesterday, without a 7 month working visa to contend with... I carefully and confidently made my way...
Joanna
Jan 14, 20204 min read
Early Morning International
Up early this morning to do a hop, skip and a jump over to Zambia to fulfill my Kaza Visa requirements. I figured it would be a quick...
Joanna
Jan 13, 20205 min read
Not Tenting Anymore
As a special last night together, we were all taken to another lodge for dinner. It was a very large and very deserted venue, located...
Joanna
Jan 12, 20205 min read
The Smoke that Thunders
“Why is it you can never hope to describe the emotion Africa creates? You are lifted. Out of whatever pit, unbound from whatever tie,...
Joanna
Jan 11, 20207 min read
Air Tree n Tree
They say that there is nowhere quite like Africa. A continent of extremes. “Unparalleled beauty exists alongside devastating poverty, and...
Joanna
Jan 10, 20206 min read
The Pans
We got stopped at a check stop today. To be fair though, Malinga had warned us that this might happen. Hand and foot disease checkpoint....
Joanna
Jan 9, 20204 min read
Okavango Delta & the Pink PJs
“To see ten thousand animals untamed and not branded with the symbols of human commerce is like scaling an unconquered mountain for the...
Joanna
Jan 8, 20207 min read
Scenic with Whimpy Burger
“The continent is too large to describe. It is a veritable ocean, a separate planet, a varied, immensely rich cosmos. Only with the...
Joanna
Jan 7, 20203 min read
Fulfilling my Camping Experience
“Everything in Africa bites but the safari bug is worst of all." - Brian Jackman That quote literally made me laugh out loud because I am...
Joanna
Jan 6, 20206 min read
Bye... Not Bye
I have come to realize that David is convinced that I either work for Canadian immigration... or I have the inside track on who they...
Joanna
Jan 5, 20203 min read
The Clinic
I got the pleasure of visiting a remote Namibian medical clinic today. When we first arrived, it appeared to be locked up and deserted....
Joanna
Jan 4, 20204 min read
Etosha... Today?
“There is something about safari life that makes you forget all your sorrows and fell as if you had drunk half a bottle of champagne. -...
Joanna
Jan 3, 20207 min read
I Bless the Rains
... Africa was blessed today. At least Northern Namibia was. Driving on the roads towards our campground was like driving down the Nile....
Joanna
Jan 2, 20205 min read
Do I Make Myself Clear?
“David... please... please.... please... take the paved roads today.” Everyone had a good chuckle at that. Are there even any paved roads...
Joanna
Jan 1, 20205 min read
Extreme Sports & Me
So... it was pure bliss having my own room again. Actually, it was better to have a bed again. Granted, it was a backpackers and not a...
Joanna
Dec 31, 20199 min read
The Single Supplement
Ahhhh... life on the dusty road. Everything I own is either dirty, covered with sand or inundated with dirt & dust. We were up and out...
Joanna
Dec 30, 20195 min read
Shining Right into Your Heart
“If I have ever seen magic, it has been in Africa.” John Hemingway After a tantalizing meal of mystery meat mixed with canned peas and...
Joanna
Dec 29, 201911 min read
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