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After many hours of sitting at the computer I am starting to get my 5,000 photographs organized. I decided that rather than put them on the blog I would create some new webpages with nice slide shows. Thus far I have about thirty-some shots from my visit to Chobe National Park. I’m going to try to add another one every couple of days so keep checking in! Click on the PHOTOS link above or click here.

I have finally found some time to post my return to the United States. I arrived on September 6th but have had a whirlwind couple of days since then. I left Katima early in the morning on the 5th. Gary drove me about three hours to the airport in Livingstone, Zambia where I walked into my first air-conditioned room in two months. I promptly began coughing. I then flew to Johannesburg, South Africa. I wandered around the airport for some time and then boarded my plane bound for the States. I was lucky enough to not sit next to anyone … (Read more)

Four months ago when I started fundraising for this trip I tried to summarize my plans in a concise manner. This often proved difficult because I have a tendency towards verbosity.
I first explained that I was going to “Africa.” I usually said “Africa” as opposed to more specifically saying “Namibia” because explaining where exactly Namibia is located on the planet often induced blank stares in people’s eyes.
I then explained that I would volunteer at an “orphanage.” I would say “orphanage” as opposed to ”children’s home” (the preferred and more appropriate term used here.) … (Read more)