But For the Sky

Month: December 2011

  • Weekly Twitter Updates

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    Wishing everyone a safe and merry Christmas, whether you are traveling or staying at home! # Thanks for all the congrats!! It was an incredible experience, and the toughest physical challenge we've ever undertaken. Very sore! # Luckily we are not in Dar es Salaam: 23 dead in #Tanzania flooding http://t.co/zt6Nd4NE # We did it!…

  • The First Six Months

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    December 25, Christmas Day, marks six months that we’ve been on the road, and we thought we’d mark the occasion by sharing our thoughts about the time behind us, and what still lies ahead. We’ve had a fantastic and nearly surreal time so far. We’ve been to so many places we never thought we’d see…

  • Chimp Tracking at Gombe Stream National Park

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    Upon arriving at Gombe Stream National Park, you get the feeling that you are landing at a research station more than a park. There’s a reason for that: this is the site of the longest ongoing study of any animal population in the world, the study of chimpanzees that Jane Goodall started in 1960. The…

  • TIA: This is Africa

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    A boy walks up to your bus trying to sell you a mousetrap, razor blades, wallets, and watering cans. A woman walks down the highway carrying an infant on her back and the largest sack of potatoes I’ve ever seen on her head. A truck drives by with several large, dead fish hanging off the…

  • Weekly Twitter Updates

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    so great to see DC friends &climb #kili w them starting tmrw! be back in a week, hopefully having summitted the highest mountain in africa! # Visited the site where Stanley uttered the famous words "Livingston, I presume?" Can you tell we're bored out of our minds in #Kigoma # Accidentally watched The Butterfly Effect…

  • Lake Tanganyika: Vacation from our Vacation

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    We made the executive decision that things were not meant to be between us and Lake Malawi (or maybe just between us and boat departures?), and with mixed feelings, we left Malawi for Tanzania the day after leaving Nkhata Bay. The journey was long and trying–we’ll spare you the details of the many buses we…

  • Nkhata Bay: Cabin Fever

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    Our time in Nkhata Bay, in the north of Malawi and on the shore of Lake Malawi, was a bit mixed: the beginning of our stay was relaxing and exciting, but by the end we found ourselves bored and frustrated. Let me back up. After a bus ride from Zomba that managed to take “only”…

  • Yum: Nali Hot Sauce

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    Unfortunately, we were not in Malawi long enough to get a good taste for what the country’s cuisine is all about (unless it really is just chicken and chips, in which case we had more than enough time to get a taste for it…), but one thing we loved about every meal in Malawi was…

  • Weekly Twitter Updates

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    can't wait to start the #Kilimanjaro climb w @crowls @kel835 @elgreg @rodshouldtweet one week from tomorrow! # check out our #SouthAfrica photosets – by far one of the most picturesque countries we've visited: http://t.co/V8M4145v # Last day in at this lovely lodge on #LakeTanganyika Starting the haul to Kigoma tmrw for #Gombe National Park to…

  • A Malawian Thanksgiving

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    After a stressful and uncomfortable two days of travel in northern Mozambique, we entered southern Malawi looking for a bit of relaxation and a break from the heat. We spent two nights in Blantyre, where we enjoyed a historical tour of the city’s oldest building, the international influence of a Hindu temple and a distinctly…