This afternoon, during staff meeting, we watched a video comparing Intelligent Design with evolution. This video was similar to the hundreds of others I watched throughout my teen years, and with it came the realization of how incredible my parents are, as well as the true quality of the education I received. I’d like to…
Category: Thoughts & Musings
Guest Post: Street Art Tour on Uncustomary Art
Today, head over to Uncustomary Art and check out the guest post I wrote on street art in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. There are plenty of photos and a few short descriptions to lead you around on a virtual tour of the street art in this city that I’ve grown to love. Check out the…
Life in Tanzania: An Everyday Adventure
Life in a developing country is full of adventure. At the end of the day, I can’t help but laugh at the crazy stories that are just “everyday life” here. For example, today I experienced “This Isn’t Starbucks:” It was Friday: the end of a long week at work, and one of those days where…
Victoria Falls Adventure, days 6-7
After a breakfast of bread, peanut butter, and coffee, I met “John,” one of the staff at Adventure Lodge for a trip to the bank to reverse the accidental duplicate charge on my credit card. While waiting, I began reading Zambezi: the first solo journey across Africa’s mighty river, by Mike Boon on my phone’s…
Victoria Falls Adventure – day 5
Over a year ago, before I moved to Tanzania, my brother and I were browsing YouTube and came across some “Zambezi Rafting Fails” highlight videos. After watching them, we decided that if I only did one thing during my stay in Africa, I needed to raft the Zambezi River. Today, I rafted the Zambezi River….
Victoria Falls Adventure – day 4
Just after breakfast, I set off for the fourth country in four days: Botswana. The Day Trip to Chobe National Park started with a bus ride to the Botswana border, where we split into two safari vehicles after getting our passports stamped. From the border, we drove to Chobe Safari Lodge, piled onto a large…
Victoria Falls Adventure, day 3
This (Sunday) morning, I ate breakfast at the hotel bar and made reservations for my activities here in Victoria Falls. There were so many choices–everything from helicopter rides over the Falls to cage diving with crocodiles in the Zambezi River. I settled on whitewater rafting, swimming in Devil’s Pool, a sunset cruise, the gorge swing,…
Victoria Falls Adventure, days 1-2
For the last several months, I have been planning a trip to Victoria Falls for the first week of Christmas break. Friday, that adventure began. It didn’t happen quite like I had planned. The plan was for myself and a friend to take the train from Dar es Salaam to the Zambia border, then to…
Heart Thanksgiving
I saw this post by Bonnie Gray on the (in)courage blog today, and it spoke to the place my heart is at right now. Here’s a short excerpt, but you really should read the entire thing….its worth it: I woke up with my heart a blur with worries. A competing bevy of voices. All driving…
Ride Fierce Racing 