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Chasing Goats: Around the World in Five Months: Durban, the Drakensberg, Lesotho
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Chasing Goats: Around the World in Five Months. China, Tibet, Nepal, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, India, South Africa, Zambia, Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho. Monday, May 12, 2008. Durban, the Drakensberg, Lesotho. We flew from Capetown to Durban. Ellie had been giddy about getting to Durban since Zambia because two of her friends from Peace Corps, Jamaica were in the area. We met up with Nathan, Justin and a few of Justin's friends and enjoyed a weekend checking out Durban's beach and nightlife. We ...Altho...
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Chasing Goats: Around the World in Five Months: December 2007
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Chasing Goats: Around the World in Five Months. China, Tibet, Nepal, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, India, South Africa, Zambia, Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho. Sunday, December 30, 2007. Final thoughts on China. Jasmine tea is everywhere - many Chinese walk around with a few tea leaves in small Thermoses. When they finish the tea, they refill the bottle from hot water dispensers are in almost any room and drink another cup. Far from being a taboo conversation topic, diarrhea is openly discussed even with comp...
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Chasing Goats: Around the World in Five Months: November 2007
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Chasing Goats: Around the World in Five Months. China, Tibet, Nepal, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, India, South Africa, Zambia, Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho. Thursday, November 29, 2007. Nayatapola Temple just south of Durbar Sq is notable as one of the highest and holiest temples in all of Nepal! The Nepalese believe spiritual purity increases with each higher floor - so the fifth story of this building is very holy! The culture was vibrant and unfettered - monasteries were overflowing with monks whereas i...
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Chasing Goats: Around the World in Five Months: April 2008
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Chasing Goats: Around the World in Five Months. China, Tibet, Nepal, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, India, South Africa, Zambia, Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho. Wednesday, April 30, 2008. Cape Town, South Africa. We spent the first full day in Capetown at Robben Island. The photo below is a picture of Capetown and the iconic Table Mountain from Robben Island. Our guide, a former political prisoner at Robben Island, wore sunglasses all the time, having been nearly blinded by too many bright days spent in the li...
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Chasing Goats: Around the World in Five Months: Johannesburg, South Africa
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Chasing Goats: Around the World in Five Months. China, Tibet, Nepal, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, India, South Africa, Zambia, Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho. Wednesday, May 28, 2008. Johannesburg, South Africa. We got in to Johannesburg. Our first stop was the Apartheid Museum ( official website. Our next stop was Soweto. One sign of progress in Soweto was electrical wires strung between houses. Unfortunately the state power company, Eskom, was not prepared for the increased demand from Soweto and other...
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Chasing Goats: Around the World in Five Months: October 2007
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Chasing Goats: Around the World in Five Months. China, Tibet, Nepal, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, India, South Africa, Zambia, Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho. Monday, October 29, 2007. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). The Trip in Short. Wilmington, Delaware, United States. View my complete profile. Blue Charm Expeditions (our travel agent). Boots n All (RTW Travel). Seat 61 (Train Travel).
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Chasing Goats: Around the World in Five Months: May 2008
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Chasing Goats: Around the World in Five Months. China, Tibet, Nepal, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, India, South Africa, Zambia, Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho. Wednesday, May 28, 2008. Johannesburg, South Africa. We got in to Johannesburg. Our first stop was the Apartheid Museum ( official website. Our next stop was Soweto. One sign of progress in Soweto was electrical wires strung between houses. Unfortunately the state power company, Eskom, was not prepared for the increased demand from Soweto and other...
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Chasing Goats: Around the World in Five Months: March 2008
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Chasing Goats: Around the World in Five Months. China, Tibet, Nepal, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, India, South Africa, Zambia, Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho. Friday, March 21, 2008. After Ajanta, we took an overnight train back to Bombay, checked into a hotel early in the morning and after freshening up, spent the day in the city. That rest, however, was short lived and we checked out of the hotel that evening to catch another overnight train to Goa. We spent the first two days in Panaji or Panjim. The next...
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Chasing Goats: Around the World in Five Months: Kruger National Park, Nelspruit, South Africa
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Chasing Goats: Around the World in Five Months. China, Tibet, Nepal, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, India, South Africa, Zambia, Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho. Tuesday, May 27, 2008. Kruger National Park, Nelspruit, South Africa. We left Durban and parted ways with Suzanne - Nathan continued with Ellie and I for the rest of the trip. Our next stop was Nelspruit. The capital of the Mpumalangma province, which is mostly known to tourists as the jumping off point for Kruger National Park. We stopped in one of th...