Ab Viljoen is a guy that Brian knows from Vilanculos and he does quite a bit of travelling. Reading his blog from one of his latest missions; an attempt to kayak from the coast of Moçambique to Madagascar, we found this and thought it was quite funny and wise at the same time. “THE SHIPWRECK […]
Category Archives: background We haven’t had much news from Vilanculos about the current cyclone, Funso, since our attempt of phone calls haven’t gone through to the family, but being in touch online we know all is well so far at least. It seems everyone has barricaded and prepared for the cyclone but ended up waiting for days for […] It’s been some time since we last heard about war vets taking over farms and lodges back in Zim, but apparently it is still happening, without anyone interfering. Brian found this article yesterday, it’s the lodge where we stayed for his sister’s wedding just over a year ago. It’s close to the town where Brian […] They did it again. The winter demons got hold of us. Neither of us thought it would happen this winter with the short Africa trip in October and the long trip to look forward to later this year – that should have been enough motivation to get us through the dark season without any major […] Thinking about the year ahead, which just started very quietly yesterday, feels a bit funny, I have to say. Since there’s this big thing happening about halfway into the year, if everything goes according to plan, a thing that will turn our lives upside down and inside out and force us to give up a […]  I can be a little bit superstitious at times and let me just say – if there’s a superstition saying that your year will be as organized as the last day of the last year was – then I’m worried. Because our New Year’s eve was far from well planned. I guess you can say […] Are you really going through Syria?! We don’t know yet. And yes, we do know what’s going on there and have heard about people travelling through and ending up in prison and so on. I wish we could just give Bashar al-Assad a call and tell him to stop the violence RIGHT NOW. I guess […] Some of you have probably already noticed the banner to the right and figured out what I am just about to tell you. But here it goes anyway. All is pretty much good to go with the development organisation that we will be raising money for. We feel enormously fortunate to be able to do this […] |
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