Category Archives: reflections

Busy days

The chase has begun. The project is rolling. There is no looking back. We have started to contact potential sponsors. Since a couple of weeks back we have now started this huge and final mission to make this trip happen. Well, I have. It is now my day job (combined with working extra at the […]

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Cyclone Favio, or The story of how our families once met

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 […]

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Great news: Blogging for Sweden’s biggest newspaper!

Woohoo! I got a yes from dn.se – the website of Sweden’s biggest newspaper Dagens Nyheter – so I will be blogging for them during the trip! This is some of the greatest news in a long time and such a relief. Without a media partner we haven’t felt we’ve had a strongpoint towards the […]

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Still not over in Zimbabwe

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 […]

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The year behind us and the year ahead

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 […]

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New Year’s in Stockholm

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 […]

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