Category Archives: reflections
Thursday, February 2, 2012
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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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 […]
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012
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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Wednesday, January 18, 2012
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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Thursday, January 12, 2012
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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Tuesday, January 10, 2012
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 […]
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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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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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