When you’re a suburban kid living in a big city, one of the first things you learn is how to get to a place that doesn’t feel “like the city.” When I arrived, Kristen handed me the link to Azadeh’s blog, which is all about living in Kinshasa and what to do and see…so of […]
Yep. You read that right! Kinshasa’s biggest party of the year is Oktoberfest. Held on Halloween (or thereabouts, depending on how the weekends fall), Germany comes to the DRC in the form of beer and music. Oh, and pagne lederhosen, if you’re so inclined. When I told Kristen what days I was thinking of coming, […]
When you’re planning to leave home for an undetermined amount of time, on your own, to another continent… you tend to search out a few things that are going to be familiar amongst the deluge of new-ness that is about to become your entire existence. Also, if you have an addiction, you definitely try to […]
So I’ve been yapping about this Acacia Africa tour for…20+ blogs now, and I’m safely deposited at my friend’s place in the DRC,and I’ve had a bit of time to reflect on my experience. It all started so innocently, with a google search about “best way to get to Victoria Falls from cape town”– I […]
Waking up on “Day 20” — aka Day 0 of “No More Acacia Africa” was so surreal. Jane had a mondo headache, I had fallen asleep in my dress from the night before, and we were HUNGRY. Classic, really. We had already packed up our bags the day before, and most of the squad had […]
Remember that day a few weeks back when the Perfect Ten was in Swakopmund and we went sandboarding and skydiving and it was this insane, expensive, adrenaline-filled, epic day? Well, today was crazier. Day 19 started with our final breakfast as Acacia-ers at 6am, and then we were headed to our activity pickup in the […]
This one time, nine of us took helicopter rides over the Okavango Delta…
How about the time I remembered I had a VIDEO of The Perfect Ten sandboarding? After a full night of time uploading, here it is! Enjoy, guys! (Don’t miss my epic jump & wipe out at 21:21! Hahaha!)
Waking up on day 18 was bittersweet because for many of us, it was our last full day as Mara’s passengers…. At Victoria Falls, over half of the Perfect 10 Plus Three were splitting up… Here’s where we would all be dispersing to: Lena, Johanna & Jane: HOME Dara: DRC Kitty & Silia: To Joberg […]
Let’s talk about the absolutely UNFILTERED JOY that accompanies the news “we have a short drive today” when you’re on an Acacia tour. It is AMAZING. Granted, when you sign up for an overland tour, you’re WELL AWARE that there is going to be a ton of driving. That’s just kind of a given when […]
