Today I had the experience of white-water rafting for the first time. This last year of college I lucked out in living with two girls who were raft guides with the Nantahala Outdoor Center (NOC) in Asheville, NC. Since this was one of our last available days before we…
I’m sitting in the house about to load up the car with stuff. There are five of us leaving today, one leaving tomorrow, two leaving Tuesday, and the rest leave next weekend. The last three days have been really amazing. Drew and I had the BEST camp we…
Today was our final day working at Kapadzera school. I was really proud of our group since we really had a lot of energy today considering how rough it’s been with volunteers getting sick on and off. I videotaped our morning songs, so if I find a way…
Today was our first day at Kapadzera school. We were joined by a new translator today, Amon, who replaced Owen since he was struggling with some of the translations. Lately we’ve been taking the Land Rovers instead of the bus since they’re so much easier to…
Today is Sunday and we’re finally able to relax and have a lazy day. Yesterday I started feeling so much better (even though I’m terribly congested), so it’s been nice to enjoy it here again! We finished up teaching at Balangombe school which went…
Day two of being really sick. I had to stay home from the school today due to feeling horribly sick. I ate lots of fruit and slept pretty much all day, and right before everyone got home from camp I woke up in sweats. Now I feel ssoooooo much better…
So we’ve all been struck by something from Zambia. Katy was the first to get it, and was sick for about three days before starting to feel better, but she’s still feeling pretty crummy. Jess and Drew got it right before we left, and now Catherine…
It’s day 4 of safari and we’ve just returned home from the trip. Obama is now President of the U.S. (we heard from NUMEROUS people as we headed home… they absolutely LOVE him here!) which we watched on YouTube since we don’t…
This morning is beautiful! So far in the camp we’ve seen baboons (TONS), white-tailed mongrels, monkeys, hippos (which really freak me out!), crocodiles, elephants, and lots of strange birds. Last night I got pretty freaked out because the hippos and elephants walk around outside the chalets at…
The first day of safari was definitely an adventure! We loaded up the bus and one of the World Camp Land Rovers at 7:30am and started on our trip to Zambia. About an hour in, we stopped at a gas station and one of the volunteers, Jay, saw a…