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Travel Blogs from Brits
Dude, I'm in South Africa
... why a RPCV (returned) community is so important--to actually have people who understand what I did for 2 years.
We went to the South African PC office today. So posh, or PC light as they say. A bunch of South African PVCs are COSing soon, so I scored some free clothes, very fancy for a PCV of Zambia, so that I don't have to wear the same outfit every day.
South Africa's still just alright; I'd rather be in Zambia.
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Life is too short for traffic
This morning, as every other morning on this trip, we had to get up early. We quickly realised that sleeping in would be a rarity on this trip. We off around 6 am and stopped en route for breakfast. J.J was no longer our guide, instead we were now with Lloyd, who would be with us throughout the Chobe and Vic Falls part of our trip.
On our way down from the Camp ...
Sooooo...Getting Started..
... to think I was cool because I was from New Jersey..not sure why lol. Their classroom furniture was really basic..desks, chairs, and a blackboard..and they were very well behaved. The teacher was doing a pretty good introduction to Animal Farm because the students had received their books yet. She drew such appropriate connections between South African history and events of the story. I was so interested, I wanted to grab a book and read it right then. When the ...
A Week of All Blacks
... between the SA company Clover and the NZ dairy co-op, Fonterra. There I met with Billy Bush, a Maori & All Black legend, Sean Fitzpatrick and John Kirwan, aka JK, again. There was interesting conversation and rugby anecdotes with a charity auction at the end. The Springbok jersey did well at R4,000 but JK and Sean swung into action with two AB jerseys going for R12,000 and R14,000. It was nice to see that even a room of ...
Out of the hills into the plains
... all i remeber was rolling about trying to keep warm. but it was fun
next morning we shot down for the border. before we left we walked around a local town, i got stuck into a philosophy conversation with a cd merchant and tried to find a cobbler to fix my shoes. very exciting.
border: tiny bridge with a small desk on the lesotho side. i tried to buy their lesotho flag off them, but they wouldnt have any of it despite laughin through the whole ...