God Dries the Dishes! (aka: we've done the dirty work...time to relax!)

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We are off for four months for our first extended holidays before Jess starts her nursing career and Heath starts a new career! We leave Edmonton on August 21st and fly into Damascus, Syria. Then onto Jordan and Egypt before flying to Uganda to start a 12 week overland trip. We end in Cape Town, South Africa on December 15th and land back in Canada just in time for Christmas!

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  Planning for the non-planner   Edmonton, Canada on Jun 6, 2008 1 picture 0 comments
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  Burning bush, pyramids, apes, Big 5 and much more!   Edmonton, Canada on Jun 6, 2008 0 pictures 1 comment
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  My own backyard   Banff, Canada on Jul 5, 2008 10 pictures 0 comments
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  Goodbye house   Edmonton, Canada on Aug 21, 2008 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Layover 1   London, United Kingdom on Aug 22, 2008 0 pictures 1 comment
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  Lay over #2   Dubai, United Arab Emirates on Aug 23, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Damascus   Damascus, Syria on Aug 24, 2008 0 pictures 1 comment
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  Paging Mr. Garbage...You have a very Arab face   Aleppo, Syria on Aug 25, 2008 14 pictures 3 comments
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  Hama - "Are you alone??"   Hamah, Syria on Aug 27, 2008 12 pictures 2 comments
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  "Would you like broasted chicken or lamp?   Palmyra, Syria on Aug 28, 2008 14 pictures 1 comment
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  Damascus - Illegal prickly pears and bare feet   Damascus, Syria on Aug 30, 2008 10 pictures 3 comments
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  The Dead Sea and the Dead Heath(and more on Syria)   Amman, Jordan on Sep 1, 2008 5 pictures 3 comments
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  Petra-You want a horse? You wont make it five feet   Amman, Jordan on Sep 2, 2008 18 pictures 7 comments
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  Wadi Rum - What would you do for a shower???   Wadi Rum, Jordan on Sep 4, 2008 0 pictures 3 comments
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  Nuweiba - Beach Hut and BOOZE!   Nuweiba, Egypt on Sep 5, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Mt. Sinai - Schnapps and Abdoul   Nuweiba, Egypt on Sep 7, 2008 0 pictures 1 comment
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  Our Anniversary with 21 million close friends!   Cairo, Egypt on Sep 8, 2008 0 pictures 2 comments
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  Aswan - Theres beauty in the breakdown   Aswan, Egypt on Sep 10, 2008 0 pictures 4 comments
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  "Canada Dry?"-"No.Canada wet. Egypt Dry."- Luxor   Luxor, Egypt on Sep 12, 2008 0 pictures 3 comments
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  Alexandria - 2$ haircut and a breath of fresh air   Alexandria, Egypt on Sep 16, 2008 0 pictures 3 comments
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  Paradise in the desert- Siwa Oasis   Siwa, Egypt on Sep 17, 2008 0 pictures 5 comments
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  Internal bleeding and the surface of the moon   Bawiti, Egypt on Sep 18, 2008 0 pictures 3 comments
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  Reflections on the Middle East   Cairo, Egypt on Sep 22, 2008 0 pictures 6 comments
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  Tents and storms and hippos dont mix   Kampala, Uganda on Sep 24, 2008 0 pictures 6 comments
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  The Saddest Place on Earth   Kigali, Rwanda on Sep 25, 2008 0 pictures 1 comment
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  Gorillas in the Mist, Mzungos in the mud   Volcano National Park, Rwanda on Sep 27, 2008 0 pictures 6 comments
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  Pygmys - extremely small but big on friendliness   Lake Bunyonyi, Uganda on Sep 27, 2008 0 pictures 2 comments
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  "I have my sunscreen but you refuse to get yours."   Jinja, Uganda on Oct 1, 2008 0 pictures 4 comments
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  "Its a Bastard Bird..a Black Bellied Bastard Bird"   Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya on Oct 4, 2008 0 pictures 3 comments
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  The Masai people and Nairobbery!   Nairobi, Kenya on Oct 7, 2008 0 pictures 8 comments
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  Two leopards, one tree...Birthday on the Serengeti   Serengeti National Park, Tanzania on Oct 14, 2008 0 pictures 4 comments
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  Snake Park and "Birthday Ca-Ke Jess"   Arusha, Tanzania on Oct 18, 2008 0 pictures 4 comments
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  ZANZIBAR!!   Stone Town, Tanzania on Oct 19, 2008 0 pictures 1 comment
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  Superman and Kande   Lilongwe, Malawi on Oct 28, 2008 0 pictures 2 comments
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  Stuck in a tent or stuck in a tree? You choose.   Livingstone, Zambia on Nov 1, 2008 0 pictures 3 comments
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  A New World   Zambezi, Zambia on Nov 6, 2008 0 pictures 4 comments
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  Just Jump!   Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe on Nov 9, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Chobe - Booze Cruise?   Chobe National Park, Botswana on Nov 13, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
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  The Toilet of Eden   Caprivi Strip, Namibia on Nov 14, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
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  I'm only happy when it rains   Okavango Delta, Botswana on Nov 16, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Everybody Out!   Makgadikgadi Pans National Park, Botswana on Nov 18, 2008 6 pictures 0 comments
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  "I wont tell you to run..."   Bulawayo, Zimbabwe on Nov 19, 2008 18 pictures 3 comments
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  Where else in the world?   Gweru, Zimbabwe on Nov 20, 2008 13 pictures 1 comment
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  Stuck   Masvingo, Zimbabwe on Nov 24, 2008 0 pictures 3 comments
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  Whale Sharks coming right for me   Inhambane, Mozambique on Nov 26, 2008 0 pictures 5 comments
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  Kingdom on my knees   Mlilwane Wildlife Sanctuary, Swaziland on Dec 2, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Try something twice before you knock it   Dundee, South Africa on Dec 4, 2008 0 pictures 1 comment
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  All I want for Christmas....   Malealea, Lesotho on Dec 6, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Confusing the monkeys   Tsitsikamma National Park, South Africa on Dec 10, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Ostrich underneath me, Ostrich in their mouths....   Oudtshoorn, South Africa on Dec 13, 2008 0 pictures 1 comment
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  Would you like some cheese with your wine?   Stellenbosch, South Africa on Dec 14, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Cape Town I Adore You!   Cape Town, South Africa on Dec 17, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Home for the holidays   Edmonton, Canada on Dec 20, 2008 0 pictures 2 comments