Africa. Dark. Mysterious. Primitive. Sign me up! This travel experience began the same way most of my travels have begun the past couple of years-...

DAY 4 This entry shall be titled "COME HELL OR HIGH WINDS". First, let's begin with hell. This is the worse case of jet lag I've ever had. I didn't...

DAY 6 DAY 6 is really easy to journal. I spent the day in Malaysia! In other words, I spent all day in the house working on lesson plans for my...

Day 8 I slept great, and woke up refreshed for Day 8! That's two awesome nights of sleep since I left! Woo-hoo (I guess...) What's the common...

DAY 10 It's Christmas Eve in South Africa!! How did I celebrate? By working my butt off all day long on a lesson plan for my Malaysia class....

DAY 12 Last night I got a Christmas treat! Behati brought Adam for a visit! Unfortunately, I didn't prepare the gate beforehand, so I wasn't able to...

DAY 19 This morning I drank my last Diet Dr. Pepper. That can only mean one thing. BRIAN WILL BE HERE TOMORROW!!! Today's adventure was a special...

WOW WOW WOW!! What an amazing first full day with Brian!! Because I knew he'd be tired, I didn't want to plan anything too far away, so we decided...

Today we went to Cheetah Experience Ashia. It's about an hour and a half drive from Simon's Town through some really beautiful country! And we had...

Today we headed up the western coast to learn more about something very near and dear to my heart. Something that I seek out on all of my travels...

Today was going to be kind of a "down" day. Meaning not driving so much! The plan was to head up the cable car to Table Mountain, then come down to...

We had a looooong adventure today! Our goal was to drive to Cape Alguhas- the southern most tip of Africa. What is there to do there? Take a picture...

What’s the first thing you think about when you think about adventures in Africa? SAFARI! Now, there are no true safari experiences near Cape Town....

Our last full day in South Africa. The time has just flown by. No long drives today, just another visit to Hout Bay, then into Cape Town for lunch,...

Today is D-Day. Departure day. But with a flight that didn’t leave until 6:30pm, that meant almost an entire day to devote to one last hoorah! Today...