Day 5, May 27 – Victoria Falls to Sable Lodge, 1st day of safari
Note: This entry is for Saturday, May 27, being posted late (Africa time) on Monday, May 29. I was up late Friday night getting the [...]
Day 4, May 26 – Johannesburg to Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
As I type I'm sitting in the Aspire Lounge at JNB - Johannesburg airport, in the international terminal, waiting to board our flight to Victoria [...]
Day 3, May 25 – Cradle of Humankind, Hartbeespoort Aerial Cableway
My jet lag continued into the 3rd night, being wide awake again after just 3 hours. I was able to finally go back to sleep [...]
Day 2, May 24 – Johannesburg: Apartheid Museum, Constitution Hill, Victoria Yards
Tuesday night was the 2nd night here and that's traditionally the worst from a jet lag perspective. The first night I'm usually so tired I [...]
2023 Africa: Day 1, May 23 – Pretoria
We both slept well into Tuesday morning, getting up around 7:30am. That was a good 9 hours for me which is very unusual and a [...]
2023 Africa: Sacramento to Johannesburg via NYC
I left my house in Sacramento at 6:30pm Pacific time on Saturday and made it to Johannesburg at 6:30pm in that time zone on Monday [...]
Africa: Botswana & Zimbabwe Safari – Pre-Departure
2023 marks my 11th year of travel blogging, with 25 trips that have made it to the blog (not counting the miscellaneous ones under the [...]
2023 PVR: Day 3 (2/15) – still sick but made it to our best meal yet at Cafe des Artistes
I woke up feeling a little better but not great; and Ash got sick during the night. But we have different symptoms. Mine seems to [...]
2023 PVR: Day 2 (2/14) – a bit of a sick day; back to Trio for V-Day dinner
I went to bed on Monday not feeling great and woke up on Tuesday feeling worse, although I managed to sleep about 8 hours. My [...]
2023 PVR: Day 1 (2/13) – Hanging with friends, and fun show in the evening
On Monday, I got up a little before 5am, clocking over 7 hours of sleep which is a lot for me. Ash got up not [...]
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