Hey All,
David and Jeffrey here....
So we just got back from a very long trip that started right here. Weve been gone for about 3 weeks and I know your all wondering about us...
From Joburg we had an 11 day trip that ended up in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. After that we chilled for a few days in Vic falls then went on a 3 day Safari in Hwange NP in Zim, then we came back to Vic falls, crossed the border into Zambia, where we left on a 7 day trip that brought us down through Botswana then back to SA here in JoBurg.
Theres is so much to tell all of you but were gonna hit the highlights of each trip for now.
11 days in Zim, the best part of this trip was our group we were with. There was a total of 9 of us on a big overland truck so plenty of space. We met 3 great Ausis and 3 great Brits (and the coolest Brit in the world who goes by the name Maggie the Raver). We had a blast. We saw the big 5 together, we all went rafting down the Zambezi river, went Bunji jumping over Vic falls, spent my B-day walking around ruins and hanging w/ lions (and drinking and playing music). It was so great! We missed all of them straight away. ( Jeff cried horribly that night)
Hwange trip was great cause there was only 6 of us, and we saw more elephants than Jeff could shake a stick at, and 2 cheetahs which was a first for us in the wild. It was a good time.
As we crossed into Zam we got teamed with another great group and even better we were reunited with our mentor Edd (Capn. Jack Sparrow). Jeff cried again, but tears of joy this time. We were so stoked to have him back. He lead us into the Okavango delta on lil dug out canoes, mokoros, and we gave birth to legless salamanders in a hole for 3 days! We saw a ton of wildlife and took a plane ride over the delta. Its unimaginable to imagine being in the delta. (thanks W.)
So guys we left out tons of details which we will feel in when we get home or to a place that we dont pay to use the net.
Tomorrow we are gonna try to get visas to go into Mozambique, if sucessful we will be there at the beach for a few days then back to JoBurg to fly home in about a week.
We miss you all and we will see you soon.
Brown Brothers Out!
A big shout out to all our new Africa friends that are starting to read the blog!
Wednesday, August 8, 2007
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Soweto and The Apartheid
Hey Y'all,
David here...
This has got to be a quick one because me and Jeff are going to walk to the movies to see Harry Potter in a min. Today we went to a township called Seweto, theres alot of history behind it, but it was the kicking off point to the end of the Aparthied here in SA. We also went to the Apartheid museum. We witnessed alot of poverty today, and alot of injustice that occred in the past. We saw the cost for standing up in what you believe in. It was eye opening. Jeff and I had a discussion over dinner about how blessed we are and about how thankful we are. God is amazing, we have felt him work in our lives so much within the past year amongst hard ships and trying times God is always there (StonePoint Repin, Shout out to Pastor Scott). We miss all of you and we wont be around for the next few days as we head to Zimbabwe (The Devil's Throat). Keep us in your prayers as we travel. Take care!
P.S. Y'all and us are awesome!
David here...
This has got to be a quick one because me and Jeff are going to walk to the movies to see Harry Potter in a min. Today we went to a township called Seweto, theres alot of history behind it, but it was the kicking off point to the end of the Aparthied here in SA. We also went to the Apartheid museum. We witnessed alot of poverty today, and alot of injustice that occred in the past. We saw the cost for standing up in what you believe in. It was eye opening. Jeff and I had a discussion over dinner about how blessed we are and about how thankful we are. God is amazing, we have felt him work in our lives so much within the past year amongst hard ships and trying times God is always there (StonePoint Repin, Shout out to Pastor Scott). We miss all of you and we wont be around for the next few days as we head to Zimbabwe (The Devil's Throat). Keep us in your prayers as we travel. Take care!
P.S. Y'all and us are awesome!
Monday, July 16, 2007
The Saga of Capn. Jack Sparrow and Storm his first mate
Hello All,
David and Jeff here...
We have just returned from our 4 day trip to Kruger NP. It was awesome! You may think the best part was the hippos and elephants wondering through our camp at night, or the 10 species of antelope we saw, or the cheetahs and lions we saw at the cheetah project,or the baby hippos and elephants we saw running around or the giraffes or the numerous amounts of bird we saw, and if you thought all that was the best part, you'd be wrong. The best part was our Guide who went by the name of Edd but was better known as Jack Sparrow, Captain of the white pearl. Jack was awesome because he could drive while, singing a Africaans song and dancing with out ever missing a word, smoking a cigarette in one hand, playing air guitar, passing semi trucks on uphill curves, flicking people off, wearing a wool jacket, black crocs, a bandana with dreads underneath and a neck covered in bead necklaces a great smile behind a scraggly beard, a shirt that said "I'm a Slut" and almost never getting pulled over. He has stories that will both amaze and frighten, and could be the chef of a five star gourmet restraunt. His first mate went by the name of Storm, and was the craziest and worst driver you ever laid eyes on. He had long hair, crazy surfer sunglasses, and would pass elephants and Impala on dirt roads going 80 MPH when they were inches from the van.
We camped the whole time and went on several day game drives, one freezing cold night game drive, and a river game cruise. It was so awesome. We had a great group of people with us and had a blast.
We leave for 11 days of overlanding on the 18th, then we get to Vic Falls on the 28th, we leave for Hwange NP for 3 day safari on the 30th, return to Vic falls walk over to Zambia side of the falls on leave the following morning for a 7 day tour through the Okavango delta and return to JoBurg on the 9th.
We are then gonna try and go down the coast to partake in the highest bungee jump on the planet, which is near the coast in South Africa.
We miss all of you very much! We are having a great time together and really could not have been asked to be blessed more along the trip so far. Please keep us in your prayers, and we look forward to sharing lots of pics when we get home.
P.S. Jeffrey is starting to talk like an Ausi!
David and Jeff here...
We have just returned from our 4 day trip to Kruger NP. It was awesome! You may think the best part was the hippos and elephants wondering through our camp at night, or the 10 species of antelope we saw, or the cheetahs and lions we saw at the cheetah project,or the baby hippos and elephants we saw running around or the giraffes or the numerous amounts of bird we saw, and if you thought all that was the best part, you'd be wrong. The best part was our Guide who went by the name of Edd but was better known as Jack Sparrow, Captain of the white pearl. Jack was awesome because he could drive while, singing a Africaans song and dancing with out ever missing a word, smoking a cigarette in one hand, playing air guitar, passing semi trucks on uphill curves, flicking people off, wearing a wool jacket, black crocs, a bandana with dreads underneath and a neck covered in bead necklaces a great smile behind a scraggly beard, a shirt that said "I'm a Slut" and almost never getting pulled over. He has stories that will both amaze and frighten, and could be the chef of a five star gourmet restraunt. His first mate went by the name of Storm, and was the craziest and worst driver you ever laid eyes on. He had long hair, crazy surfer sunglasses, and would pass elephants and Impala on dirt roads going 80 MPH when they were inches from the van.
We camped the whole time and went on several day game drives, one freezing cold night game drive, and a river game cruise. It was so awesome. We had a great group of people with us and had a blast.
We leave for 11 days of overlanding on the 18th, then we get to Vic Falls on the 28th, we leave for Hwange NP for 3 day safari on the 30th, return to Vic falls walk over to Zambia side of the falls on leave the following morning for a 7 day tour through the Okavango delta and return to JoBurg on the 9th.
We are then gonna try and go down the coast to partake in the highest bungee jump on the planet, which is near the coast in South Africa.
We miss all of you very much! We are having a great time together and really could not have been asked to be blessed more along the trip so far. Please keep us in your prayers, and we look forward to sharing lots of pics when we get home.
P.S. Jeffrey is starting to talk like an Ausi!
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Its jeff writing from the future...
We havent done much today we are still in joburg. we went to the mall this morning and got food, i ate eggs so that was somthing new. We are leaving tomorrow for a four day tour to kruger national park i cant wait to see all of animals and stuff. Im out of time on the computer so i guess i will write when i get another chance. i hope everything is going good back home for everyone! I miss everybody!
We havent done much today we are still in joburg. we went to the mall this morning and got food, i ate eggs so that was somthing new. We are leaving tomorrow for a four day tour to kruger national park i cant wait to see all of animals and stuff. Im out of time on the computer so i guess i will write when i get another chance. i hope everything is going good back home for everyone! I miss everybody!
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Hey All,
David here...
So we just got into Jo-burg. Couldn't see much of the city as it is night right now. Its also like 50 degrees outside and me and jeff are staying in this little hut with no heat. But we got our mummy bags to stay warm in. I'm outside in a il hut typing this right now and my hands are going numb. I didn't expect it to be qutie this cold.
The plane ride sucked really bad. We were traveling for more than a day, with 18hrs straight which sucks. But we got to watch alot of movies.
Tomorrow were going to get some supplies and try and book a tour to Kruger or somewhere else. We'll see what happens. I think we are going to have a good time though.
So it hit us in the shuttle on the way to the hostel that we are in Africa! Crazy!
The hostel is an old plantation house, its really wierd looking and odly spaced out, and we have this mideval key to our door which is wierd.
Alright I'm gonna roll but i'll post again soon.
Miss all of you!
David here...
So we just got into Jo-burg. Couldn't see much of the city as it is night right now. Its also like 50 degrees outside and me and jeff are staying in this little hut with no heat. But we got our mummy bags to stay warm in. I'm outside in a il hut typing this right now and my hands are going numb. I didn't expect it to be qutie this cold.
The plane ride sucked really bad. We were traveling for more than a day, with 18hrs straight which sucks. But we got to watch alot of movies.
Tomorrow were going to get some supplies and try and book a tour to Kruger or somewhere else. We'll see what happens. I think we are going to have a good time though.
So it hit us in the shuttle on the way to the hostel that we are in Africa! Crazy!
The hostel is an old plantation house, its really wierd looking and odly spaced out, and we have this mideval key to our door which is wierd.
Alright I'm gonna roll but i'll post again soon.
Miss all of you!
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