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Tuesday, May 30 2006 @ 08:55 AM EDT |
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Well, it has been entirely too long, and because of that we have stories to tell…boy, do we have stories…. Our trip up north was by turns exciting, scary and bizarre. I was hired by Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) to visit several villages in northern Mozambique and interview the beneficiaries of their projects. I wrote the case studies and Dan took photos. That was the exciting part. The first 24 hours of the trip would be the scary, bizarre part.
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Sunday, April 02 2006 @ 03:53 AM EDT |
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Very exciting news: Jamy and I are off for some incredible adventures up in the Northern reaches of Mozambique. We are soo excited. And even though we've read a ton about it, and spoke to several people who have been there, it's still hard for us to even imagine what we will find. (Other than extremely hot weather conditions). As we have said before, Maputo, the capital of Mozambique where we live, is like a little island unto itself. Maputo is in the Southern most province and only 1-hour's drive from the South African border. In many respects, leaving Maputo is like leaving for another African country.
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Thursday, November 24 2005 @ 05:27 AM EST |
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Whelp, it has been a while since either Dan or I wrote a blog post. I’m
very sorry to say that Dan has abandoned the blog for this thing he calls….
V-i-d-e-o G-a-m-e-s. Actually, drop the “s” because there is only
one video game in Dan’s world, I believe it’s called World Of Warcraft
and it has possessed his mind. Here’s is a typical day at the Bondillaro’s.

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Sunday, April 17 2005 @ 06:12 AM EDT |
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 “Who ever heard of a Grandfather who can’t fix a computer?”
This is one of my favorite little-kid-lines, care of Dan’s niece, Angela,
who gave her Papa a whole lotta grief for his less-than-standard printing skills….
And, she has a point.
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Friday, April 01 2005 @ 01:48 PM EST |
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 So we're going to an elephant reserve to do some overnight camping and we're
going to have a little braai by the praia.
But what do you bring to meet the elephants? Pants, paints,
shorts, scrabble, bathing suits? Can you bring an acoustic guitar? What if the
elephants don't like the songs? Don't tell me you've never seen pissed off pachyderm?
It ain't pretty. They huff, snuff, snarl and stomp their feet and flap their
ears as if to fly away. Imagine something as cute
and spunky as Gidget,
as unpredictable as a Flying
Nun, crossed with an ornery Snuffleupagus.
All
the while, keeping
in mind, that at any time they could
just walk on top of you. (There's a puzzle there somewhere). ((I think)).
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Friday, December 17 2004 @ 08:27 AM EST |
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 Hey folks, I’m back with a blog post! This is not because I’m itching
to share my personal thoughts and experiences with the public, but because the
last few weeks of my life have consisted of conversations such as this:
Dan: “When are you going to post to the blog?
When?
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Thursday, September 16 2004 @ 12:22 PM EDT |
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 So, in case you live in a cave (and I hope its comfy you techno-fearing luddite),
here's a bit of news f or you. This just in: Blogs are becoming more and more
popular. (And you thought they would just go away. D'oh!). Did any of you see
the link I posted to the Blogs Of
War site? (Did'ja click on it?). It has some really interesting material
they have collected (everything, so they claim) about the war in Iraq and has
tons and tons of comments from both the far right and far left wings of... just
about everything you can imagine. (including links to marines in Iraq who are
keeping blogs). Also, on a more local note, Jamy & I have begun to discover
that there are a few other ex-pat bloggers here in Mozambique. For example,
there is a Peace Corps Volunteer by the name of John
Dutton, that is blogging his whole experience up in Chokwe, Mozambique.
After reading his blog, Jamy & I contacted John and asked if we could come
and visit him and his site, sit-in on some of the classes he teaches and ask
a few questions of his students about their views on AIDS to help further Jamy's
project. He responded with a resounding yes! (John is in a unique 'blogging
situation', as he doesn't really have Internet access at his site and is having
someone else maintain his blog for him... But his blog is great and his experiences
really worth while reading). So, as we sat in our apartment making plans to
go visit this digital stranger, John in Chokwe, that got me thinking: if John
Dutton has this great blog that enabled us to find him and visit him... perhaps
there are others out here in Mozambique that are also keeping blogs. (If you
haven't clicked on any links yet: The community
chest (aka blogster, aka dungeon master) says - You must return to the top of
the page and re-read it. You do not pass go. You do not collect 200,000 metticais.
BTW, what's up with the exchange rate? I'm losing my shirt on Ventnor Avinida.
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"Malolotja Nature Reserve is a highveld conservation area, cared for by the Swaziland National Trust Commission for the nation. Covering 18,000 hectares of montane grassland, protea savannah, forested ravines and upland yleis, it provide a sanctuary for a wide diversity of plants and animals, many of which are endangered and endemic to the region.
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