I got my first pay check in 6 months...life is good

Photos as promised


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Tuesday, July 31, 2007Last day, and by far the best day here at Limpopo. The day started out with a lesson in making stone tools. Its actually much harder than you may think, but eventually i got the hang of it. If i ever find myself lost in the middle of nowhere I'll be able to butcher an animal if needed. Following that, a visit to the Mapungubwe ( Read more... )

Friday, July 21, 2007Things just seem to be getting more amazing as time goes by. Yesterday, our group loaded up and went on a seven hour road trip from Johannesburg to the Limpopo province just a few miles from the Botswana/Zimbabwe border. Who knew riding in the rear of a Land Rover could be so fun? The drive was simply memorable. The landscape ( Read more... )

Wednesday, July 18, 2007Two days, two new continents. Africa is a nice place. My first impressions of Jo'burg after leaving the airport is that it reminded me of the midwest, but with hills. Security here is tight in most places as the city is considered to be unsafe in many places so a lot of the houses and buildings here have high walls and an ( Read more... )

Monday, July 16, 2007Greetings from London! I just pulled a reverse Columbus (or Drake if you prefer) and a Lindburgh too on my way to London. Yes, I'm actually headed to South Africa, but i had a 9 hour layover in London before my last leg to Jo'burg. I took advantage of those 9 hours (just like I had planned when I originally searched for tickets ( Read more... )

Thursday, June 7, 2007So yeah. I've been planning this trip for a few months. Finally came around, although we tried to convince more people to go at the last minute in order to split the costs more ways, but to no avail. Anyway, Bri and I left at around 4:30am to pick up Kwang and Daniel from their places, and we were on our way. Seemed like we ( Read more... )

So UCLA doesnt start classes until late September. Purdue lets out of school early May. That means a 5 month summer vacation! I'm going to try to make the most of it and chronicle my summer in my LJ as often as possible ( Read more... )

Well my wait is over. My journey started more than a year ago when Daniel and I went on our road trip to Berkeley. It totally changed the way I thought about everything. Last May, I started the process of preparing to transfer. I knew that Berkeley was where I wanted to be. But today I found out I won't be going there. I'm not disappointed since I ( Read more... )

West Lafayette, Indiana to Indianapolis, Indiana: 65 miles ( Read more... )