On Safari Part 2 – Gorilla Trekking in Uganda
After a night at camp along the shore of the Kenyan side of Lake Victoria, once thought to be the source of the Nile, we set out for the border of Uganda, excited by the idea that we would be sitting amongst the Mountain Gorilla in
On Safari Part 1 – Kenya
After a surreal wedding and honeymoon week spent on the island of Lamu, off the coast of northern Kenya, it was time to move on. We said goodbye to all of our new friends and hopped a prop plane from the Manda airstrip and headed back
Masai Mara
Morning feed in the Masai Mara, Kenya, Africa. Lila and I are currently on a 21 day safari that will take us through several game parks from Kenya to Tanzania.
A Swahili Wedding
Just a few weeks before leaving the Seychelles Jeff and I decided to get married in Lamu, an island off the northern coast of Kenya. We always knew that we would tie the knot on this year long journey, but deciding where and when was another
The Bibi Harusi (The Bride)
Two days prior to our wedding ceremony Sheila from the hotel arranged to have Amina, a local henna artist, come over to apply Lila's wedding henna. WIth the precision of a skilled tattoo artist, Amina artfully rendered traditional Swahili bridal designs from memory with nothing more
Images from Dubai
Lila and I have completed our five week stint with GVI. With a week remaining in the Seychelles we will be spending some time getting the blog updated as well as getting our remaining images up from Brazil and the Seychelles. In the meantime, click here
News from the Indian Ocean
After completing our first month on the GVI Seychelles program, Lila and I have finally found some time (and a somewhat worthy Internet connection) to update you on our time here. Since we have limited time online this afternoon we will just give you the highlights
Off to GVI Camp in the Seychelles
UPDATE: Lila and I have just completed our first two weeks at the GVI camp. We are now officially PADI Advanced divers with our coral reef research specialties. This week we will get to work surveying the reef. We've also heard that whale sharks have been
Brazil
Well rested after our two week stop in Buenos Aires and it was time to move on once again, so we hopped a plane and headed for Brazil, the last South American country on our itinerary. After arriving in the enormous Brazilian city of Sao Paulo,
