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Glassblowing
We don’t really do souvenirs. I mean we haven’t yet. We just don’t have room in our packs to stock pile things other than memories. As souvenirs go though I think we found one worthy of space in our luggage. We blew our own glass cups. Kitengela is a unique hotshop that allows complete amateurs…
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Luxor- December 14th- 15th
Luxor is the place to be when it comes to tombs. They still maintain their beautiful carvings and paintings even though most have been robbed of their silver, gold, gems, and mummies centuries ago. One gem we did find in Luxor was Mo our guide. He toured us through The Valley of the Kings, The…
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Egypt December 12th and 13th
Day#2 Alexandria: We had an early morning pick up for trip to Alexandria. Our driver got us from hotel at 7:00 am! The three hour drive to Alexandria and back was like a day trip to Calgary. Not something we do often but we were emotionally prepared for how long it would take. The kids…
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Egypt December 11th
The ache of constant travel is tough to overcome. You wake up you don’t remember which city you’re in, never mind which bed. The memory of home takes a few minutes to materialize in your head as you try to recall what your house looks like. You yearn for meals around the kitchen table and…
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Cable Management
Is this a boring post for most people? Yes. It is kind of important though because we’re striving to keep things tight and efficient. We cannot jam big digital SLR cameras, heavy textbooks, or bulky binders into our packs. In order to keep our bags as light as possible we’ve had to use digital tools.…
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Organizing and Planning
Early on in the planning of this little adventure I knew I needed a way to track the decisions and details. I had my top down calendar (blog post here) that helped me to block out and shift dates around. It helped to show approximately where we would be or wanted to be. What I…
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Inspiration (Update)
Throughout our planning and some of our adventures I’ve kept in touch with the family that inspired us to take this trip. The Lewis Family had their own epic family round the world adventure. They blogged about it here. Have a read of what they did. Here is the post where they write about being…
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Overnight Train: Cairo- Luxor
December 13th-14th Saying goodbye to our tour guide was hard. There were lots of hugs and tears. We knew Hanan was passing us off to good hands in Luxor so we slept easy with that fact. We slept on the SLEEPER TRAIN that is! I should mention that the last time I bundled travel with…
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Leipzig- September 3rd- 12th
As we look back over our 6 months of travelling we see that we have been blessed to have so many great experiences. Every time we look back on the last thing we did and think “We’ll never top that”! Well I think our time in Leipzig will remain at the top for a long…
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Dawa (Medicine)
In my time in Kijabe I have discovered that if you are feeling a little off, a little sick, there is no better place to be than a Kenyan café*. You will have easy access to DAWA! Dawa in Swahili means medicine and this drink will certainly help you heal. Dawa, when served as a hot…