Hi everyone! (I say this, assuming that its more than just my parents reading my blogs...it's a lot more fun writing assuming that I have an audience, even though I think that I amuse myself most of all, just writing them, than most could get out of reading my musings on my life and times here). I apologise for the delay in my blogging about my amazing May holiday with my dad, touring this extraordinary country. I hope to be able to piece it all together bef...

Day 4 of our journey, another early morning saw us on our way to Sossusvlei, a clay pan in the Namib desert, surrounded by some of the world's largest sand dunes. We arrived at our camp site mid-day and took the day to relax by the pool and make use of the scalding-hot water in the showers. That day I had purchased a large supply of Tassenberg (cheap red wine) and Coke in order to make punyapunya- a popular drink in the north, made up of simply mixing the two, ...

...Continued from last blog, Cape Town, South Africa... Since a good chunk of our morning had been eaten up by the excitement of the morning, it was nearly noon by the time we caught at taxi to Table Mountain, a big plateau in the middle of the city. It's a 4-minute tram, with a rotating floor, up the mountain, or a 1.5 hour hike if you're really ambitious. The view was..spectacular. From on top of the plateau you could see the city stretching out on all sid...

A Thank-you to KLO Middle School staff and students: In this entry I want to extend a heartfelt thank you and express my immeasurable gratitude to the teachers, staff, and most especially the students of KLO Middle School for their incredible generosity in raising money for the learners of Shaanika Nashilongo Secondary School in Okahao, Namibia. I was blown away and overwhelmed upon receiving over $800 from my mother, Mrs. Taylor, in contributions from your...

Back to School Adventure I apologize that it's been so long since my last blog entry. This past month has been so jam-packed with action, adventure and travel that it would have been a shame to interrupt it all by pausing to blog. I am back in Okahao at this point in time after a month of school holidays, spent with my dad touring around Namibia, and in Windhoek for WorldTeach midservice sessions. To elaborate on all of May is too overwhelming for me righ...