Baboons, Bungy, Beards, Beaches, and Buses

Wow its been way too long. Sorry all you dedicated followers...

So we ended off at Zanzibar. From there we took a ferry to Dar es Saleem. We couldn't get off the ferry until the morning when it was light because of the crime. From there we boarded a train for over a day. That was quite interesting. We then stayed a night in Mbeya and got up early to get a bus to Malawi. We bought a ticket to the border and then another one that would take us from the border to the next big town. Well when we got to the border, there were no buses and we got screwed...little did we know we were on punked and Ashton K came running around the corner screaming "you've been punked jamie." I was alittle embarrassed but gave props to AK for getting me. Eventually we decided to get a taxi and get to Lake Malawi (it was Ashton's taxi, so he was stranded at the border).

Lake Malawi, wow. Incredible. We stayed at this hostel right on the water. We had a balcony where we sat and watched the kids playing and the sun rising. Yes i know this is alittle too romantic for 2 guys. Don't worry Rach, he loves you more. We spent a few days there, wish it was longer. Naturally we met these 2 local guys, Maurice and Amos. They were artists, so we decided to pay for 2 t-shirts that they would make us. Nicks read "No my friend, i do not need a taxi" and mine read "Stephen Harper, not obama" We get asked alot about how Obama is and whether we need a taxi.

From there we spent a few days traveling to Zambia. This is where we would see the great Victoria Falls. It was truely amazing. There wasn't as much water as most pictures show because its the low season, but that allowed us to do some amazing things. The first day we started walking around the falls and this guy approached me. He asked me about my Stephen Harper shirt. After we chatted and i told him the Flames are a terrible hockey team, we found out that Mike and Kelly are from Calgary. So we went with them to the Devil's Pool. This is a pool that overlooks the falls and can only be swam in when there isn't as much water. We were literally swimming in a pool that was inches from us falling over the falls to our death. It was amazing. At one point, we stuck half our bodies over the falls. The next day we went bungy jumping. Mike joined us and Kelly did a sweet job on documenting this legendary day. So thrilling. We loved it. ON the way back, we were walking and there were some baboons. As the big one passed me, i came up behind it and started mimicking it and making monkey sounds. Mike was laughing and trying to film it. The baboon didn't like this, so it charged me. I turned a ran. So did Mike. Eventually it stopped and we were laughing for awhile. I was definitely taken by surprise. That baboon and its rabies put some fear in me. The next day we rafted the Zambezi River with MIke and Kelly, as well as Chris and Mitch. They were from Winnipeg. It was an all canadian boat. Those 5 days were quite a highlight.

We then left Zambia and went through Botswana for a few days. We hitchiked to the Namibian border with truckers who were carrying these huge tanks. One of the trucks broke down, so we were sitting in the middle of the Kalahari desert with a truck that was over heated. Eventually it worked out and they brought us to the city. From there we were looking to get to Windhoek, the capital city of Namibia. This massive, mean looking german guy picked us up and said we could sit in the back of his big semi on top of the carrotts he was delivering. We were jacked. He took us the remainder of the 3 hours and we were finally there after like 3 days of travel. Windhoek is very German. It really isn't like anything we experienced in Africa. Its more like Europe, so it was a nice break from the poverty. From there we went to the coast to Swakopmund. We sandboarded there on the beautiful dunes. We played in the cold atlantic ocean and we even spent a few hours building sandcastles. We were getting a little anxious to leve and go to south Africa.

We took a 24 hour bus to Cape Town and that is where we are now. It is stunning here. The ocean, mountians, beaches. So gorgeous. We have been here 2 nights. We are currently staying at my buddy Carl's Uncle's Bed and Breakfast. Martin his uncle has been great. Put us up in his house, gave us his car for the day. Awesome man. Surfing and swimming with sharks are to come. We are meeting Mike and Kelly to see the sharks with them. 17 days and we are through with Africa and onto India.

Today we went wine tasting, olive oil tasting. A little out of our comfort zone but that is what this trip is about. The average age of the wine tour we did was probably 88, hahaha. Cool old people i tell you.

NO pics for now, but the pics are coming for real, so don't get mad Ash. SOme poetry too.

Sorry for the long delay. That was the short version. There are many more stories.