Monday, January 13, 2025
Here’s a video recap of what we thought about our 24-day overlanding safari tour of Africa. What did we like? Dislike? Would we do it again? Find out below. And here’s a short montage video someone on our tour made for his students—focusing on the first few days of the East Africa portion of our tour—using a 360 camera. And if you missed it, here’s more on the overlanding truck we used:
Elephants peacefully snacking on some grass in Mikumi National Park in Tanzania. -S 🇹🇿
A little bit about the overlanding vehicle we’ve been traveling in the last three weeks through Africa. -S
Tuesday, December 24, 2024
We spent two nights in a tented camp in Khwai Conservation Area, with our first “full day” of safari game drives—one in the early morning and another in the late afternoon and past sunset. Here’s an update on our first morning game safari, which was very fun. And another update after our sunset game safari, which also includes a bit more on our accommmodations here. We recorded this second video from our subsequent tented camp near Chobe National Park, which overlooked an elephant watering hole.
🎥 Roadside elephants in Botswana
Tuesday, December 10, 2024
A short video recapping our time in the UAE. Some other observations: English was the primary language on most of the signs we saw in Dubai; Arabic was also included, but in smaller font below the English version. That’s probably not too surprising—nearly 90% of Dubai is foreigners. Each Emirate seemed a bit distinct
Tuesday, December 10, 2024
Here’s a video recap of our time in Hong Kong and Macau. It was a short visit, especially after having to trim several days from our original itinerary, but we felt like we saw enough to call it done. One of my favorite parts of our time in Hong Kong was simply sitting at the edge of two tap houses and watching everyone pass by; it’s a great city for people watching.
Monday, December 2, 2024
A video recap of our time in Teipai, Taiwan—including what went wrong. 🎥🇹🇼
Monday, December 2, 2024
A short recap of our experience in Seoul. 🇰🇷🎥