Category: Gap Year
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March 7, 2019
Can you believe I’ve been in Africa for 2 months already? I’m halfway done with my time in Namibia but it’s been great. I took a break from volunteering this week to be a tourist. I will have minimal time away from working for the remainder of my time in Africa so it was a…
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March 1, 2019
Week one in Namibia is finished. This week I was at the main sanctuary outside Windhoek doing work similar to what I did in Zimbabwe. The schedule is nice though because we are always doing something different between the morning and afternoon. I am leaving tomorrow to go to Etosha National Park in the northern…
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February 25, 2019
Hello from Namibia! Internet is sparse here so I will not be able to post as much as I did in Zimbabwe but I will try to update weekly. I arrived late Thursday night and had quiet some trouble finding my tent in the dark. The living conditions are raised tents with beds inside. They…
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February 22, 2019
This is my last post from Zimbabwe. As I’m sitting in the airport writing this, I can’t help but feel like I’m not supposed to be leaving. I’m excited for my next project in Namibia but I’m so sad to be leaving Chipangali. What an incredible first 6 weeks. The rest of my time has…
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February 12, 2019
Time has flown by faster than I could have ever expected. I can’t believe I leave this place in 8 days. I’m so excited for Namibia and my new adventure but I love this place so much. I’m already planning when I’m going to come back and I haven’t even left yet. This past week…
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February 6, 2019
Wow, tomorrow is one month in this incredible place. Two weeks left and I know they are going to fly by. We’ve got an (almost) whole new set of volunteers since I got here. I have two new roommates: Yuki, a 23-year old student from Japan, and Noa, a 22-year old student from Israel. We…
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January 31, 2019
I can’t believe tomorrow is February. I officially have 3 weeks left in Zimbabwe. Lindsay left on Tuesday and I’m really missing her and the others that have left. I’m so happy we had the time together that we did because it really made my first few weeks here incredible. Sunday was Micky’s birthday so…
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January 26, 2019
Today was the end of work week number three! Wow, how time has flown by. My time in Zimbabwe is almost halfway done but there’s still so much to look forward to! This week was a hard one though. We had a few highs and some lows as well. We worked really hard and are…
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January 21, 2019
It’s officially the end of week two! Victoria left this morning and it was very sad:-( You don’t realize how close you get to people so fast here because we spend 24 hours together (most of the time without access to the outside world). I love having the opportunity to meet people from other countries…
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January 17, 2019
Sorry for the silence! It has been quite a week here in Zimbabwe. Monday afternoon was the start of a 3-day strike throughout the country because of the increased gas prices. Unfortunately, internet and cellular networks were shut off so I haven’t been able to post. We are completely safe at the orphanage and are…
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