Last November I visited Zimbabwe with Ray's family. During that trip, while driving back to Harare after our holiday in Nyanga, we turned off the A14 highway at a small sign for St. Faith's High School. [...]
As I said in my previous post, I spent about a week in Zimbabwe with my boyfriend's family last month. Ray's mother grew up in Zimbabwe and Ray visited often when he was a kid. [...]
Apologies for the lag in posting lately. My trip to Zimbabwe was a month ago and I'm just writing about it now. Last month I traveled to Zim with Ray's family to celebrate his [...]
*Sketch by Fiver Löcker. Greetings, friends. It's the Melville Cat. It's been such a long time since I've posted; many of you might not even know who I am. Others may have feared I [...]
Three weeks ago, I was here: I still can't believe that I jumped off this bridge. Still need to write a full post about it. (Photo by Mark Jackson) Last week and the week [...]
I'm in Zimbabwe, halfway through a two-week photography and writing assignment for the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF). I'm traveling all over the country -- from the capital city of Harare to some [...]
Read parts 1 and 2 of this series. Livingstone, Zambia, was home base during my recent visit to Victoria Falls. But one of the great things about visiting the Falls is that they border [...]
Read parts 2 and 3 of this series. I just got back from a quick trip to Victoria Falls and the surrounding area. I visited three countries in four days, saw some of the [...]
Announcements: 1) A story about my Kruger trip has been published on travelgurus.co.za. Please check it out. 2) 2Summers turned one today! I wrote my first 2Summers post exactly a year ago, six weeks [...]
Joe’s brother Jim lives in Gaborone, the capital of Botswana. I’ve been looking forward to visiting Jim as I’m a huge fan of the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency novels, which are set in Gaborone (“Gabs” for [...]
There’s a big immigration story in South Africa this week. It’s not getting much international attention but it’s important for this country, and the story is timeless and universal in many ways. Zimbabwe, South [...]
If you’re a regular 2Summers reader, you know by now that I’m a big fan of South African street art. For the last few weeks, the bead guys have really stepped up their game, [...]