As Whitney alluded to in the previous post, we also have a video of our trip to Egypt! Well, to be more precise, we have lots of videos of our trip to Egypt. Over the course of ten days, we recorded nearly 400 individual clips, totaling more than 26gb of footage! Can you tell we enjoy travelingContinue reading “Egypt: the video”
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Egypt: Giza, Marsa Shagra, & Cairo
I’ve never actually sat down and made a ‘lifetime bucket list’, but if I had the Pyramids at Giza would have been on it. But not anymore! 🙂 And they don’t call them ‘great’ for nothin! We had three nights total in Cario which bookended our trip to Marsa Shagra for diving. The beginning ofContinue reading “Egypt: Giza, Marsa Shagra, & Cairo”
The Shwits Go to Egypt: Part 2
That’s right! As Whitney alluded to in Part 1, we are officially scuba certified! This is basically the whole reason we went to Egypt in the first place. And to make it even better, this was technically for the sake of my work and future career. A slight deviation to explain: As I have mentionedContinue reading “The Shwits Go to Egypt: Part 2”
The Shwits Go to Egypt: Part 1
I know… its a shock. It’s been months since we’ve posted anything, but for good reason! We’ve been laying low and patiently waiting. …for this We went on our first vacation! To Marsa Shagra, Egypt to learn how dive to be exact. It’s beautiful right? It’s still kind of hard to believe we just spentContinue reading “The Shwits Go to Egypt: Part 1”
Lake Victoria..the follow-up!
And…..I’m back (only a month late)! I know, I know, I should have done this post a long time ago. However, things have been very crazy as of late. For starters, my 4-week trip to Tanzania ended up being extended twice, for a total of 6 weeks. Then, after finally making it home, I hadContinue reading “Lake Victoria..the follow-up!”
Lake Victoria !
Greetings from Tanzania! I would do a Swahili greeting but I’m still working on that one. From my understanding, it is ‘habari’ which means hello/how are you? The problem is, ‘habari’ is typically followed by more specific things like how is your work, how is your family, etc. I haven’t mastered that part yet…..so Greetings!Continue reading “Lake Victoria !”
Tanzania, here I come !
Well, it’s official; I’m heading to Africa! This time next week, I’ll be on my way to Tanzania for fieldwork. Despite a few months of uncertainty and a significant amount of delay (to be expected when working with African nations), I’ll leave Sunday, September 21st and won’t return until October 20th. Living in Africa forContinue reading “Tanzania, here I come !”
The Shwits 