Who are we?

This blog is an agglomeration of the thoughts and experiences of two American girls who packed up and moved to South Africa on a whim. Caz from Fairfield, Connecticut and Mandy from Milwaukee, Wisconsin first met as roommates in 4127 on Semester at Sea in Fall of 2010.
In the interim, Caz returned to finish her Bachelor of Science with a double major in Biology (concentration in Microbiology) and Geography with a minor in Chemistry at the University of Miami in Florida, while Mandy took a hiatus to rediscover her real passion working with pregnant women, advocating for home birth and delivering babies outside of a hospital environment. We reconvened to follow both of our fields of study (read: hopes, dreams, asiprations, life goals, etc.) outside of the United States. Hello South Africa?

We are both here for at least a year and a half, though the more time we spend falling in love with South Africa, the more we'd like to think it'll be longer. We are both starting jobs in November/December: Caz working with infectious disease at a hospital clinic and Mandy beginning her training to become a certified midwife. Before then, we are both writing a book about our experiences leading up to this adventure as well as the multitude of serendipitous happenings that led us here.

As always, feel free to comment or ask questions. If you have an interest in a topic, let us know and we will surely oblige you (within reason). Enjoy!

Monday, October 28, 2013

Runaway (to Namibia?!)

Hey everyone! 

Sorry for the serious lack of posting - we've been more than swamped in the last week what with Semester at Sea docking in Cape Town and us volunteering as helpful local alumni and flying up to Namibia to start another sojourn across Southern Africa for the next seven days. We promise to update with tales of urban excitement followed by the stark wilderness of Namibia, Botswana and Zambia as soon as we can, though we're slated to be sleeping out in Bushmen camps so not sure on the wifi situation. My guess is it's not iPhone friendly, but that's how I prefer my Africa anyway. 

In any case, goodnight for now and we'll be back soon with more tales of adventure. 

As always, runaway! 
- Rh
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