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, August 26, 2013

How I almost got deported...

I'm writing this as I just managed to squeak onto my flight to Cape Town with 5 minutes to spare as South African Airways just went on strike at JNB and CPT and my flight ex-Nairobi was seriously delayed. 

I was just informed by a customs official that going to Kenya did not in fact renew my visa and I have 4 days left to figure out how to stay in South Africa or face deportation. I thought he was about to put me on a flight to New York but I think my having a minor panic attack may have swayed his decision.


Tomorrow I will be at the US embassy applying for a residency permit because I am NEVER going through that again. 

4 days to make it work. At least I made my flight to CPT.  

Ill post about Kenya later when I can breathe properly again. 

- Rh
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