Entries from May 2007

May 22, 2007

Last few days in Africa

May 18 – 21
Our last few days at the conference were a great way to wrap up our trip. We attended some interesting presentations and discussions on everything from the environment to starting our own projects. We socialized a lot with people from all over the globe during lunches and evening shows. There were amazing [...]

May 22, 2007

Home Again

Just a quick note to let everyone know I have retuned to Canada. Was an exhausting trip home, waking at 5:30am in Africa to catch my bus and (if I don’t adjust my watch for the time change) getting to bed at 6:30am the following day back home.
Its good to travel but its always [...]

May 20, 2007

May 18, 2007

May 2-4

Hey, just a quick hello to everyone and hope you all enjoy your May 2-4 weekend back home. Have a cold one for me. Cheers

May 18, 2007

Our Environment, Our Future

May 17
Today was the day of our big presentation. We all wore our team outfits and gathered at the hall to watch the first few speakers. One speaker from the US did a great presentation on the environment, its was almost exactly like Al Gores “Inconvenient Truth” (shame on you if you haven’t seen it) [...]

May 15, 2007

Weekend Safari

Monday May 14
The day started early with a pancake breakfast (sorry, doesn’t compare to our pancakes and syrup) as the sun began to rise and we left for the morning safari at 7am. We were all ready for another round of sightings hoping to find the lion and leopards we missed the previous night. [...]