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Recap: Loop 3 (Africa & Europe)
Hard to believe we have gotten to our 33rd episode – the recap of the 3rd and final loop of the travels. In this episode, Keith & Taylor discuss the trip and the lessons learned when it comes to traveling like this. Taylor shares some big news and Keith explains where “My Home is Special”…
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Recap: Egypt
Yikes! What happens when you go to place that you’ve wanted to visit “forever”? You end up with a lot to share. This whopper of an episode includes a conversation with Sayed and a lot of reflection with Taylor. In retrospect, we could have done a whole podcast on the time spent in Egypt. It…
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Recap: Ghana
Yikes! There was a lot to share after the first stop on our 3rd trip. In this episode, Keith reconnects with Kwame to talk about all the special places he visited in Ghana. Keith and Taylor talk about a “homecoming” vibe, history, and more. As an added bonus, we have a friend of the show…
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Ancient Egypt: 4 other stops!
<< Click here for photos >> When you do some many stops in a country with some many sites, it’s hard to organize all the photos. Inside here, the temple of Abu Simbel is the one that probably left me the most speechless. The carved this massive temple out of stone in a mountain. That’s…
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Ancient Egypt: Luxor
<< Click here for photos >> There is so much to see in Luxor, this gallery is pretty big. However, the massiveness of the sites warrants a massive gallery. This was towards the end of our time in Egypt, but we were still seeing things we’ve never seen before. It’s really hard to describe how…
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Ancient Egypt: Giza & Edfu
<< Click here for photos >> I admit, I was like a giddy little kid when I first spotted the temples through the urban sprawl. 9 days later, we were wrapping up the trip and I was still giddy when I saw them on the horizon from the highway. There is no describing how awesome they…
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Egypt: Scenes
<< Click here to see the photos >> We do a lot of walking when we travel. It’s one of the ways to experience the places we visit. In a lot of places, the entire vibe changes because cruise ships, large groups, and other influxes of people arrive and the vendors go into high gear. …
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Egypt: People
<< Click here to see the photos >> We met some great people along the way during our time in Egypt. Some were willing to have their photo taken. Language barriers are sometime an issue, but a smile is universal. Many of the people in here from Hay Al Asher were introduced to me by…
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Egypt: Museums
<< Click here for the photos >> Despite all of the on-site artifacts and amazing art, we still had to visit a bunch of museums during this trip. Museum photos aren’t always that interesting, but every now and then I see something that I want to snap. In this gallery, you will see mummified crocodiles,…
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Ep 14: Egypt – Sayed’s Home
Egypt has been on my bucket list for as long as I can remember. I was even more excited that Sayed agreed to talk about growing up there. The work he did after college was unlike any gap year I’ve heard before. It was all driven by his passion for making Egypt a better place. …
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Ghana – Coastal Cities & Koforidua
<< Click here for photos >> When we’re in a new (to us) country, we try to do a few stops to get the flavor of it from more than one POV. In Ghana, we started in Elmina & Cape Coast, then went Accra and Koforidua for a few days. After that we flew up…
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Kumasi, Ghana
<< Click here for photos >> On the advice of Kwame (from the podcast), we spent 3 nights in Kumasi. We found a great guide and ended up working with him both days were were there (shoutout to @Black_Root_Tours_Ghana). Over the course of two days, we had great food and saw a wide range of…
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Ghana – Historical Sites
<< Click here for photos >> One of my priorities for Ghana was to visit some of the “slave castles” that dot the coastline. Oversimplifying, these there collection points used by the slave traders to consolidate Africans in bondage before shipping them to the new world. Like the smaller one we visited on Goree Island…
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Ghana – Food!
<< Click here to see the photos >> Things got off to a great start in Ghana because I had Red Red and Plantains for my first meal in Elmina. From there, the eating was ON. I’m a big fan of stews and chili back home, so a country whose national dishes included a lot…
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Ep 11: Ghana – Kwame & Edem’s Home
A first kiss? Misheard lyrics? Beer? Yep. This episode has it all. Even better, we have TWO guests this time: Kwame and Edem. Visiting Ghana for the first time, it was great to hear about what makes it so special for this amazing couple. The heat is real! Ghana is our first stop on “Loop…
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