Happy Cinco!

Hi guys,

I hope you all are enjoying Cinco de Mayo! I am sorry to miss it…I could really go for a margarita and some chips and salsa right about now. I forget how hard it is to get Mexican food internationally.

Sorry for the hiatus, but work has been consuming all my time lately. But today is officially our last day of the project! We spent the last week working non-stop on our case. While it is sad not to see it through to the end, we are very happy with what we were able to accomplish and believe we have set a good foundation for those who will take it from here.

I took one last trip up north this past Wednesday. The combination of seeing the living conditions, hearing tragic stories of people suffering, and just a long trip was emotionally draining. However, witnessing the problems is a great motivational tool. I came away reinvigorated that our work is worthwhile and that, while change is sometimes a slow process, it is both possible and necessary.

Tonight we have a farewell dinner, and then at 2AM tomorrow morning a group of six of us head off to Victoria Falls. It’s an incredibly long drive, but we should get in by tomorrow evening. I think is unfathomable, but my Lonely Planet says that Vic Falls flows at a rate of over one million liters PER SECOND, and we are just coming off of one of the rainiest seasons in years. I am really looking forward to the next two weeks of fun travel.

I have been pretty bad about taking pictures these past few days, so below are just a few fun ones from my trip so far (walking through a cave up by Sossusvlei, eating kudu, crocodile, zebra kebab, nothing for miles around, and an ice cream cone in Swakopmund). And yes, those are giraffes just running by the side of the road. I hope you are all doing well, and I miss you guys!

Gab