tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11200864488849955732024-03-13T11:49:37.536-07:00____ WhereIsHolden? Positions, Projects, and Ponderings of a world wandering engineerHoldenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01164992563260946309noreply@blogger.comBlogger223125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1120086448884995573.post-4267362086779393642024-01-08T13:21:00.000-08:002024-01-08T13:24:14.863-08:00What 2024 could look like<p>Not-optimized or ranked list of stuff I want to do in 2024:</p><p>Most days:</p><p></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Drink water (1.5 glasses) very first thing.</li><li>Don't check phone for first little bit</li><li>Meditate for 10 mins.</li><li>Hug every family member.</li><li>Read a bit.</li><li>Don't check phone for last little bit.</li></ol><p></p><p>Most weeks:</p><p></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Spend 6 hours per week on personal passion projects (spark joy in self, be a model for kids, and discover a <a href="https://havenofthereaders.com/2022/06/04/how-your-blue-flame-discovers-your-passion-for-you/" target="_blank">blue flame</a>).</li><li>Date with partner: connect, generate joy & passion (minimal kiddo talk).</li><li>More than 1 gym session.</li><li>More than 1 trail run or similar.</li></ol><p></p><p>Most months:</p><p></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Life check-in: Are all family members getting what they need?</li></ol><div>Once per year:</div><div><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>A personal getaway.</li></ol></div><p></p><p>With kids:</p><p></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Kind and Firm. (Compassion & Boundaries.)</li><li>Lean into their passions a bit more; suggest mine a bit less.</li><li>Phone away while with them (unless related to them, and/or for jotting a note/to do for later)</li></ol><p></p><p>With friends:</p><p></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Try for weekly check-ins; don't wait for crises.</li><li>Maintain a formal men's group, as well as informal friend relationships. </li></ol><p></p><p><br /></p><p>Inspired a bit by a couple of tweets:</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li> <a href="https://twitter.com/BrianFeroldi/status/1740374290888090063" target="_blank">Brian's framework for Vision, Mission, Goals, Actions.</a></li></ul><div><br /></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li> <a href="https://twitter.com/SahilBloom/status/1725872953357652425" target="_blank">Sahil's "Anti-To-Do List" here</a>. -- it bears noting that I love a lot of the other ones on his list, but simply haven't personally struggled with them, so not worth holding as my core beliefs. An example is "Do not allow comparison, envy, or jealousy to enter your headspace." and of course, since I hardly post anything online, "Do not fall victim to the algorithm vortex."</li></ul><div><br /></div><p></p>Holdenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01164992563260946309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1120086448884995573.post-77496152072475381222024-01-04T11:55:00.000-08:002024-01-04T11:55:16.573-08:00Are you Wealthy?<p> <span style="font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"> A while back I enjoyed a weekend program through nonprofit alternative business school called</span><span style="font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"> </span><a href="https://groundswellschool.com/" style="font-size: x-large; text-align: center;" target="_blank">Groundswell</a><span style="font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"> in Vancouver. It focused on our relationship to money, skills and serving specific communities, and a bit of decolonization thinking.</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The program challenged us to define "wealth" in a broader context; to be more diverse than simply money. As a group, we identified 8 types of capital, and financial (or "money") was just 1 of those:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><ul><li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Social Capital</span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Cultural Capital</span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Spiritual Capital</span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Experiential Capital</span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Intellectual Capital</span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Financial Capital</span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Material Capital</span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Natural Capital</span></li></ul></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">There were some graphics in the program (which I don't have access to), but I ended up creating a little one of my own as a reminder - and thought it would be fun to share here. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEheQcP2y1pDbcffjt5HAQ5a0zh5kmZLljlllYwA86o4sxFpXdFIs-OZJKFwgfj_rJ0Xxhrz1KUozXxuE1qetXewv-9jo1GnvD804aVz_qCIsYtNVskjE4F7g6BamQUkXm_e_dIcauDLDtTCLcMa6f7GVCnElPJTA78Kt6KlIAK5cRE_jLBQ12hSvdWSKCuA" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="979" data-original-width="1508" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEheQcP2y1pDbcffjt5HAQ5a0zh5kmZLljlllYwA86o4sxFpXdFIs-OZJKFwgfj_rJ0Xxhrz1KUozXxuE1qetXewv-9jo1GnvD804aVz_qCIsYtNVskjE4F7g6BamQUkXm_e_dIcauDLDtTCLcMa6f7GVCnElPJTA78Kt6KlIAK5cRE_jLBQ12hSvdWSKCuA=w640-h416" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">8 forms of capital; there are likely many others!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Do you feel guilty? Do you feel proud? Do you feel optimistic / excited?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Do you feel wealthy?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span> </span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><u>What's one positive way you will change how you speak in the future?</u></div><br /></span></div>Holdenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01164992563260946309noreply@blogger.com0Vancouver, BC, Canada49.2827291 -123.120737520.972495263821152 -158.27698750000002 77.59296293617885 -87.9644875tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1120086448884995573.post-15727727464810920052023-01-01T22:57:00.001-08:002023-01-03T13:36:21.080-08:002022 Holiday road trip in a Tesla<p><span style="font-size: large;">When our winter flights to visit family in the US were cancelled, we decided to get our bags back from the airline and jump in the car for a last-minute winter road trip!</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAR3o2DBzVYFGhoi-3q45dY_x13h3rucMdHjDQXQGC6_FgAdkD-qzpECaK40jCQYJM7y49CCwJH2KSGAXhjdUsXlGx9KyPiBtUhmZX14l4zTt1z9bxoA7swsUsy-mauRyBjGrmdOizzETeXvXKYX_GkxzfkcDKuCbyhy30fxP9AT3Eme0PgaNnkv4bHw/s4608/IMG_20221217_104348%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAR3o2DBzVYFGhoi-3q45dY_x13h3rucMdHjDQXQGC6_FgAdkD-qzpECaK40jCQYJM7y49CCwJH2KSGAXhjdUsXlGx9KyPiBtUhmZX14l4zTt1z9bxoA7swsUsy-mauRyBjGrmdOizzETeXvXKYX_GkxzfkcDKuCbyhy30fxP9AT3Eme0PgaNnkv4bHw/w300-h400/IMG_20221217_104348%20(1).jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-size: large;">A friend suggested that we share our experience, as we're still in (relatively) early days of electric vehicle adoption. It's not bleeding edge any more, by any means, but many people wonder what a road trip in an EV can look like. More notes on this at the bottom, compared to our previous car, a 2016 Nissan Leaf. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhrD5BEoEAioGv2s9pl_MkD3Ef85Su-YfJP6BNRXVt_bSVvdp2QcjxTo4lcbYQa-CvU9joAlMNUuc1ZusC5ISgMA_AIArMiePT-aosjNvjX207db4svxvdhA_02JjTUL7XfV-Tfwy_S502n9OX-4kpqpv1n5r7igbH0RUwBwJHaVShJtnUwlOa-QbitQ/s4608/IMG_20221219_145601.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhrD5BEoEAioGv2s9pl_MkD3Ef85Su-YfJP6BNRXVt_bSVvdp2QcjxTo4lcbYQa-CvU9joAlMNUuc1ZusC5ISgMA_AIArMiePT-aosjNvjX207db4svxvdhA_02JjTUL7XfV-Tfwy_S502n9OX-4kpqpv1n5r7igbH0RUwBwJHaVShJtnUwlOa-QbitQ/w640-h480/IMG_20221219_145601.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;">Our route was Squamish, BC > Portland, OR > Ashland, OR > Reno, NV > Park City, UT.</span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhveBnwg6qxl6sRzPGBnN85_z7UhMU2floEwzDZDOKdMnRoaUZ9N59kzjD1qsbtoLBC1pVT2egxa8L-zUj3Yb3MDX4JMJn1fzf1BB4xQWnZF7nS_seRDbyDXwiU5wa3uAvREoM0WBanr1Q4OIKFsY-jdkHF234_CXUMctVOaSbmaWNHs2C-880GoaDLHw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="" data-original-height="590" data-original-width="962" height="392" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhveBnwg6qxl6sRzPGBnN85_z7UhMU2floEwzDZDOKdMnRoaUZ9N59kzjD1qsbtoLBC1pVT2egxa8L-zUj3Yb3MDX4JMJn1fzf1BB4xQWnZF7nS_seRDbyDXwiU5wa3uAvREoM0WBanr1Q4OIKFsY-jdkHF234_CXUMctVOaSbmaWNHs2C-880GoaDLHw=w640-h392" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">If you're curious whether there are enough chargers, here's the same map showing <a href="https://www.tesla.com/supercharger" target="_blank">Tesla Superchargers</a>; the network that we used:</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjJ8dpVXbFIOzoz7WnnLMRXmoOT09q69Kdjg4XJvHQ8TeUKmnI75DNohx2pYABa3BWOyIgrz3Kkgy_P6oloQZbTYnCO_clGHOG8KqzQvcF_3XpOdUJpjJx7j3qozw8AWCE3PhfppnHYRU3guy1jA4yp_0PXWcF2EJ3-s3HW7uI6B4Jl9A41YFXk82Wc-A" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="" data-original-height="786" data-original-width="747" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjJ8dpVXbFIOzoz7WnnLMRXmoOT09q69Kdjg4XJvHQ8TeUKmnI75DNohx2pYABa3BWOyIgrz3Kkgy_P6oloQZbTYnCO_clGHOG8KqzQvcF_3XpOdUJpjJx7j3qozw8AWCE3PhfppnHYRU3guy1jA4yp_0PXWcF2EJ3-s3HW7uI6B4Jl9A41YFXk82Wc-A=w380-h400" width="380" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">And if you include hotels and other places with 'overnight' chargers, you get even more options:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjIHUzjqC_xX26BGMXTeeem7bU2gpYN93BO3Exjn6rGm9RrqM28LXXzVvxRIc_Qai6oyj65Vj3pZoTmRizNUVXQzXC9259kxbYfirC8hnd6rIpPEV7xQbncLFzJMqnAW8bIaHkinbVUFb8zNtrUg37aamiOLoM0-G592gkFnWtxfgQdHHAbvaLk6R-qEg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="" data-original-height="785" data-original-width="744" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjIHUzjqC_xX26BGMXTeeem7bU2gpYN93BO3Exjn6rGm9RrqM28LXXzVvxRIc_Qai6oyj65Vj3pZoTmRizNUVXQzXC9259kxbYfirC8hnd6rIpPEV7xQbncLFzJMqnAW8bIaHkinbVUFb8zNtrUg37aamiOLoM0-G592gkFnWtxfgQdHHAbvaLk6R-qEg=w378-h400" width="378" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">So yeah, there's plenty of chargers for road trips these days. </span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Here's our trip on Tesla's online trip planner (similar to the in-car navigation, but with less info available [in the car you can also access real-time charger availability, food & shopping nearby, etc.])</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhIRr9esbNjngT1COfjGv6_YyFujB6uSFcy8Vs3JFcaeIJ8L3bYUtDreCrebztaCeifFXHToj9Ki7u069Mmsx1-S2wBQJUp01Exa4peThof0NxnmBgdJeUJoJln4HGL62s9HvJdk2apflGOV4LZc-73ZozZSi9fY7Mk71Sgp9zwGYHvM71GJPyNOzIQuQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="" data-original-height="489" data-original-width="729" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhIRr9esbNjngT1COfjGv6_YyFujB6uSFcy8Vs3JFcaeIJ8L3bYUtDreCrebztaCeifFXHToj9Ki7u069Mmsx1-S2wBQJUp01Exa4peThof0NxnmBgdJeUJoJln4HGL62s9HvJdk2apflGOV4LZc-73ZozZSi9fY7Mk71Sgp9zwGYHvM71GJPyNOzIQuQ=w400-h269" width="400" /></span></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.tesla.com/trips#/?v=MY_2020_LongRange&o=Squamish,%20BC,%20Canada_Squamish%20Squamish%20Squamish-Lillooet@49.7016339,-123.1558121&s=Reno,%20NV,%20USA_Reno%20Washoe%20County%20NV@39.529919,-119.8142691+Park%20City,%20UT,%20USA_Park%20City%20Summit%20County%20UT@40.6460622,-111.4979729&d=Squamish,%20BC,%20Canada_Squamish%20Squamish%20Squamish-Lillooet@49.7016339,-123.1558121" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Click here to see the planner & plan your own trip.</span></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">By timing our drives well, we were able to navigate around severe weather and didn't need to drive in any terribly snowy / icy conditions, thankfully. While in Boise, we did contemplate driving straight west to Portland, and then north, as that would have kept us on the boring, but very-well-plowed primary highways, but it would have added a few hours and the weather was good enough to let us go direct.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4T0kXY2Jh9PjgIXCxjBlOdpHCTkMCThsYA5geoJ7xIm07VTfORmGaUGtBjU6gexFpkOLbH15HKeiimGFZ1YNUlVOU6m6x13hYrUrTsJFWMXB2428tb_zSGPpDcskw9ApwUmEut_16vDzAv_vR430gp12nwTl2J-eXW4zoj63LQLkkpbEWG6WAg86Kwg/s4608/IMG_20221230_090937.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4T0kXY2Jh9PjgIXCxjBlOdpHCTkMCThsYA5geoJ7xIm07VTfORmGaUGtBjU6gexFpkOLbH15HKeiimGFZ1YNUlVOU6m6x13hYrUrTsJFWMXB2428tb_zSGPpDcskw9ApwUmEut_16vDzAv_vR430gp12nwTl2J-eXW4zoj63LQLkkpbEWG6WAg86Kwg/w640-h480/IMG_20221230_090937.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><p><span style="font-size: large;">Charging at home (on a dryer plug) costs us roughly 1/4th the cost of gas, but using Level 3 / Fast chargers / Superchargers is closer to 1/2 the cost of gas or a bit more. So it feels expensive, but honestly, is fine for the few road trips that we do each year.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">We spent CA$427 (~US$315) at Tesla Superchargers, plus plugging in at 2 friends houses overnight (about $5 of charge each); so the total cost was about CA$440 (US$325). <b>With about 4300 km on the total trip (above map + some day trips), that comes out to about CAD$0.10 per km, or US$0.12 per mile.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Besides charging, the only other significant costs and maintenance costs we've had on our car in the past 2+ years is:</span></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: large;">Insurance</span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;">Winter tires + chains</span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;">Fancy floor mats for mud/snow</span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;">Cabin air filter replacement</span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;">Wiper fluid: $3 on this trip, actually! Got a warning on the screen that it was low, just as I started wondering when it would ever run out, after 2 years in the PNW!</span></li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOrRdCoX-wVeJZFAWADbO5g_6EjLCp0xlnYkskKaOn3fF_m1Wxkx3BUlrjF9Bv5XTwAmUKnGGhkPsi1yoAl97znF0nKuXYDTthU1RoUUXSj0QMENnNAXL09OwIfsILcNX-QjY39HS09IFI6i6TSXiWurHlu-gr3kMVM5nywsPXH_a9cS8s18XZ-ULAnw/s4608/IMG_20221220_114514.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOrRdCoX-wVeJZFAWADbO5g_6EjLCp0xlnYkskKaOn3fF_m1Wxkx3BUlrjF9Bv5XTwAmUKnGGhkPsi1yoAl97znF0nKuXYDTthU1RoUUXSj0QMENnNAXL09OwIfsILcNX-QjY39HS09IFI6i6TSXiWurHlu-gr3kMVM5nywsPXH_a9cS8s18XZ-ULAnw/w480-h640/IMG_20221220_114514.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><br />One other benefit of our road trip is that the environmental impact is much lower. Even with the high carbon footprint of the manufacture of electric vehicle and its battery, and even though we did some charging in coal-heavy parts of the country, the emissions from this trip are dwarfed by what they would have been using an airplane + gas rental car. Look up "full lifecycle analysis" or "well to wheels" comparisons when researching whether EVs are a good fit for you. Here's <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/lifetime-carbon-emissions-electric-vehicles-vs-gasoline-cars-2021-06-29/" target="_blank">a little article</a> to get you started, showing that where we live, an EV is cleaner if you plan on driving your car more than 10,000 miles over the course of the car's life.<br /></span><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5QxhiLHTlg1SWFFVNTSdSASNCTxpU1bqOfjcn53r-npG95wj8NyNxxyObweD9YE3aIfVWUctr8tPGxFcEdGCGHyBGSCLC0VgYtNnqSmLaH-bVIW166KUcSBkC0rFnfDRCMjfwpNbmmIXx4m1eTtPtE331Ija0U2DndYvAz4G8B5Ii7zhl8Z-8LDQipg/s4608/IMG_20221224_172109.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5QxhiLHTlg1SWFFVNTSdSASNCTxpU1bqOfjcn53r-npG95wj8NyNxxyObweD9YE3aIfVWUctr8tPGxFcEdGCGHyBGSCLC0VgYtNnqSmLaH-bVIW166KUcSBkC0rFnfDRCMjfwpNbmmIXx4m1eTtPtE331Ija0U2DndYvAz4G8B5Ii7zhl8Z-8LDQipg/w640-h480/IMG_20221224_172109.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><p><span style="font-size: large;">We definitely wouldn't have done this with our previous car, a 2016 Nissan Leaf, but now with our 2020 Tesla Model Y, we had plenty of storage space, range, and more importantly, plenty of high-quality chargers. We've found the Tesla charging network better in 4 main ways:</span></p><p></p><ul><li><span style="font-size: large;">Chargers work all the time - as opposed to using our Leaf where we had near-constant issues with all of the charging networks, apps, RFID cards, QR codes, and plugs. With the Tesla stuff, you just walk up, grab the handle, and plug it in. It charges your card in the background. No logins, apps, RFID, QR, etc.<br /><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;">There are plenty of charging cords at each charge station - as opposed to our Leaf days, where we'd routinely / almost always have to wait behind a few cars to charge (meaning an extra hour of waiting). Most Tesla chargers have 6+ plugs, and the car app will tell you how many are in use as you're driving there, or re-route you to another nearby charger as necessary / available.<br /><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;">Faster charging: All of the Tesla chargers we used were 150kW or 250kW, as opposed to our Leaf days where 50kW was the norm. This means most stops were 20 minutes, instead of 45 minutes. I know some of the new Electrify America chargers are faster, but I have only heard horror stories about using them on road trips (see above first point, and watch some youtube).<br /><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;">Better locations of charging: Most (not all) Tesla chargers have 24/7 meals & conveniences nearby, where as most of our Leaf charging were at municipal chargers, etc. (boring and useless on a road trip).</span></li></ul><div><b><span style="font-size: large;">I mention the above differences for 2 reasons:</span></b></div><div><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: large;"><b>A result of all of these meant that we never got annoyed charging - there was always a good reason to stretch our legs every 2 hours. </b>It bears mentioning that we specifically opted for more short-duration charging stops, rather than fewer, longer stops. At almost every stop, the car was done charging before we were done our meal / activity. 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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">Basically, with a family which enjoys outdoor sports in BC, we are keeping our eyes open for an electric vehicle that has a reasonably large range, can haul our sports gear, and which is somewhat affordable. We currently drive (and LOVE) our 2016 Nissan Leaf, though the range leaves much to be desired - it's shown in the graphs below for reference.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">Given that a Teslas have incredibly long <a href="https://www.tesla.com/support/vehicle-warranty" target="_blank">warranties</a> and given the ability to add Autopilot, this purchase seems like it <b>could</b> be our "forever car" and so might be worth spending more money on.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">Tesla Model S (available)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Tesla Model ≡ (3; available)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Tesla Model X (available)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Tesla Model Y (2020)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Tesla Cybertruck (2022)</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This summer, after leaving Kenya, we took a ~5 month road trip with the goal of picking a new home city! This research included career options, lifestyle, and lots of time with family and friends after 4 years abroad.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We lived off of a portion of our savings -- less than you'd think! While we were mostly frugal, we had one big expense: </span><span style="font-size: large;">We bought an amazing used Mercedes/Dodge Sprinter camper van that we love, and hope to keep for a long time! (Note, we did not embrace the popular "VanLife" and advertise on social media the products which paid us most.)</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">Roughly an average of only $14 per day in accommodation (=$430/mo), including 117 nights of $0, and a couple of necessary fancy hotel visits.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">Hiked many days, swam many creeks, kitesurfed, and star gazed.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Visited countless local, State, and National Parks - a huge draw to North America for us.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">I had ~30 consultations with startups that I advise; most by phone.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Meagan worked part time through the summer, and tried various coworking spaces for possible future offices.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">We visited and had many, many conversations with residents of towns we visited, whether existing friends and new acquaintances. The overwhelming, vast majority were in their town/city as a consequence of a career move.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">We paid attention to gender attitudes in the cities we visited, and while the west coast is definitely the "left" coast, we noticed a large portion of the child-rearing responsibilities fell on women, even in otherwise progressive families.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">We confirmed that we can be happy in many places - and ultimately our decision was *not* driven by things like days of sunlight as we'd intended, but rather by deeper motivations to live a lifestyle that we believe in.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">We also learned that we love being on the road and love our van, Kifu (short for Kifaru, meaning rhino in Swahili)!</span></li>
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">Our most important lesson, however, was that although Denver was high on our list, we ultimately picked Vancouver, BC! When visiting, we really connected with the city - it shares our interest in work/life balance and also a strong premium for the environment, human diversity, and compassion for global refugees and local underserved communities. Meg's a dual citizen, and has wanted to live in Canada for a while as well; I've applied for my work permit and residency.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I love the Freakanomics podcast, and recently really enjoyed their episode titled:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">"Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Money (But Were Afraid to Ask)"</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You can find it <a href="http://freakonomics.com/podcast/everything-always-wanted-know-money-afraid-ask/" target="_blank">here</a>; it's totally worth a listen. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In this episode, they introduce an idea that all this finance mumbo jumbo is allowing people to lose the forest for the trees, and that the basics really aren't that hard for the average consumer. To illustrate this, they brought on a professor who posits all the important, basic stuff can fit on an index card.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I paused the podcast because I loved this idea, and I wanted to challenge myself to come up with an index card of my own, and see how it matched up with an index card from 'the expert.'</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">After spending just a couple of minutes, no cheating by googling, and re-copying for legibility, I came up with this, my index card:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here's the expert's notecard:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And a different version, from the same expert:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2013/09/16/this-4x6-index-card-has-all-the-financial-advice-youll-ever-need/?utm_term=.3c5b24a4e1c2" target="_blank">Source 1</a> (2013) and <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/get-there/ways-to-tame-your-finances/2017/07/07/ee4a9808-61b3-11e7-84a1-a26b75ad39fe_story.html?utm_term=.3d95c88c2cda" target="_blank">Source 2</a> (2017)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Of course, as the podcast mentions, these are guidelines for most Americans. If you're totally scraping by, it may not be possible to follow all of these rules off the bat, but the point is to help prioritize what's important to you (long or short term) by writing it down. (e.g. Are movies or food more important? Are you ready to go into debt with a mortgage?)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">As we passed through Denver, we wanted to check out the local coworking spaces – find out quick reviews below, and chime in in comments if we missed some!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Overall, we were really impressed with the professionalism in each space, the blend of networking opportunities, and the quality of perks. We’d happily work at these places again!</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>Green Spaces </strong>– newish space with a definite warm community focus on environmental sustainability. Lovely yoga on Tuesdays and other events; very welcoming! (</span><a href="https://www.greenspaces.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">link</span></a><span style="font-size: medium;">)<br /></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>Galvanize </strong>– entrenched big national brand name, strong focus on learning and professional improvement through courses. Slightly modern corporate feel in the interest of productivity. (</span><a href="https://www.galvanize.com/denver-platte/campus" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">link</span></a><span style="font-size: medium;"> and </span><a href="https://www.galvanize.com/denver-golden-triangle/campus" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">link</span></a><span style="font-size: medium;">) (2 locations in Denver)<br /></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>Shift </strong>– modern cozy professional vibe, amazing steampunk-ish design in their new location, standard amenities plus extras like a gym! (</span><a href="https://shiftworkspaces.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">link</span></a><span style="font-size: medium;">) (2 locations in Denver)<br /></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>Thrive</strong> – modern cozy professional-but-edgy vibe, family run and slow sustainable growth seem to be working in their community. (</span><a href="http://www.thriveworkplace.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">link</span></a><span style="font-size: medium;">) (2 locations in Denver)<br /></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>WeWork </strong>– huge facilities (1200 desks at Union Station location) and associated nationwide network of 198 locations globally make this an outlier compared with above. Huge network, but not clear how well-linked/tight it is as opposed to simply a coworking space (that Microsoft and Sprint use) (</span><a href="https://www.wework.com/l/denver--CO" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">link</span></a><span style="font-size: medium;">) (2 locations in Denver)<br /></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Union Station </b>– not a coworking space, but many folks come for the awesome interior vibe, plethora of coffee, ice cream, and restaurants, and apparently wifi. Free, but bring headphones!</span></li>
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<tr><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: medium;">Green Spaces</span></td><td valign="top"><a href="https://www.greenspaces.com/membership-options" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">$75 for 2 days/mo, $195/mo hot desk</span></a></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: medium;">Solar powered, focus on green companies</span></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: medium;">Thrive</span></td><td valign="top"><a href="http://www.thriveworkplace.com/memberships/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">$50 Starter; $275/mo hot desk</span></a></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: medium;">2 locations, family-run</span></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: medium;">Shift</span></td><td valign="top"><a href="https://shiftworkspaces.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">$25 Day Pass, $279/mo hot desk</span></a></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: medium;">2 locations, gyms!</span></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: medium;">WeWork</span></td><td valign="top"><a href="https://www.wework.com/plans" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">$45 Day Pass, $220/mo hot desk</span></a></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: medium;">2 locations (near each other)</span></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: medium;">Galvanize</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: medium;">$349/mo hot desk</span> </td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: medium;">2 locations, learning-focus!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">If you want more reviews, check out </span><a href="http://innovatorspeak.com/the-7-best-coworking-spaces-in-denver/"><span style="font-size: medium;">this list</span></a><span style="font-size: medium;"> and this </span><a href="http://denvercoworks.org/"><span style="font-size: medium;">directory</span></a><span style="font-size: medium;">!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><u><strong>Why choose?</strong></u> You can sign up for a Deskpass that lets you change work spots very frequently (though not all above spaces are eligible) – </span><a href="https://www.deskpass.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">check them out here</span></a><span style="font-size: medium;">!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Happy to share a few pictures of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extremes_on_Earth#Coldest_and_hottest_inhabited_places_on_Earth" target="_blank">hottest inhabited place on Earth</a>, up in Ethiopia. Beautiful in lots of different way!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">"The Danakil Depression is the northern part of the Afar Triangle or Afar Depression in Ethiopia, a geological depression that has resulted from the presence of three tectonic plates in the Horn of Africa." -<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danakil_Depression" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">While we were there, the temperature routinely went above 45 Celsius / 110 Fahrenheit. But so beautiful!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Lots of guys harvesting salt from the salt lakes; tough labor for very low pay (13 cents per block, then it's carried by camels for 60 km and sold for $2.25!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I loved taking photos of the people there (and <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=afar+danakil&safe=off&espv=2&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiK2MXQgLDTAhVlC8AKHXhtAwgQsAQIPQ&biw=1536&bih=760" target="_blank">more great pictures!</a>)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then we went over to some <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallol_(volcano)" target="_blank">hot springs nearby</a> (no bathing, serious stuff!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Finally, we hiked up a live volcano: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erta_Ale" target="_blank">Erta Ale</a> -- this means I've been to two of the only six active lava lake volcanoes in the world! This one appeared briefly in "Clash of the Titans"</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">"Not much is known about Erta Ale and the surrounding terrain is some of the most inhospitable on Earth making travel difficult and dangerous." - Wikipedia</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And I loved looking at some of the iridescent lava rocks up close!</span></div>
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Holdenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01164992563260946309noreply@blogger.com0Afar, Ethiopia11.7559388 40.9586879999999383.8180647999999993 30.631539499999938 19.6938128 51.285836499999938tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1120086448884995573.post-87224589512112215712017-04-12T10:43:00.000-07:002017-04-12T10:43:01.463-07:00Climbing Mt. Kenya<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Recently I climbed the hiking route (non-technical ascent) of <a href="http://www.summitpost.org/lenana/153447" target="_blank">Lenana Peak</a>, the third-tallest peak (still respectable 16,354 ft / 4,985 m) of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Kenya" target="_blank">Mt. Kenya</a>. We used the Sirimon route, both up, and down.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We left Nairobi on a matatu (public minivan) on Friday afternoon, slept in Nanyuki town.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Woke up Saturday morning, started hiking, slept at Old Moses Hut Saturday night.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hiked up Sunday to spend the night at Shipton's Camp.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Woke at 3am, climbed up to the summit by sunrise, and then all the way back down to Nairobi by Sunday night!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Snow melt and ice; great for hot feet on a hike!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A couple of guides & brothers, with the peak in the background</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's been a bit dry lately...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Shipton's camp in the backgroud; doing an afternoon hike to help acclimatize.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Cute mice & horax here and there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Peak had some weather coming & going</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hiking under moon + starlight!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Getting near the top at first light!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Orange lichen, I guess?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So cool looking!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Does anyone know what kind of bird this is?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">What kind of bird is this?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Check out some other <a href="http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/stories/15-birds-spectacularly-fancy-tail-feathers" target="_blank">crazy birds here</a>!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Beautiful symmetry of succulents!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">High-altitude chameleon!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Not sure what these are! Birds of some sort</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Full moon setting just as the sun rose!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Quick photo dump from our weekend trip to lovely and dry Samburu, Kenya</span></div>
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I've shared photos from our quick trips to Nairobi National Park twice before (<a href="http://www.whereisholden.com/2015/05/a-quick-visit-to-nairobi-national-park.html" target="_blank">1 here</a> & <a href="http://www.whereisholden.com/2015/07/sun-was-hiding-but-animals-werent.html" target="_blank">2 here</a>), but just had to share these from our two recent fast overnights -- Saturday afternoon game drive, camping, then Sunday morning game drive.</div>
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So cute to see a mother lion with 5 cubs!</div>
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This watering hole was a popular spot on Saturday!</div>
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Setting up and enjoying camp!</div>
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Holdenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01164992563260946309noreply@blogger.com0Nairobi National Park, Nairobi, Kenya-1.3666667 36.833333300000049-26.8887012 -4.47526069999995 24.1553678 78.141927300000049tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1120086448884995573.post-11279674154527128422016-01-13T08:30:00.000-08:002016-01-17T10:32:27.316-08:00Fascinating Namibia<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;">We spent a week in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namibia" target="_blank">Namibia</a>, driving between Windhoek, Sossusvlei, Swakopmund, Okaukuejo (Etosha), and then back.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I've only covered the natural beauty in this series - but our eyes were opened with the cultural history and issues that still face Namibia - the second least densely populated country (after Mongolia), and exceedingly high inequality (Gini ~60; recently became a middle-income country (not good for the lower incomes there!)).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We absolutely loved our trip and would encourage all to visit!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Oryx (Gemsbock) were my favorite animal of the trip, despite not too many photos!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Yellow mongoose (I think?)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Steenbok! Love those ears!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Everlasting sunset at the watering hole!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We used a variety of solar lamps for fun -- Nokero, d.light, and the sun itself. ;-)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Something's tippy on this side of the continent!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Some friends would get pretty excited to see these signs on the road!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Some folks had a long road ahead...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We spent a few days in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sossusvlei" target="_blank">Sossusvlei</a> -- very highly recommended!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Early morning dune hike!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Late arrival cars coming through the valley -- see the white trucks?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Love those curves! (Probably yesterday's footprints!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hiking up Big Daddy (one of the tallest dunes in the world, around 350 m) and then descending into <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deadvlei" target="_blank">Deadvlei</a>!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Big Daddy's the tall dune in the distance:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Lizard, check.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Beetle, check.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">White dot thingy kinda like a ladybug? Check?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Chasing an adventurous woman!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Second guessing this massive dune...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Such curves!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It was a bit windy by the time we got to the top.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And when we came down, we had lots of sand in our shoes!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Adventure buddy on a long walk...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And showing off her Tree Pose from yoga:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Little lizard -- I think he's called shovel-nosed lizard?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So little!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So cute!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And a chameleon I found! Do you see it yet?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Eating a worm -- I tried to catch a pic of him eating like 5 worms, this is as close as I could get. That tongue is FAST!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Buddy, you're sticking out like a sore thumb!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Horned adder!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I see why they call you the horned one!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Cute little bird - no idea the name.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sneaky friend with a sparky tail!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sidewinder!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Poised, and striking the air a bit!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Amazing vanishing move, vibrating itself into the sand!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So... we're driving into a lake with telephone poles?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Coming in hot for a landing near the light house at Cape Point!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Well situated!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Some quarrels about food, mates, territory or all of the above!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Yep, that' organgey thing is alive!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So cute, these succulents!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Lovin' the proteas!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A pudgy Rock Hyrax up at Table Mountain</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg04e85Vpw1jBkTWQKFI25RGWqgQtScuhYcnw7nhkmvkLs6WCt9gF467Co4eFI1x6fS77oMZCyjoT_JqgXCattzUS1bjUMc0vHlV7ruhlTZevodxcTtb1hFAYQWhdjiRaKTrO5YLrdagxGQ/s1600/IMG_8108.JPG" imageanchor="1"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg04e85Vpw1jBkTWQKFI25RGWqgQtScuhYcnw7nhkmvkLs6WCt9gF467Co4eFI1x6fS77oMZCyjoT_JqgXCattzUS1bjUMc0vHlV7ruhlTZevodxcTtb1hFAYQWhdjiRaKTrO5YLrdagxGQ/s640/IMG_8108.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Some pretty stellar digs</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">With some friends who passed by for some freshwater from time to time:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A stark contrast: Nelson Mandela's cell on Robben Island</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5hDpMIyFQcc7kAk-Vgk60PH-VAA2OompnynBDDxVG2usjhz_dOMTgqVwx0Mxq4NKyqRHoErR7wsB6Zq4JmlaAgTsMkBIcc1zokrv5yrpq0bedXpQIW53w4PNppGZ31XSVVA5-_1qFx46H/s1600/IMG_8087.JPG" imageanchor="1"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5hDpMIyFQcc7kAk-Vgk60PH-VAA2OompnynBDDxVG2usjhz_dOMTgqVwx0Mxq4NKyqRHoErR7wsB6Zq4JmlaAgTsMkBIcc1zokrv5yrpq0bedXpQIW53w4PNppGZ31XSVVA5-_1qFx46H/s640/IMG_8087.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Can you tell which cell was Nelson Mandela's? More importantly: does it matter?</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidLUJB_NdHS9uB-wPwpPnpIxptUTxt6d7X59FQPzmA40IP3y09FCZPnLxuW3ZKX8Vg8mkBZ88hbuha6qI6SPQaajPtjurWYjgVGlD4nXb1tN0SkeFob79Q-x_MwNfntfh9KEnUu3ImIvu6/s1600/IMG_8083.JPG" imageanchor="1"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidLUJB_NdHS9uB-wPwpPnpIxptUTxt6d7X59FQPzmA40IP3y09FCZPnLxuW3ZKX8Vg8mkBZ88hbuha6qI6SPQaajPtjurWYjgVGlD4nXb1tN0SkeFob79Q-x_MwNfntfh9KEnUu3ImIvu6/s640/IMG_8083.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">African sacred ibis</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Blue Cranes, the National Bird of South Africa:</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrAflddx1euDNgXcPXkOOlee1P9l8V4bv5h_wmHIimAlAQFc9KnGCt0x69R_L3MyiKp2nZFDcNqQE7qaLi96JtDZijkg3CS6HPHn2F5ANVYu0NEiHXQ3k95ePijhd1F7tikERtTfsRx__y/s1600/IMG_8747.JPG" imageanchor="1"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrAflddx1euDNgXcPXkOOlee1P9l8V4bv5h_wmHIimAlAQFc9KnGCt0x69R_L3MyiKp2nZFDcNqQE7qaLi96JtDZijkg3CS6HPHn2F5ANVYu0NEiHXQ3k95ePijhd1F7tikERtTfsRx__y/s640/IMG_8747.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Caracal!</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlcbAGL6a6hBrRjNVg2AoNYHiXCTYWzmL5ji0F41TMWawCq2plbOpCvsvbbnAoTu7dIq4CkKN3c4e4_l5fA_T8uKldFQU50j62nOcIDoI805si6yFgchZHfqO8slEgPOIjo3PXb0Dma_iA/s1600/IMG_8698.JPG" imageanchor="1"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlcbAGL6a6hBrRjNVg2AoNYHiXCTYWzmL5ji0F41TMWawCq2plbOpCvsvbbnAoTu7dIq4CkKN3c4e4_l5fA_T8uKldFQU50j62nOcIDoI805si6yFgchZHfqO8slEgPOIjo3PXb0Dma_iA/s640/IMG_8698.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEs8Mb8jVBAxBv7MPC7xfGiRk-bUg3djR-MXkXoHGUaxpoJJk44ejyOyNRDjlIcNV5kJHgJc2ylPBVQNK6Y-ZLI2ulPvYelcRuVBbV5etdVOXuXfTtuhEbRfh-9vGP7k8fAqEH-XV_X3pK/s1600/IMG_8696.JPG" imageanchor="1"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="496" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEs8Mb8jVBAxBv7MPC7xfGiRk-bUg3djR-MXkXoHGUaxpoJJk44ejyOyNRDjlIcNV5kJHgJc2ylPBVQNK6Y-ZLI2ulPvYelcRuVBbV5etdVOXuXfTtuhEbRfh-9vGP7k8fAqEH-XV_X3pK/s640/IMG_8696.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Serval!</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtb335EaMvjQKEsLyrbx-SQBRTvZDZOm7Q4cyvLZvcJx3BFPmQIfgDIKonXSqiQS6AZuvY0NFaA-rDC7OTo04eYQVGEnsL7xgYPBWbrCMsAHh7RmBzYAL_fiiWpEqiK-F5jQlMdLNHwQsn/s1600/IMG_8738.JPG" imageanchor="1"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="496" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtb335EaMvjQKEsLyrbx-SQBRTvZDZOm7Q4cyvLZvcJx3BFPmQIfgDIKonXSqiQS6AZuvY0NFaA-rDC7OTo04eYQVGEnsL7xgYPBWbrCMsAHh7RmBzYAL_fiiWpEqiK-F5jQlMdLNHwQsn/s640/IMG_8738.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Took a morning drive through Nairobi National Park today, and while the light was flat, still took a couple good snaps!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Uhh.. I'm not good with birds. These are ... ducks?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Couple beatiful bush plants were blooming:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">... to catch up with all the other zebras, perhaps?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">While her buddy chomps down on the kill below!</span></div>
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Holdenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01164992563260946309noreply@blogger.com0Nairobi, Kenya-1.345701455472609 36.80419921875-1.5996909554726089 36.48147571875 -1.0917119554726091 37.12692271875tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1120086448884995573.post-59375938717752842172015-06-03T13:17:00.000-07:002015-07-12T07:16:43.247-07:00Long weekend: Kigali and Virunga National Park<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">First two quick movie recommendations to learn more about recent history in Rwanda </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">and the DRC (Democratic Republic of the Congo)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Such bright colors everywhere!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlsfaC0mgQd_m3z1qffZmVt-qQfA1A16Tgr_mxGMeayWT1BC-1ktKJgPrLi3okPBZ0lFwXaTS1EVbTIaKTao8OQI3aDnzPxpHOas_nvqL7jLSYZJNltD1Bbjkp0l1gs6j9SJQZS1PNQBKn/s1600/IMG_5201.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlsfaC0mgQd_m3z1qffZmVt-qQfA1A16Tgr_mxGMeayWT1BC-1ktKJgPrLi3okPBZ0lFwXaTS1EVbTIaKTao8OQI3aDnzPxpHOas_nvqL7jLSYZJNltD1Bbjkp0l1gs6j9SJQZS1PNQBKn/s640/IMG_5201.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</div>Holdenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01164992563260946309noreply@blogger.com0Kigali, Rwanda-1.943889 30.059443999999985-2.0708444999999998 29.898082499999983 -1.8169335 30.220805499999987tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1120086448884995573.post-33815032363442211722015-06-02T09:59:00.000-07:002015-06-02T09:59:00.049-07:00Amazing Amboseli<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's the rainy season, so allegedly, it's a <b>terrible </b>time to visit Amboseli. Couple that with an ultra-quick trip from Nairobi (only one night in the park!) and you could have a recipe for disastrously low photo count. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Instead, we ended up with a fantastic trip through Bonfire Adventures, and 50+ photos worth saving. Incredible.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Boring lists first:</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Animals:</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Lion lounging by his kill</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Hippos in & near water</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Elephants with babies</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Water buffalo </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Wildebeest </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Thompson gazelle </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Grand gazelle </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Hyena and hyena cubs</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Tsavo cat hunting birds in the morning</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Vervet monkeys </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">some other monkeys </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">(Giraffes on the drive down) </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">(Zebras on the drive down)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Birds:</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Crowned stork</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Fish eagle</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Grey egret </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Stork (yellow bill, others) </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Cranes</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Secretary bird</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Kori bustard </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Egyptians (brown ducks) </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">White pelicans</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Sacred ibis</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Kingfisher(s!)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Ostriches<br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The human crew</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Water buffalo loungin' around:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A black and white kingfisher (I'm sure it has another name!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And a much cooler kingfisher!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Vervet monkeys, with young'uns!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So curious!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And mischevious!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">White pelicans</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's really just a cloud at the top, I promise! Kilimanjaro came out for a peek!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Picturesque</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">More crowned cranes, now in a high tree</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Male lion with his kill - couldn't quite identify it from where we were. Hooves and horns.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A nearby hyena eyeing up the lion and his kill, but not coming within a few hundred meters.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A vulture nearby, also eyeing up the prey.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And some sort of predator bird as well?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Ostriches!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> A secretary bird, and we got to see him later with his head feathers all fluffed up</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And later, apparently, trying to mate:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Antelope, nothing too special, but I like how it turned out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">No idea who this little cute one was! Any ideas?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Wildebeest! See you and your 1.7M friends in a few months for the great migration?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You trying to beat the rush? ;-) </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Lots of hungry, hungry, hippos!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hyena mom, just chilling in her hole in the ground!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But even better, her little cubs running and jumping and playing all over the place! They looked like black bear cubs from off in the distance, I was so confused!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The two elephants on the left are fighting; one of them was trying to join the pack, and the other was playing defense to push him away</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Big ole' tea farm in Kiambu - the <a href="http://www.kiambethufarm.com/" target="_blank">Kiambethu Tea Farm</a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrH0FZBd4lYYfcdi7k_KR-4QJeNXt-d2onHql5Zuj6sbFTDzfFW5_drUpDIKtQZEjNbjyKMNjbZj00XNJDXLdNf18Qw_7wR8R1rS5NKsW08nQaiEpxqyGcqlcHBtrAQizFY0lV5UcIKj8i/s1600/IMG_20150510_122720.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrH0FZBd4lYYfcdi7k_KR-4QJeNXt-d2onHql5Zuj6sbFTDzfFW5_drUpDIKtQZEjNbjyKMNjbZj00XNJDXLdNf18Qw_7wR8R1rS5NKsW08nQaiEpxqyGcqlcHBtrAQizFY0lV5UcIKj8i/s640/IMG_20150510_122720.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Partners in life, lost in tea!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Chameleons by the handful!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Please remind me the name of this bird! I think the plumage is only long during courtship! Female is brown, male is dark-bluish! And check out the flyer at the bottom of my frame!</span></div>
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Holdenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01164992563260946309noreply@blogger.com0Kiambu, Kenya-1.0917002951982722 36.6778564453125-1.2187067951982722 36.5164949453125 -0.96469379519827214 36.8392179453125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1120086448884995573.post-42428513667235260292015-05-29T08:50:00.000-07:002015-05-29T08:50:00.227-07:00A quick visit to Nairobi National Park<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-size: large;">Nairobi National Park is just a few km from downtown Nairobi and offers awesome sight seeing. While this trip was a bit less exciting than my last, I still managed a few good shots. Enjoy!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Not sure... curly horns and a big guy. Eland?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">More rhino, this time with grainyness of photo due to dusk.</span></div>
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Holdenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01164992563260946309noreply@blogger.com0National Park, Nairobi, Kenya-1.3569641 36.846556400000054-1.4839561 36.685194900000056 -1.2299721 37.007917900000052tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1120086448884995573.post-37561955399988405922015-05-27T23:51:00.000-07:002015-05-27T23:51:00.070-07:00Photos of birds and monkeys from our balcony<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;">And of course our all-too common ibis, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadada_ibis">Hadada Ibis</a> </span></div>
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Holdenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01164992563260946309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1120086448884995573.post-11157838905741022372015-05-25T23:22:00.000-07:002015-05-25T23:22:00.089-07:00Visiting the elephant orphans at DSWT in Nairobi<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Holdenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01164992563260946309noreply@blogger.com0National Park, Nairobi, Kenya-1.3776214548774328 36.772785186767578-1.3934954548774328 36.752615186767578 -1.3617474548774329 36.792955186767578tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1120086448884995573.post-64929532516378478612015-05-23T23:09:00.000-07:002015-05-23T23:09:00.308-07:00Quick Zanzibar diving trip<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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A friend finishing up her PADI Open Water diving certification!</div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: large; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My excitement </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large; line-height: 27.6000003814697px; white-space: pre-wrap;">for Kenya </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large; line-height: 1.15; white-space: pre-wrap;">surrounds the opportunities for early stage businesses who have a reasonably stable economic base from which to launch, myriad new tools at their disposal, and a massive, and growing population with increasing purchasing power - not all of these points are true of all developing economies!</span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.15; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">1) Kenya has a robust non-extractive based economy.</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large; line-height: 1.15; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.15; white-space: pre-wrap;">With Kenyan GDP comprising </span><a href="http://www.brookings.edu/research/opinions/2013/12/30-kenya-economy-kimenyi" style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.15; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">40%</a><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.15; white-space: pre-wrap;"> of the region’s GDP, Nairobi is the economic capital of east Africa, with a stock exchange, and many corporates’ regional (or continental) headquarters. Most importantly, however is the stability - Kenya’s </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Kenya#Industries" style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.15; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">economy</a><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.15; white-space: pre-wrap;"> is not based on extractive industries such as mining or fossil fuel extraction - it's based on agriculture and services. I believe this makes Nairobi a bit more robust to external inputs as compared with neighbors. (Note the 25% overnight growth of GDP due to rebasing.)</span></span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.15; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">2) New technology adoption has been very rapid in Kenya.</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.15; white-space: pre-wrap;">This will likely continue to enable quick, massive improvements in lifestyle, healthcare, agriculture output, financial inclusion / services, communication. As landmark examples, please see </span><a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/article/the-worlds-unlikely-leader-in-mobile-payments-kenya/" style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.15; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">success of M-Pesa</a><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.15; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (mobile money), and the numerous, successful on and off-grid </span><a href="http://www.pv-magazine.com/news/details/beitrag/special-report-africa--kenya_100013508/#axzz3NEVhgfLy" style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.15; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">solar/distributed power generation</a><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.15; white-space: pre-wrap;"> products.</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="text-align: left;">Internet penetration in Kenya is high relative to continent neighbors (</span><a href="http://www.itnewsafrica.com/2014/09/east-africa-tops-africa-for-internet-access-connectivity/" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank">source</a><span style="text-align: left;">)</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Multiple undersea cables now connect Kenya to other countries (<a href="http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/research/projects/?id=59" target="_blank">source</a>)</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large; line-height: 1.15; white-space: pre-wrap;">Due to the robust economy, the rapid technology adoption of Kenyans, and the prevalent and affordable internet, I’m excited about Kenya!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I should note that the above are *my* reasons for being excited about Kenya; plenty of other groups have published their own reasons:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.brookings.edu/research/opinions/2013/12/30-kenya-economy-kimenyi" style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.15; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">The Brookings Institute</a><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.15; white-space: pre-wrap;"> writes about “Africa’s Powerhouse” (hint: Kenya!)</span></span></li>
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<li><a href="http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2014/09/30/kenya-a-bigger-better-economy" style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.15; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">WorldBank has an article</span></a></li>
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<li><a href="http://www.afdb.org/en/countries/east-africa/kenya/kenya-economic-outlook/" style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.15; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">African Development Bank article</span></a></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-12-29/the-do-good-startups-of-nairobi" style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 17.25px; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">Recent STELLAR article</a><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 17.25px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> about social enterprise </span><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.15; white-space: pre-wrap;">in Nairobi, at BusinessWeek</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.kippra.org/downloads/Kenya%20Economic%20Report%202013.pdf" style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.15; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">Kenya Economic Report 2013</a><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.15; white-space: pre-wrap;">, by Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.15; white-space: pre-wrap;">CIA World Factbook, </span><a href="https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ke.html" style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.15; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">Kenya</a></span></li>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: large; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Of course there are <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/claire-gallam/22-photos-thatll-make-you_b_5629608.html" target="_blank">other reasons</a> to love Kenya; so come visit!</span></div>
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