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January 14th Our day started at 4 am to catch our flight to Nagpur. It was a short but exhausting journey, made tougher by my brother’s stomach troubles the night before, leaving us all a bit sleep-deprived. Arriving earlier than expected at the Pench National Park, we had to wait before being able to check… Read more
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January 9th After some challenges with plane delays and visa issues, we finally landed in Goa at 1 am, where Shankar (my mum’s friend from her time in Singapore) was waiting to welcome us. After catching up on sleep and decompressing from the journey, Shankar and Mugdha (Shankar’s wife) took us out to explore a… Read more
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December 5th We landed in Cairo, Egypt, with barely enough time to catch our connecting flight to Dubai. Secretly, Sam and I were hoping we’d miss the connection to sneak in a visit to the pyramids, but luck was on our parents’ side—we made the connection smoothly. ^ pretty views from the plane in Ghana,… Read more
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November 26th Our day began at the “Tafi Atome Monkey Sanctuary“, where we encountered some of the cutest Mona monkeys I’ve ever seen. They were so tame and we fed them bananas right from our hands—it was adorable! Next, we visited the second-highest mountain in Ghana, Mount Gemi, which also happens to be home to… Read more
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November 17th We headed to Kokrobite closer to Accra and stayed at a lovely Italian-run garden resort. They made excellent food, like pasta and fresh fruit that my siblings and I indulged in for the next ten days—comfort food we’d missed. November 18th Determined to make the most of our time, we started surfing lessons… Read more