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Namibia

Right after my med school interview, I spent about a month traveling around the southern part of Africa, spending time in Namibia, South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, and Zambia. I made some amazing people from all around the world, visited Deadvlei in Namibia, which was, at least for me, probably one of the most beautiful sights ...

Victoria Falls

Victoria Falls is spectacular. What I didn’t know until I got there was that there were several different sections of the falls. On the Zambian side, where I was, it was a bit more difficult to get to a good viewing area of the falls. It was more “rustic” – less touristy, but a lot ...

Kruger

While in Africa, I spent a couple of days driving around Kruger National Park – one of the largest game reserves in Africa. Not only is it huge – about the size of Belgium, but it was basically a reverse zoo. Once I drove through one of the gates on the perimeter of the park, ...

Botswana

After spending about a week in Namibia, we continued east to Botswana, where we spent some time with the San people, who taught us how to find naturally occurring quinine to treat malaria, how to create waterproof bags for storing water out of animal skins, and more. We also spent some time in the Okavango ...