Author: The Urban Wanderer
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From Cape Town to Kenya -A Side of E.Coli and a Dash of Sweaty Massages (almost)
This post is originally from March 10, 2026 So this will come to no shock to you all I’m sure, but in true Heather fashion I’ve managed to keep the hospital streak alive on this trip. A week ago I started to get a volatile stomach situation (if you know what I mean). I thought…
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Captivating Cape Town
This post was originally from February 27, 2026 On Sunday I felt like a REAL South African local as I was the one waiting at the airport to pick someone up (obviously with Liza)! Before joining us in Kenya, Kris decided to come to Cape Town first to spend a few days with us and…
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Wildness in the Wilderness
This post is originally from February 22, 2026 On Thursday we checked out of our guest house in Swellendam and drove just a few minutes out of town to a farm stall/gas station called Oude Post. Gas stations here in South Africa are nothing like those back in Canada. At home our gas stations are…
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Settling into Africa-time
This post was originally from February 18, 2026 We have made it to the other side of the world and have started to settle in! Our flights were long and uneventful, which is obviously a really good thing when you’re flying high in the air at warp speed in a tin can, right!? The one…
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Final Days in Indonesia
This post was originally from March 4, 2025 On Saturday we said our final goodbyes to everyone from our tour and made our way to Medewi. Medewi is on the west side of Bali and known to be a surfers haven! As we drove further west, the jungle got more lush, the rice terraces began…
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Glorious Gili
This post was originally from March 2, 2025 On Wednesday morning we left Senggigi early to take a bus to the harbor in Lombok. We said ‘later Lombok’ and boarded a little boat that took us to the nearby island of Gili Trawangan. The Gilis consist of three islands: Gili Trawangan, Gili Meno and…
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Monkeys of Ubud and Lovely Lombok
This post was originally from Tuesday February 25, 2025 The last few days have truly been a blur. Let me get you up to speed… On my last post I mentioned that Liza was not feeling well. Although we did and saw such beautiful sites, Liza couldn’t quite enjoy them to the fullest as she…
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Young, Dumb & Naive
This post was originally from February 20, 2025 I have a funny story for you – as I have mentioned previously, this is my second time visiting Bali – the first being over 20 years ago. After that trip, I was so in love with the island that I decided to get my first tattoo…
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Rice Rice Baby – Beauty in Northern Bali
This post was originally from February 18, 2025 Sunday we bid farewell to 2 of the 7 of us Java folks and then met another 11 for the next leg of our tour. This is where our friends Ally and David join us, so I’m definitely looking forward to traveling with them as well. Monday…
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So Many Countries, So Many Hospitals
This post was originally from February 16, 2025 You know how blogs that are successful are ones that have niches? Well, I think I have found my niche – getting an inside look at the hospitals in each country. Yes, your presumption is correct – I got sick AGAIN and had to go to the…
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