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I flew into Atlanta last night at 6pm.

Sunset from the plane descending into Atlanta

Three of my intern roomates picked up me up and drove me to our house in Decatur. Decatur is a suburb just outside the city. It's very cute. I'm walking distance from the supermarket, a wine store, the ymca and lots of ethnic food. Yay for ethnic food. I had Thai food last night, and it wasn't bad. I found a Vietnamese food place today called Saigon Cafe. They sell all sorts of Pho, but no Banh Mi unfortunately. No Vietnamese desserts either. Lots of Chinese food restaurants. And there's a bit of mexican as well. Including El Bar. Which is an underground bar without a liquour license. Awesome name though. There's even an Indian Spanish fusion restaurant. Curry tapas? I don't know how I feel about that.

Atlanta is beautiful. The trees are red, yellow, orange and green. Full with autumn. The old houses are gorgeous, southern architecture. With their brick and huge verandas.

I went to a "work party" today. Which pretty much means you're a construction worker on the weekends to help work for my stay and for free breakfast and lunch. I work for a non profit sustainable building organization. They're building a new Eco Office. It's very innovative and the organization has won heaps of awards. But it's a non profit organization, so they need lots of volunteers and interns to help with the building. I got my hard hat on, and jumped right in. I held the ladder for people to spray foam insulation. I painted primer and fire retardent. And I sorted the scrap metal, cardboard, and wood. Lots of haulin and a bit of lifting. Quite fun for a first day.

I start my proper orientation on Monday. Looks like I'll be rotating between the office, research, building inspections and construction working.

My street

These neighbours actually bothered to rake up all their leaves.

Me and the street sign

We went on various "safaris" in the park. Two by massive humvee and one walking. Our guide was quite knowledgeable. Right down to the bark on the trees.

Now on our walking safari, we looked at the flora and saw a herd of zebra and cape buffalo. They work together. The zebra eat the tall grass while the buffalo eat the short grass. One sees and one hears.

But we also found some other friends. A mother and child white rhinos.

see them in the distance

And now they're following us

Still following us

The guide told us to zig zag our path.
Luckily, the pair just decided to walk in the other direction in the end.

When we arrived they carried our luggage

These ladies can even balance trays with cups of tea on them. The tray will sway back and forth, but they don't seem at all worried that it'll fall. It never does

Our hut was quite nice. It had no walls. We had a special gate to keep out the wildlife, which was definately needed. I saw a baby nyala run by. The entire structure is open to the external bush, including the toilet. It's like having a toilet outside. You've never felt something so relaxing as doing your business outside, on a real porcelain toilet. We had Impala venison for lunch. My favorite meat out of the entire trip. There's no electricity at the camp, except for solar power to heat the water. So you get to use old fashioned paraffin lamps. All the meals are prepared on gas stoves or open fire.

Later I had the joy of eating wildebeast sausage. Oh so tasty indeed.

You might be wondering why I was able to eat game at a game reserve?
Well at Mkaya there are no natural predators, so they have to cull the herds so the population doesn't suffer from steep rising and crashing.

In swaziland, you eat game meat. The local cattle is actually a protected species. The game reserve was originally built to preserve this cattle. But you need the big five animals to draw tourists.

The monkey was attempting to take some fries at lunch time.
My brother scared it away with his floral umbrella.

Scenery by the Three Randevaals

Actual Three Randevaals

Bourkes Luck Potholes

This year the Final Four will be at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta. If ...I mean when UCLA makes it to the Final Four. You're all welcome to crash at my pad in the ATL to go see the game!

For those of you that know me well, you know that I love sandwiches. Since I frequently talk about going to Subway or driving to get some Banh Mi (Vietnamese Sandwiches).

Here's a list I've compiled of sandwiches I need to try:
# Buffalo, New York - "Beef-on-Weck", thinly sliced beef on a kummelweck
# Natick, Massachusetts - Shelf-stable sandwiches
# Watertown, Massachusetts - Falafel
# Boston - Roast beef
# Wiscasset, Maine - Lobster roll
# New York City - Pastrami; Peanut butter and jelly; "The Elvis" (from Peanut Butter and Company)
# Philadelphia - the cheesesteak, roast pork, and hoagies
# Chicago - Italian beef, topped with hot pepper giardiniera
# Marshalltown, Iowa - Taylor's Maid-Rite "loose meat" ground beef
# St. Louis - Snoots, Ears, and Rib Tips; the St. Paul sandwich, egg foo yung on white bread with lettuce and tomato
# Louisville, Kentucky - the "Hot Brown", an open-faced turkey sandwich with cheese and bacon
# Pittsburgh - Chipped ham Slammer
# New Orleans - Shrimp and oyster po-boys; muffalettas
# Houston - barbecue
# Los Angeles - French dip sandwich at Philippe's

Does anyone have a sandwich I should add to this list?

Who wants to go on a SANDWICH ROADTRIP!?

I'm actually in Camarillo. At home for a few days before I'm off on a new adventure, Atlanta.

I'll be uploading photos from the rest of my trip soon. Which includes Swaziland, Thailand and New Zealand.

I've managed to pass through 1 and 1/2 coups. 1 being Thailand (which wasn't noticeable at all) and 1/2 being Fiji, which was impending.

I just ordered a new camera. I can't wait til it comes in the mail!