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sneak peek: one week in south africa
You know, we were overly ambitious in our plans to keep the blog updated while away. During our one week in South Africa, we very clearly failed. But, if you’ve been following along on social media (namely here, here, and here), we think you’ll give us a pass. Starting last Friday, we gave South Africa all we got… and we fell in love. We will obviously be reporting back on every detail very soon, but while we regroup, collect our thoughts, and start sorting through our thousands of photos and videos, we wanted to leave you with some snaps from…
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jetsetters: chris of hands up holidays
We’re back in the Jetsetter game, and we’re pretty excited. Today, we’re chatting with Chris of Hands Up Holidays. He’s the founder of this stellar organization, and our partner for all things South Africa! Hands Up is a luxury travel company with a major focus on voluntourism — luxury voluntourism, if you will. If that term made you cock your head to the side, you’re not alone. Since sharing our upcoming plans, a few people have asked us how, exactly, that works. At face value, it sounds counter-intuitive. In reality, it’s the best of both worlds! Obviously, dedicating an entire…
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#LTsouthafrica: we’re going to africa & you’re invited!
If you’ve been reading LT from its earliest days, then you may already know this. Going to Africa, and specifically South Africa, has been at the top of our list for-basically-ever. To be perfectly honest, though? Actually booking a trip felt overwhelming. How do you know that you’re doing such an expansive, incredible continent and country justice?! Finally, we pushed our laziness aside. Sort of. In just under four weeks, along with our friend Mrs. O, we’ll be jetting off to Cape Town. We’ve partnered with Hands Up Holidays, who arranges luxury voluntourism in regions all over the world. That’s…
