Archive for the ‘South Africa’ Category

South Africa and World Cup 2010

Posted by Sam Singh on February 16th, 2009 under South Africa  •  1 Comment

I made the long journey from Indonesia to South Africa with a short stop over in Malaysia. I was detained by the wonderful security of the Malaysian Airport because they were concerned that I was flying on a one way ticket. I tried to explain that I was travelling around the world but that sounded too suspicious [...]

Happy Valentine’s Day-Meet the New Lady in My Life!!

Posted by Sam Singh on February 14th, 2009 under South Africa, To the Readers of Singh Around the World, Travel  •  4 Comments

Happy Valentine's Day!  Ladies, I know this will be a disappointment for you but I have a new lady in my life.  She came into my life a few weeks ago in South Africa.  Her name is Mallory–Flat Mallory.  Flat Mallory is modeled after the Flat Stanley Project.  The project is the extension of the [...]

Slowly Catching up on the Blog- Safari Style

Posted by Sam Singh on February 11th, 2009 under South Africa  •  3 Comments

Dear Gentle Readers,
I want to thank you for your patience over the past month regarding the blog.  A combination of my computer being on the fritz and being in places without internet connections have made it tough to blog.  I will be getting caught up soon.  I am now in South Africa and the South [...]

Obama-The World’s President

Posted by Sam Singh on January 24th, 2009 under Bali, Cambodia, India, Nepal, Policy, governance and nonprofits, Politics, South Africa  •  No Comments

Pictured: A proud Obama supporter in South Africa.
It is amazing the change that has occurred over the past year in
people's perception of the United States.  When I started the journey
most people would cautiously ask me about President George Bush and what I thought about him.  They didn't want to offend me but they wanted to
let [...]

Watching the Inauguration In Ficksburg, South Africa!

Posted by Sam Singh on January 22nd, 2009 under Current Affairs, Panama, Policy, governance and nonprofits, Politics, South Africa  •  3 Comments

I am proud to be an American.  I left Maseru, Lesotho to travel to Durban, South Africa.  My only objective for the day was to get into town to watch the Obama Inauguration.  Since Durban is a large, international town, I figured I could find some Americans to watch the historic speech with.  To commemorate the [...]