Blog written by Kate and Laura The day began with a bit of a surprise – instead of walking first thing, we went to a salt spring to soothe our aching muscles. After driving back past our campsite from last night, we arrived at the spring. The murky, green water was luckily warmer than we […]
Blog written by Anika and Robert We got off to an early start at 8:00 A.M. and continued walking south towards Henties Bay. After walking for 10 minutes, we noticed the 4×4 was stuck in the mud. For the next hour, we tried all sorts of techniques to free the vehicle from the “pudding.” Drenched […]
Blog written by Kate and Sebastian Up nice and early in preparation for our first day of hiking in the Namib Desert! Bags all packed we sent the majority of our stuff to PANGAEA and then hopped in the buses and drove, and drove and drove, past two police checks! We just kept going and […]
Blog written by Oliver and Nadja It was hugs and smiles as we all reunited in the Johannesburg airport! It was colder than we had expected but tucked up in our Mike Horn Jackets it was easy to spot one another and our group slowly grew to its full size. We did our best to […]
18 YEPs from Switzerland and Germany celebrated together in the Swiss Mountains this year. It was one of the best New Year's Eve's ever!! Best wishes for 2012! Your YEPs Alex, Ann-Kathrin, Birke, Chris, Florence, Hannah, Jule, Leo, Livio, Luana, Maricella, Manu, Michelle, Rebecca, Saskia, Simon, Simone and Kerstin
Day 1 – West2Wild Project Amazing last 24 hours! Kai and Robyn arrived at Henko's late last night. We all instantly got along while packing the Mercedes-Benz Vito courtesy transportation Crew bus and discussed what would happen over the next few days. The four of us (Henko, Leni, Kai and Robyn) set off at dawn […]
Blog written by Dan Cullum, 19, New Zealand Expectation, is a wonderful thing! All too often I hear people refuse to talk about their expectations for fear of being let down, for fear of it not living up to what they imagined it to be. I personally believe we have the choice to make every […]
YEPs Mikayla and Henko are interviewed on the acclaimed environmental television show 50|50, on Monday October 31, 2011 Nunavut Young Explorers , Henko Roukema and Mikayla Bader featured on South African national TV when they were studio guests on the very popular SABC2 environmental program, 50/50, on Monday evening, 31 October 2011. 50|50 is a […]
Emotions where high as 8 candidates where selected this morning to attend the Mike Horn's PANGAEA Young Explorers Expedition in November to the Gulf of Mexico and the Everglades in Florida, USA. Theresa Kaiser, 16 Germany, Rick Kotze, 20 South-Africa, Jule Holland, 17 Germany, Anne-Kathrin Geiger, 18 Germany, Ravyna Jassani, 15 Malaysia, Aya Anholt, 16 […]
By Theresa and Greg Day 9 in Chateaux-d’Oex began without morning exercise for once – the legendary Pangaea Raid began today! Early in the morning, the names for the 2 teams were released. After breakfast, everyone started packing our equipment for the Raid! Nervousness and excitement filled the dining room as 12 o’clock approached. Once […]