The Crew

As a quick note, my blog posts will come in spurts since I'm writing them from the road and then uploading them whenever I get to an internet cafe.
We made had a blast in Swakopmund riding around on ATV’s in the sand dunes. No major scratches, though a few of us ate quite a bit of sand from following the person in front too closely.
This is probably a good time to introduce the group. We’ve got 13 people from 9 different countries. There are 6 consultants, 2 venture capitalists, 2 private equity investors, 1 future Russian oil oligarch, 1 entering MBA, and 1 job hunter.
• Ben Maritz, USA: leader of the trip.
• Mariano Werner, Argentina: guitar player and meat griller.
• Alejandro Mayer, Argentina: meat griller. Nicknamed “the wounded lion.”
• Dafina Toncheva, Bulgaria: bodyguard.
• Karina Enikeeva, Krgyzstan: bodyguard.
• Nishant Mittal, India: wild driver.
• Vivian Song, USA: minister of napping.
• Daniela Bouissou, Brazil: doctor, gourmet chef.
• Poyan Rajamand, Sweden: CFO.
• Suzanne Rajamand, Denmark: real CFO.
• Alessandro Fiascaris, Italy: cartographer.
• Teresa Fiascaris, Denmark: fashion icon.
• Dan Murillo, USA: guitar player, blogger.

So far, a few themes have emerged: burning our fingers in the campfire, losing things, eating biltong (an African version of beef jerky), getting out of the car while on safari, coming up with hypothetical fight scenes between animals (how many hyenas does it take to kill a 3-legged lion?), and incredibly good food.

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