The travel gods are testing us!!

Cannot believe we are leaving tomorrow!! Marissa and I have talked about doing this for years now, but actually packing our stuff up and preparing to head for the airport is MUCH different than planning and talking about it! Eep! We are both really excited and nervous, which is especially wierd for me. Even more weird is that we only have our first 3 weeks planned. Me, formally known in my travels as "Guidebook" doesn't have the whole thing planned!! Extended traveling, or "vagabonding", allows for the opportunity to travel with purpose and explore without having every minute planned... so that's what we're trying. Stay tuned to this blog to see how it goes.

I had a lot of obstacles in the last few weeks that almost postponed the trip, but happily everything now seems to be in order for me to leave for a YEAR! My dad was very sick and in the ICU, but is now doing better. Sneakers had some seizures, but the vet is looking into it and I know my rents will take good care of her (much to their fake dismay!). Mars and I have clean bills of health (except for my still swollen hand! Go figure) although I expect that I will have my first "Kim-ism" injury very soon...

Off to do the last of the last minute packing... hungover as usual! (it's a packing tradition). Will miss all of you... please keep in touch and post on the blog if you want. Wish us luck :)

Comments

  1. GloriaJanuary 12, 2009 at 6:17 PM

    Lucky you guys. Another dump of snow expected tomorrow. Glad you had a daquiri for me - have another one! Watch the surfer - heard on the news that a surfer in Australia was killed by a shark! Enjoy the co-ed dorms - nothing like being in the same room with smelly guys! Keep us posted. P.S. Ryan picked up your car today - hope all goes well in your car with all the snow!

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Alex the Great-ish.

Image
The last stop on our extensive travels through Egypt was the city of Alexandria... founded and named after Alexander the Great in 332BC. This is the city where the famous "Queen of the Nile" Cleopatra also reigned. The ancient city was considered to be the intellectual capital of the world at that time, due in large part to it's massive library. The modern city was again popular in the early 1900's when foreigners came in and built some beautiful buildings. Today, the city is a bit run down.. a sad version of it's former glory. However, the library, which burnt down in ancient wars, was just rebuilt. It was GORGEOUS. The largest modern library in the world. Aunt Gale - you would have died! We spent a while wandering around there marvelling at the architecture and lamenting about how depressing our university library was in comparison (if Weldon library looked like this, I may have actually gone to it! haha). "Alex" is also known for it's great seafo...
Read more

Timon and Zazu.... where are you?

Am in Kenya. Literally in the middle of the Lion King movie. I swear, I was expecting the lions we drove RIGHT up to every day to have the voice of James Earl Jones. I cannot even come close to describing how amazing the last 2 days have been. We spent them in the Masi Mara reserve, just driving around looking for wildlife. We saw so much! I had to stop myself to realize that what I was seeing was real. In 2 days, we saw: Gazelles, zebra (about 2000!), ostrich, Lion (so many! multiple prides), elephant, giraffe, buffalo, maribou stork (a scavenger.. it eats babies!), vulture, waterbuck , impala, warthog (like Pumba !), baboon, eland, antelope, hyena, cheetah, wildabeast , heartabeast (I think tour guide made that up), black rhino (very rare), hippo, and a massive crocodile! We have seen 4 out of 5 of the "Big 5" African game, as well as all cast members of the Lion King except Timon ( meerkat ) and Zazu (some strange bird that is pretty rare). We've seen babies, matin...
Read more

Water water everywhere!

Again I'm on the worlds slowest and most expensive internet. Am having an AMAZING time in Africa. Our group is lots of fun, and we've seen some beautiful places. Spent 4 nights on Zanzibar Island (off the Tanzanian coast), and it was a beach paradise. SO freaking nice, with beautiful weather and lots of drinks (and, importantly, no tents!). Spent time in the water there, as well as in Lake Malawi... 2 days there! Am having a great time. Sorry for the short emails and no pics, but know that I'm having a great time and loving every minute of my last days of travel!
Read more