Sunday, 21 June 2009

Kumuka- Day One

After 10 hours in the big blue bus today, we're now in Bots at camp Itumela. Got a tent to myself, a great tour group of a Brit couple, 2 American girls, a Kiwi mother and son and a nice old bloke from Toora (near home!).
Anyhoo just on here to do my banking, tomorrow we go to Maun, then the next few days will be roughing it in the Okavango Delta followed by Chobe and Vic Falls! Just letting you know I'm in one piece and fereeeeezzziiing! Hot days, cold nights.. weird! So much more confusing than just bloody cold Mebourne weather :p

~Y

Saturday, 20 June 2009

Farewell MSA

Today I’m leaving on my amazing African adventures! It’s so excited... but scary at the same time! I know that Monash will still be here, the people will still be here and South Africa will still be here, but even if I come back (which I will!) they won’t ever exist like this again. It’s just so weird to think that life as I have known it here is ending, and that from now on it will all be a memory. Lucky I’ve got over 6000 photos to help with that! (Yes, I said six thousand!!)
Tonight I’m meeting the rest of my tour group, and staying at a hostel in the Eastern suburbs, where I’ll leave on my tour at 7.30am tomorrow morning. Then we’ll be in Bots tomorrow night. I’m not sure whether or not my Bots sim card will work, cos it’s been so long since I last used it, but I’ll be back in South Africa on the 28th with my regular phone number (in the box to the left.. to the left!). After that I’ll be in and out of reception as I go to Swaziland, Mozambique and St Lucia. There should be email at most places though. Feel free to message or email me, I'll get back to you as soon as I can, it's not like I'll be completely away from civilisation!

Excited, nervous, happy, sad, weird.. argh! Mixed emotions! Only a few hours to go, better go pack!

~Y