Can We Go Now?
March 18, 2006
One more week and we’re outta here! I’m so bored right now I can’t even see straight. The clutch went out on In Sha Allah so we have no transportation apart from our bicycles. That sounds great, but the temperature in the shade tops 100 during the middle of the day. Fortunately the mornings and evenings cool off to around 70…
In one week we’ll be on the plane to Bamako (if the winds don’t stir up enough dust to ground it). A few days there and then it’s off to South Africa for four weeks. We’ll have beach time, city time, and country time in a genuine first world country. We’ll actually be able to do some shopping! (I can’t believe I’m looking forward to going shopping.)
First the family goes to the east coast to hang out on the Indian Ocean near the border with Mozambique. We’ll hit a couple animal parks, do some driving up and down the coast and maybe visit a Zulu village. After about ten days we’ll fly back to Johannesburg to meet my mom. We’ll tour the city, head out to a game park, hit some casinos, and then fly to Cape Town. We’ll see the first Dutch fort, tour the prison where Nelson Mandela was held, then embark on a driving tour of the Garden Route. We’ll wind through wine country, check out some more game parks and maybe a cave, then relax in a small town for a few days before heading back to Cape Town and home.
Everyone is excited which makes it difficult to focus on the fact that we have report cards due, homework packets to put together and a French final to take before we leave. Oh yes and we’ve been invited to go back to the falls tomorrow. When it rains, it pours. I guess the fact that we will be so busy will make the time go fast though. That’s a bonus.
MJR
One more week and we’re outta here! I’m so bored right now I can’t even see straight. The clutch went out on In Sha Allah so we have no transportation apart from our bicycles. That sounds great, but the temperature in the shade tops 100 during the middle of the day. Fortunately the mornings and evenings cool off to around 70…
In one week we’ll be on the plane to Bamako (if the winds don’t stir up enough dust to ground it). A few days there and then it’s off to South Africa for four weeks. We’ll have beach time, city time, and country time in a genuine first world country. We’ll actually be able to do some shopping! (I can’t believe I’m looking forward to going shopping.)
First the family goes to the east coast to hang out on the Indian Ocean near the border with Mozambique. We’ll hit a couple animal parks, do some driving up and down the coast and maybe visit a Zulu village. After about ten days we’ll fly back to Johannesburg to meet my mom. We’ll tour the city, head out to a game park, hit some casinos, and then fly to Cape Town. We’ll see the first Dutch fort, tour the prison where Nelson Mandela was held, then embark on a driving tour of the Garden Route. We’ll wind through wine country, check out some more game parks and maybe a cave, then relax in a small town for a few days before heading back to Cape Town and home.
Everyone is excited which makes it difficult to focus on the fact that we have report cards due, homework packets to put together and a French final to take before we leave. Oh yes and we’ve been invited to go back to the falls tomorrow. When it rains, it pours. I guess the fact that we will be so busy will make the time go fast though. That’s a bonus.
MJR
posted by Bronx to Timbuktu at 8:23 AM
1 Comments:
Carrie,
Please email. Have thought of you all often and sent good vibes your way but my address book got totally zapped when i quit my job and i have no address for you.
Dying to hear all about your life and your adventures.
-rachel.howald@howaldkalam.com
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