Preparing to head to Africa...

Hey Everyone,

 

Ozell and I are getting ready to fly to South Africa on Monday.  Sorry for the lack of blog posts this past week, but it has been pretty hectic even though we have been relaxing for part of the time on an island to the south of Sao Paulo called Ihla Bela.  We will backfill with some additional blog posts about this past week.

 

We are eager to move on to the second continent of our trip- Africa.  We do not really have a plan for once we get there.  Neither of us has been very eager to do the homework and research required to pin down the logistics of traveling in Africa.  Once again, we would like to assure all of you that when you are traveling for such an extended period of time, it is not always a vacation and party.  Besides regular life tasks (like completing and paying our income taxes), a lot of time has to be devoted to figuring out where you are staying next and how you are going to get there.  Having said that, of course I would rather be traveling than working.  I do not deny that.

 

We fly into Johannesburg, South Africa on Monday- actually it will probably be Tuesday when we arrive.  We have not heard very nice things about Johannesburg so we intend to make our way immediately to Cape Town where we hope to meet up with Carsten, our German friend and his mom.  He is traveling through South Africa for his vacation.

 

We don't know what we will do after that.  We have both decided for various reasons to limit our time in Africa.  Unfortunately, this will require not seeing many of the sites Africa has to offer.  Sacrifices have to be made.  I am really looking forward to going to Africa though.  I am also looking forward to being able to speak English again even though there are many other languages spoken in South Africa.

 

Our friend, Chris, just left to head back to San Francisco.  It was very satisfying to spend time with him the last three weeks.  Since he moved to San Francisco a couple of years ago, we have not seen each other as nearly as often as when he lived in San Diego.  I really enjoyed my time with him in Floripa, and I know that Ozell really enjoyed his company in Rio and Sao Paulo.  We will miss him and hope he can join us again later in this trip when we are in Australia.  :)

 

More blog posts to follow...

 

Cheers,

 

Sean