Thursday, June 10, 2010

Nos VAMOS

Por fin, un post en español........... He tardado mucho pero os prometo en este viaje que estaré escribiendo en Ingles y Español.
Mañana cogemos el avion y me muero de ganas de ver lo que nos ofrece Africa! 

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

And we are off....

We have less than two weeks before we fly off to Lusaka, Zambia.  I am getting very excited for this years trip and cannot wait to see what Africa has to offer us.  We bought a new tent yesterday and some super lite sleeping mats.  We plan on camping during most of our journey and therefor have invested quite a bit of money in the equipment.  I have been forewarned that we are going in the dry season/winter there so we will also have to pack warm clothes.  I am starting to worry about the weight of my backpack.  I have already pulled out my travel clothes, yes the same ones I wear every year in the pictures, and will be deciding what to bring.  I need to think light and then all the little things like swiss army knives, head lamps, tents etc will probably end up being about 12-16 kg.  Which is a lot to be lugging around on your back from place to place.  Two years ago in Papua New Guinea I packed a snake bite kit which I bought in Walmart.  Thank god I never had to use that because I don´t know if it would have really worked or not.  But this year since there was no previous trip to the States, I have no snake bit kit.  Fortunately I just read on my mom´s blog, http://maryellenrivero.blogspot.com, that with the rainy season gone the snake´s have gone too.  I hope that is true! 
Well I am not sure how often I will be able to post during our trip, but I promise every chance I get I will let you know how things are going. 

Happy summer