Africa Tomorrow

Weird. I'll be in Africa tomorrow. I'm almost packed and have no idea how I'm going to carry everything that I need around with me for 5 weeks...two backpacks full of stuff. I guess I'll have to be one of those people of whom I've made so much fun in the past - strapping a backpack to my chest. Lame.

The next two weeks should be a blast. Meeting Lynn in the airport in Cairo (fingers crossed that the meeting goes well - I'll be without cell phone for the next 5 weeks)...then headed out for a few days in Cairo and Giza, down the Nile to Luxor and possibly Aswan, east onto the Sinai peninsula for some diving, some hiking, some partying...then back to Alexandria for a few relaxing days before we return to Cairo. From there, Lynn goes back to reality in NYC - I'll head to Kilimanjaro to attempt a 6 day climb. I'm hoping the group I'm going with (none of whom I know) speaks English. Or maybe Spanish. If they speak Spanish we can talk alot about cold beers, where the bathroom is, and potentially the weather and time - that's about all I remember from my years in highschool and college.

After Kili it's a big unknown - would like to see as much of Tanzania as I can, head to Uganda for another trek into gorilla country, go over to Zanzibar or Madigascar (I did a report on lemurs in the 8th grade and have wanted to see one in real life ever since...), then hopefully down through S Africa to tour the wine country and cage dive with a great white. Who knows how much I'll actually be able to get done.

Here's to 90 degree weather, big ass pyrmaids, and a new adventure...