Cape Town I arrived in Cape Town in the morning. The sky was blue and bright. Table Mountain was beautiful in the morning sun. I was told that I was quite lucky to have such a nice weather as it had been raining the day before. The international flight arrival area was filled with young white families happily meeting each other. Children with signs made to welcome parents home from vacation or business. They all looked so happy, it made you feel like you where really missing out not being part of their world. I met a very interesting man on [View Full Entry]

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After the rushed drive to the airport frantically filling out forms, going over paperwork with Mom while Dad swerved around traffic all while on the phone with my booking agent trying to finalize and purchase my tickets for the Pacific part of my trip; I arrived tired and car sick at San Fran International Airport. As I boarded the plane the enormity of what I had just done came over me. I was all alone and I was going to Africa! What was I thinking. Sure I had traveled alone before but generally to Europe or for a few days in [View Full Entry]

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I will make this short as it is really hard to write. Mom and I got hung up by a week with last minute CG stuff to finish up but hit the road on Wed. night. We all had a great time. The dogs (Abby and Tod) where really happy every morning to get on the road and every evening to get to a new hotel. I think they where just happy to be with us. We arrived in SoCal at 9 PM. All was well. The dogs got along with my brother's dog and there was lots of running around [View Full Entry]

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