Hey Everyone,

Well the time has come... the time has come for another grande adventure to a far off land. Where is the red hair going to be flaunted this time? Africa! A continent I've wanted to explore in depth for a very very veeeeeery long time, and now am finally getting that opportunity. This will be my longest trip yet. Three months in total, stretching over seven countries and hundreds of kilometers.

It will begin with a brief but relaxing stay in Cape Town, where I'll be able to recover from jet lag, spend some quality time on the beach, and maybe do a little shark diving and wine touring while I'm at it. I'll then head up to Tanzania for a month where I'll be volunteering for an adventure group doing humanitarian work in the Machame area, building community facilities and teaching in the Nkwamwasi primary school. Conditions are said to be pretty rustic, no electricity or running water and lots of bugs. Back to the basics.

After the volunteer term wraps up I will head to Uganda to join an overland tour group. For 46 days we will then trek in an oversized ruggedized school bus through Uganda, Kenya, back into Tanzania and on to Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe if the political climate has cooled by that point.

They'll be lots of stories to tell, and I hope to be able to update this travel blog once a week with all of the adventures. There will be no internet in the village and apparently even in major urban centres only basic dial-up is available so we'll just have to see.

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Hope everyone has a great summer, be sure to keep in touch!

Cheers,
Michael

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