I suddenly have time to try some new things. I always thought I needed a gap year but am starting the big gap. I didn't think I would retire and then it seemed like the right time. Now there are myriad choices of what to do, who to be and where to go. I am not sure going to South Africa to volunteer for a month is exactly travelling, but it seems an adventure and worth recording and sharing. It could have been a notebook, but this is the age of electronic communication so blogging is another adventure.... full info