planning and dilemas galore!!!

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Right so planning is in full swing as there is only 62 days till i leave :D

had alot of ups and downs over the last few weeks. downs mainly being money worries, ups being the things i want to buy with the money i dont have!!!

so basically i made a group on facebook about a week ago to keep track of all the people coming out the same time as me, and to keep in contact with them before and after etc. it has 30 members already!!!

Will one of the lads posted a link to a 23 day tour of zimbabwe, botswana, namibia, and South Africa- it is basically a tour from the Victoria Falls to Cape Town. mainly Game Parks and Deserts, and there is the oppertunity for bungee jumping, sandboarding, jumoing out of planes, paragliding etc. ALL the things i want to do!!! camping mainly in tents and cooking on a fire- kind of like shipwrecked style living :D and i shoudl see loots of animals and the bottom half of africa. im hoping this will mean i get it al out of my system in this whole trip- rather than coming back with even more things i want to do. so hopefully i can move onto the next continent. probably Oz And NZ- reserch for my imminent immigration!!!

ANYWAY it will cost me around £2000, £600 flights, £800 for the tour and another £600 for all the extras like swimming with SHARKS!!! which is double what i had budgeted for the month.



so ups and downs the last few days. i rekon im about £1500 short so i will probably end up in debt when i come back to the bank of mum and dad. AGAIN!! but i had budgeted £50 a week in Ghana which is enough to travel every weekend- so if i limit my traveling- lets face it im there on placement for 6 months so will get everything done, i should have enough to do all the things i want to on the Oasis tour.

I have spent the last 2 years saying no and missing out on things to go away- and dont want to be in the same situation when im there.

on the upside- balance to PA is paid, and Mum and Dad have offered me some money so i should have enough to live on whilst i am there- its just finding the rest for my visas, this trip and all the stuff i have to buy before i go!!!

I also have 4 out of the 6 weeks of my travelling bit planned now, and will probably spend the last 2 weeks in Green Turtle Lodge- which is a dirt cheap place to stay which is aparently heaven! so no worrying about what the hell im actually gunna do whilst im there!

so anyway on with the shopping- i am currently looking at solar powered chargers, and mosquito nets!

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