I'm in the U.K and it's 2006. Hooray! So, I know I said "Africa", and I know that "Africa" is different than "England", but these things happen, bear with me, people say one thing and mean another; it happens. Fortunately for all concerned (i.e. the entire free world), I AM in fact heading to Africa, on Wednesday in fact, but I decided it was, one, cheaper, and two, more in keeping with the adventurous spirit of my plans, to get a one-way ticket to London and then fly to Africa from there. And so I got in touch with my good friend Russ Sharp, who lives in Bristol, about meeting me for New Year's in London, and he offered me a place to stay in Bristol, which is but a two-hour train ride west. And by
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