the alpha of the genesis, or the beginning of the trip

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Hello all,

this is the first entry of the Africa travelblog. Hopefully this will come to everyone save and sound. Forgive the obvious lack of punctuation at times, I or my wife may be in a hurry or drunk or both, usually both, but hopefully not as much as I am expecting. This is a trip of a lifetime and we greatly want to share these moments with all of you. Infadels be damned, and airport security be shamed, all should go according to Hoyle. That being said, I am taking Death On The Installment Plan to read as well as some Western board games to keep the time going while on the flight. We will be making an eight hour stop in London, then on to Africa and the real experience. Go A's. All else will wash out into eternity. Love you all.

SG

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Comments

[anonymous]

Have an AMAZING time you two! I can't wait for the pictures and adventure stories! Watch out for the rhinos, I hear they like to goose, and get a picture of a giraffe for me, I think they are great! Take care!! Des

[Josh]

wow
What an experence. Have a great time and be safe.

[stroove]

the tube
alright, since i didn't get the info to you beforehand, hopefully this will help a little. from heathrow, just hit up the tube (that's what those limeys call the subway). take the picadilly line to chiswick park, and get on the district or circle line to westminster and look to the south for westminster abbey, the cabinet war rooms (really cool, but a LONG tour), the millennium eye big ben and the thames. or stay on picadilly till you get to picadilly circus for the trocadero centre, london pavillion and st. james fortnum and mason's. or, take the picadilly to picadilly circus, get on i believe it's the northern line to oxford circus for the palladium and shopping galore. maybe 10 blocks north-east of oxford circus is regents park, with the royal academy of music, and the holy trinity. or, stay on the picadilly till you hit leicester square. that should put you right in the middle of soho. good luck, take pictures, and don't get the malaria! word!

[Nate]

Fook, yeah!
Good for you, man... get the hell out of SR for a bit. Hang out with the Bushmen of the Kalahari for a spot. Hope your brushed up on your poaching skills; I wouldn't mind a pelt or two from some endangered species if you run across any. Good luck. - N8 P.S. If you run across any Janjaweeb mauraders on horseback, don't try to make idle chitchat. You might end up a pelt yourself. Be safe, be good; if you don't know what it is, eat it anyway.

[Theresa Appleton]

I'm glad you got there safe!
thats really all I wanted to say...and I hope that you are having a terrific time thus far. Don't get so drunk that you forget stuff cause I want to hear all about it! I love you both and already miss you! Go A's...they won yesterday. Thomas did his job.