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About a year ago an email arrived in my inbox, it was from my traveling companion on the Inca trail and he was wondering where our next adventure would take us. Africa popped in to my mind, so I put on some Johnny Clegg tunes and started surfing the internet.
I’m not sure what I was looking for or what to expect when I found it, but I think part of my decision on Africa was that it was wild and untamed. A place I knew little about, but could provide new challenges, expanding my mind and my world. My first challenge… This place is so big, the land so vast, if I only have 20 days what are my top priorities of things to do and see? And what do I even have to choose from? And after a few months of discussion we settled on climbing Mount Kilimanjaro, going on safari in the Serengeti and the Ngorongoro Crater, experiencing island life on Zanzibar, and then finally getting a taste of Cape Town.
So all that was left was to call up my friends Josh and Shannon and beg them to watch my house and dog, get a whole bunch of shots and drugs, and then figure out a way to explain to my clients that I would be out of the country for 20 days.
Vacation to me implies turning off the brain and just relaxing, I was not going on vacation, I was seeking out a new adventure, and would grow in ways that I would have never guessed. [Begin African Journey]
If you have read my past travel blogs then I’m sure you have seen Matt Harding’s videos of him dancing around the world. I asked him for a ceremonial trip blessing, and all I had to do was buy a few copies of his book ;) Which is great and can be purchased from Amazon.com:
Where the Hell is Matt?: Dancing Badly Around the World.
Thanks Matt! (www.wherethehellismatt.com)
While waiting patiently for our departure date to arrive I mapped out our path on Google Earth for family and friends to play along at home while we were gone.
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Previous Destinations
Australia
Southeast Asia (Thailand, Vietnam)
The Alaskan Wilderness
Peru
Next Destinations
Northwest Asia (Bhutan, Myanmar)
Southeast Asia (Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, South Korea)
Africa (Namibia, Uganda, Botswana)
Ayahuasca in the Amazon (Peru)
Mayan Cosmology (Belize, Guatemala)
Philippines
Jordan
San Pedro in the Sacred Valley (Peru)
Mongolia
Indonesia
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