It's beginning to feel like this is it now. The itinerary is coming together with only a few empty spots between now and LA on 3 May with Ella May. We had a lunch with some of my old work friends in the city on Wednesday and the goodbyes after that got me a bit nervous! The passports are gone (never to be seen again). Jono's had his shots. I'm collecting travel goodies and travel wear and I'm thinking more seriously about what I'm going to put down in this blog between now and the end of the trip.
If my crossed fingers don't hold me back in my packing and bring back our passports in time, our planned trip is such:
1 February - Click our heels and leave Oz, fly to KL, arrive 6am 2 February.
3 February - Fly to J'burg, board train to Cape Town.
4 February to 13 February - Western Cape wine times with the family.
13 February to 19 February - Cape Town to Port Elizabeth on the Garden Route, with stops in Nice Knysna, surfs in Jeffreys Bay and holiday time in Plett.
20 February - Fly PE to Durban and meet our dear friends, Margie and Trevor. Note to self: remember to pack wine for Trevor's cellar. Road trip to Hluhluwe (last time I was there the guy driving us told me that to pronounce it you just tell Louis to shoosh… Shooshlouis) to the amazing Mziki - we are lucky ducks!
22 February - Back to Durban where I want to take Jono to the Oyster Box - you have to see it to believe it, Margie took me there for tea and scones. Love! Time to potter about in Durban.
24 February (maybe) - head for Johannesburg to meet a tour via the Drakensburg Mountains.
26 February - join the Intrepid Tour that takes us up through Botswana and the Okavango Delta to Victoria Falls. Glad I reacquainted myself with tent accommodation over New Years and you should see our minuscule sleeping bags!… Urgh… that makes me think that I need to drag my pack up from the garage and start lumping things into it. Wonder how Dan and Jen will feel about me turning out my wardrobe onto the lounge room floor? (3rd March - Jono's birthday!)
6 March - Tour ends in Vic Falls and the second Honeymoon begins, roll out the carpets Matetsi, we're coming over!
9 March - Staff at Matetsi send us on our way, where we go no body knows… Have been thinking unceremoniously of bringing ourselves back down from luxury heaven and jumping on an overnight bus to Windhoek in Namibia and heading back down to Cape Town that way. My friend Ange recommended a stop in Langebaan where they do some brilliant beach braais and where there's the Seeff Weskus Marathon and half marathon on on 19 March… I'd do the half just for the t-shirt (and also the half only costs $11)!!
23 March - Our visa applications say we are due to arrive in London today. The plan is to stop over to see friends before making our way to Italy for Easter, maybe via France…
If you see any blanks that need to be filled in, or trips that need to be beefed up all suggestions will be considered!
With 11 days until our adventures to chase the sun across the globe begin, this is the results of today's efforts -
Alright kids, over and out. I have to work out what's next on the list of things you do before you leave your home country for months and months… I know there's something else I need to cancel..
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