Hola mi familia,
Mike and I bought our tickets yesterday and so it is official, we are going to Malawi to visit Evan and Liz and all their friends. We're leaving from NYC on 9 July and coming back to these shores on 13 August. Flying to Johannesburg non-stop but I think it takes about 17 hours. We never did take a honeymoon, so we decided this will have to qualify! We think we'll do a week in northern Malawi with Evan, a week in Neno while he works, a week in Zambia with Evan and then a week on our own, perhaps in other parts of Zambia. Liz may join us for all or portions of this adventure, and her mom, who will be over there around the same time. We are counting on Evan to tell us when he needs to take a break from us.
I don't think there is anyway I can even imagine what it's going to be like, but I'm grateful for the opportunity to go.
I hope to get a camera in the near future, so we can post pictures of the journey. I don't think I'll be as funny as Brendan, and I hope I don't lose as much weight. BTW, I don't know what Brendan is doing in those discos, but when we chaperoned our Navajo students down to Mexico and they went to a disco, the lights went out, the bodies were as close as sardines, and by the end of the night all the girls from Ganado were engaged to smooth-talking guys. Mike had to pry them away. Whatever the scene is, it must be fun!
love,
cathie
3 comments:
Wow - sounds like quite a trip...!
Who knows - perhaps Brendan will be on that continent by then!
Sounds like a great trip and you are giving yourself plenty of time to see the country.
Rather than just go go, settle back and find out what the lives of those who live there are like.
Remember what happened to Brendan when he had the chance to climb the mountain and he didn't have any boots and warm gear. Find out what it is like and be prepared.
I remember being on the Equator and looking up and seeing snow of two mountains. But, I didn't have any opportunity to climb.
I always said I wanted to go back to Africa. .... Maybe someday.
Peace and have a great time preparing for the trip.
Opa
Whoever would have guessed that we (some of us)would be global trek-ies.
I think it's great!
It all used to sound exotic and now it seems almost natural to skip 10 or more time zones.
Who will be the first to find Shangra La? The myth of eternal youth.
A great old movie. Rainy, sloppy season has set in here. mom
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