Category: Travelling in Africa
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Journey begun/Return
Last packing, last call to family, last day of work, last night. Waking early, too early. The driver picking me up is early. Hasty last-minute checks and I’m gone. My pack, my passport and a world awaiting. Departure seems so distant now, so overwrought. Was I really that terrified? Was that really me? This seems…
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Zambia – but not really
Zambia. A first visit to a country I’ve never seen before. Under normal circumstances, this would be a momentous occasion for me. It would occupy my thoughts and writing for weeks. This trip has been different, not because Zambia is not a fascinating and exciting place to visit but because so much is going on…
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A month and four days
In a little over a month, I fly to Uganda for three weeks of adventuring in central Africa. I start the malaria meds today (I also have another trip in between). I’ve reached that stage of cautious excitement – almost really believing that it might actually happen but trying not to get too attached to…