12/24/06 Mozambique or bust

It's Christmas Eve, less than 24 hours before I leave for Africa.... The ginormis scale of what I'm about to do hasn't hit me yet. I'm at my sister's house in Atlanta sharing Christmas with her and her family. My Uncle just came in from Michigan. He was absolutely shocked to hear of my Africa trip. I showed him a picture of Kelly from my motorcycle trip and he said she looks like my sister Stefanie, what the ?

My bags are packed I'm ready to go, I'm standing in this mini-purgatory in a nostalgic Christmas, I hate to wake you up to say goodbye. I'm leaving on a jetplane to Africa. I don't know if I'll be back again...


Took my first Malaria tablet today in preparation for the motherland. I'm really going to try and stick to my beliefs and the word of wisdom. Just because I'm in a different world doesn't mean I can ack with no regard to my progress. I know he'll unleash his furry.


I spent like three hours on Google Earth looking at Mozambique, costline, inland, what to see, what to do. I'm excited. The best scuba diving on the face of this earth ? yea, the trip will be nice. Swimming with whales & dolphins... Are you kidding me ? This trip will be well worth it.

What are my expectations ?