The 20 day tour and dive trip

So the 20 day tour that Anna and I are going to go on looks pretty cool. I think it covers just about everything. Click here to check it out! We start in Cape Town and go through Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe. I'm pretty excited for that.

I'm also in the process of convincing Anna to get her dive certification. I started diving last year in Thailand and now I'm hooked. On our way back from Victoria Falls we're taking what's called the Bazbus. It's transportation from Johannesburg to Capetown via the Garden route, and is mostly for backpackers (meaning budget). It's pretty cool because it makes a bunch of stops and we can get on and off wherever we want. I'm hoping to get off at Bushlands (on the east coast) and somehow get to Sodwana bay. This is the best place to dive in South Africa. It is directly south of Mozambique, which has world renowned diving. I've found a cool little side trip that we can take that includes five dives and 3 nights. Click here to check out the site.

leaving on a jet plane (right in the middle of exams!)

I bought my ticket yesterday!! I leave on April 12 for Dubai, I'll stay there for a week to visit my brother Kelsey and an old soccer/track coach from Malaysia (Ms. Jones). Kelsey's going to fly me to Muscat, Oman, then we'll drive to Ibra so I can check out his school and apartment etc. I'm pretty excited. On April 21 I leave Dubai for Johannesburg. I hope to leave Johannesburg for Cape Town as soon as I get there. I meet up with Anna in Cape Town where we'll do a bunch of city touring and Sport Science Institute volunteering etc. On May 15 we're leaving for a 20 day tour from Cape Town up the west coast, through Namibia and Botswana to Victoria Falls. After that tour we plan on taking a backpacker's bus back to Cape Town along the Garden Route. I hope to stop in Sodwana bay for some diving, but we'll have to see if we can fit that in timewise, and if Anna gets her dive cert. Once back in Cape Town, Anna and I are volunteering at the Comrades ultra race. We'll be doing stuff for the Sport Science Institute's study, should be fun and interesting. I fly out of Cape Town on June 20 for London. I don't plan on staying in London for too long as it is extremely expensive, but hope to make some trips to other destinations in Europe. Right now I'm hoping for prague, somewhere in Southern France, Spain or Portugal....or all of the above (probably not though as I'm leaving London July 31 for home sweet home). That's the plan for now. If anyone wants to meet me anywhere along the way....

Going to South Africa?

Well I've looked into flights, and once I coordinate dates with Anna I'm going to book! I'm also going to (hopefully) make a stop in Dubai for a week or so to visit Kelsey (my brother who moved to Ibra, a town in Oman that is about an hour and a half away from Dubai). I also hope to see Ms. Jones my soccer and track and field coach from grade 9 and 10 who now teaches there. Can't wait to buy my ticket, because then there's no turning back!