Pre-Departure

I'm finally leaving for Africa tomorrow! The past few weeks have been a blur with projects, finals, graduation, and preparing for my trip. I don't think the full extent of what I'm getting myself into has quite hit me yet, but soon will, once I land alone in Tanzania. I'll be equipped with a backpack and roundtrip tickets, everything else is up in the air. I'm not really too nervous; the main thing I'm worried about is not seeing and doing enough for the 37 days or so that I will be there. I have rough plans to visit Zanzibar, participate in a few cultural tourism programs, and climb the active volcano Ol Doinyo Lengai. For the last week of my trip, my dad is meeting up with me to go on a safari in the Serengeti and other national parks.

I am really excited to check off one (and potentially two) more continents from my to-do list with this trip. I'll have a 6 hour layover in Amsterdam on the way back home, and hopefully will be able to get out of the airport to quickly tour the city.

I don't know how often I will have access to an internet cafe in Tanzania, but I hope to post to the blog at least once a week to keep everyone updated with my travels. See you back in the states June 26th!