Molo!!

Four sleeps to go and I’m as ready as I can be – I am packed, vaccinated and have finished my prescribed reading (“How to Amputate your Own Leg and Other Ways to Stay out of Trouble in a War Zone”- thanks Jason and Sian) and viewing (enlightening clip of the Mozambique rats trained to detect TNT on the minefields – thanks Claud) and I have learnt my important Xhosa greeting “molo ndilahlekile” (Hello I am lost).

Thanks also to everyone for the well wishes and advice on what to do if kidnapped (thanks Jordan) /caught in cross-fire / chased by mambas. As my first night will be spent in a tent somewhere near Soweto it may be redundant after next weekend anyway.

It is highly unlikely that I will have access to a computer …or electricity … for the first part of trek (the highlighted features of most campsites I’ve read is “running water”), so it may be a week or so before I get to post. For the people who were asking if I had blogged my Laos trip, I didn't (this is all so new to me) but you can find it at google docs : https://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B3x4A-xlsAA8Zjg2MTNjYWMtNjU0YS00ZTcyLWJiOGItYTg2MTBiOWNkODUz&hl=en

Sobonana

Fi xx