I'm iniating this blog for the sole purpose of recording my ramblings and wonderings for my friends and family when I travel to the faraway land of Africa.
The trip is fast approaching now. Only three weeks away. If you were hoping for some insightful, or witty commentary on life then this probably isn't the blog for you. Instead, I'll update you on my experiences of no running water, electricity and most importantly you guys.
So, I thought I may as well begin the ramblings now.
The lead up to this journey has been extensive, exhilerating and exhausting. (Nothing like a little bit of alliteration to brighten up a sentence) It has taken hours upon hours of organisation, time and money. At this very moment when I think about going away I am both terrified and excited. I've never been overseas before, so being the smart chickadee that I am, I decided to start of nice and simply with a devloping country on the other side of the world. Why Africa and why now you ask? I can't really explain it, but there is something within me that has always wanted to make a difference. A cliche, I know. The realist in me knows that grand sweeping gestures to save the world will inevitably fail. But the romantic in me believes that if I can help, or improve at least one person's life then that will be enough of a difference for me.
And now, I wait a couple of more weeks and that's when this shit gets real.
