*excited*
Um, so I totally just booked myself on a trip to Africa over Christmas.
I mean, it's stupid, because I'm already going away in October, but I was supposed to take even more leave over Christmas, and seeing as I just did a few tax returns likeallatonce (what!? I'm totally organised), I thought what the hell!
And so now I'm totally going to Uganda/Rwanda/Kenya and I'm just sorta panicking a little bit because I have to get a hell of a lot fitter to do the gorilla trek in the mountains in Rwanda and work out what to do if a hippo comes charging at me or a lion jumps out of a tree onto my head (er, in one of the places, the lions like to climb trees. Lions! omg!). And I looked at the list of vaccinations and malaria medications and stuff like that and... *shudder*. Rly do not like needles. Or tablets. BUT I PREFER THEM INFINITELY TO DYING OF HORRIBLE TROPICAL DISEASES KTHX.
But it's awesome, because I've wanted to go to Uganda for ages, and now I totally am! (Banana gin and Kampala nightlife, here I come!) And I'm slightly intimidated about landing in Nairobi on my own (damn you, internet horror stories!) but I'm sure it'll be seriously fine, because it's apparently an awesome city, as long as you're careful. So, like, yay!
In conclusion, this is the tour I'm doing... If anyone's in need of a christmas holiday and wants to come with, srsly do. It'll be a bit on the warm side, and there is camping and hiking and overlanding involved, but it seems pretty chill, and it'll totally be awesome! And there's only two spots left, so, like, yeah. Hooray!
Or, failing that, if anyone wants to do some practice hiking with me (as long as you'll be tolerant while I'm still slow and notveryfit), that'd be awesome. I've already decided to take up a martial art for fun and profit, starting next week-ish, so that'll be fun too. Gah, somebody slap me, srsly. This is getting ridiculous. :-D
I mean, it's stupid, because I'm already going away in October, but I was supposed to take even more leave over Christmas, and seeing as I just did a few tax returns likeallatonce (what!? I'm totally organised), I thought what the hell!
And so now I'm totally going to Uganda/Rwanda/Kenya and I'm just sorta panicking a little bit because I have to get a hell of a lot fitter to do the gorilla trek in the mountains in Rwanda and work out what to do if a hippo comes charging at me or a lion jumps out of a tree onto my head (er, in one of the places, the lions like to climb trees. Lions! omg!). And I looked at the list of vaccinations and malaria medications and stuff like that and... *shudder*. Rly do not like needles. Or tablets. BUT I PREFER THEM INFINITELY TO DYING OF HORRIBLE TROPICAL DISEASES KTHX.
But it's awesome, because I've wanted to go to Uganda for ages, and now I totally am! (Banana gin and Kampala nightlife, here I come!) And I'm slightly intimidated about landing in Nairobi on my own (damn you, internet horror stories!) but I'm sure it'll be seriously fine, because it's apparently an awesome city, as long as you're careful. So, like, yay!
In conclusion, this is the tour I'm doing... If anyone's in need of a christmas holiday and wants to come with, srsly do. It'll be a bit on the warm side, and there is camping and hiking and overlanding involved, but it seems pretty chill, and it'll totally be awesome! And there's only two spots left, so, like, yeah. Hooray!
Or, failing that, if anyone wants to do some practice hiking with me (as long as you'll be tolerant while I'm still slow and notveryfit), that'd be awesome. I've already decided to take up a martial art for fun and profit, starting next week-ish, so that'll be fun too. Gah, somebody slap me, srsly. This is getting ridiculous. :-D