On to the next chapter: Africa

I’d better start getting used to this view

Written by Chris

It may be hard to believe, but Mindy and I have just completed the first leg of our trip. We have had some great times in South America, but it is time to move on to the next continent: Africa. We leave early tomorrow on a flight itinerary that could charitably be described as torturous. It offers the following features:

• 4:30am wake-up call to get to the airport
• Travel on 2 separate tickets; always a risk if delays occur and flights are missed
• A total of 4 plane changes in 4 different countries – Ecuador, Panama, Argentina, and South Africa
• One 16-hour layover
• Flight miles: over 10,000
• Door-to-door elapsed time: 51 hours estimated
• A red-eye flight on my birthday going east so I lose 7 hours of my birthday

That’s the price I guess we pay for budget travel. We have our Kindles and iPods fully loaded and we’re stocking up on snacks. We’ll see you in Africa! (If we’re lucky…)