Greetings from Amsterdam

Well, after lots of planning and research and running around like a crazy madwoman, I'm finally en route to Africa. I have a 4 hour layover in Amsterdam. This is not as long as the 7.5+ hour layover here on the way home.

It feels good to finally be travelling. I think it's less stressful than the anticipation of travelling. I've been busy trying to get everything that I needed for the trip, getting shots, etc. and it's nice to just relax. So, yes of course I did forget a couple of things, but I don't see any major problems acquiring the missing items.

For some strange reason, I forgot to pack my headlamp. Who needs it anyway... I'm only camping out for 18 of the nights that I will be away. But, I did get the important stuff done before the trip - like buying a new couch the afternoon before I left. Yep, it's important to have one's priorities straight.

I will sign off for now as this probably doesn't make much sense (I've been up for 22 hours now). It took me much longer than I care to report to figure out how to get all my blogger commands in English. I will update this when I can. I'm not too sure how often I will have internet access. Hopefully I will be able to post pictures of lions for you!