Decided chill in the air...

Well, yesterday was officially the first day of Autumn and the air in Scotland has gained a decided chill - definitely time to be heading for warmer climates....
Still can't believe I have to pack my thermal underwear for Africa. Think I might be doing something wrong.

The route - Tony

Sharon leaves Scotland on the 10th of October and climbs Kilimanjaro first, then meets Tony and Mark in Nairobi.

Tony leaves Scotland, October 20th (rendevous with Sharon and Mark)

• Oct 21st - Nov 6th: Kenya safari
  
• Nov 6th - Nov 13th: Uganda/Rwanda Gorilla trekking with Absolute Africa (Mark returns to UK)
  
• Nov 14th - 24th: Uganda various - staying in or around Red Chilli Hideaway (http://www.redchillihideaway.com/
  
• Nov 25th: Join Imaginitive Traveller trip KAKN in Tanzania and do the route attached below (ignoring day 1 in Kenya).

• Jan 2nd: Tour finishes in Cape Town.

Days camping so far ~50 so probably overdue shower and wash. Beat washing to death with stick.

Post Africa:

• Jan 6th: Leave Cape Town , fly via Jo'burg to Sydney.
  
• Jan 7th - 13th: Sydney
  
• Jan 14th: NZ.
  
• Feb 22nd - 26th: Melbourne.
• Feb 27th - 11th March: Bangkok.

Route URL is:

http://www.imaginative-traveller.com/trips/KAKN

Argggh!

The car died!  Just 6 weeks to go - timing... is everything.

Still hopefully just a duff battery.

Last day in Scotland without constant rain

Was a while ago but at least the heather was blooming.

Seeing as it's 6(ish) weeks to go...

I'd just like to say....

Planning for Africa

Stuff still to do:

• Vaccinations
• Anti-Malarials
• USD
• Zambian visas
• setup blog
• Travel insurance
  
• Pack up house
• Drink whisky
• Move in Mark
  
• Trial pack
• Panic and remove stuff from too stuffed pack
  
• Actual pack
• Did I mention panic?
  
• Get on plane
• Argue with check in staff over size of bags