Just NB

The last stop on my trip was Franschhoek, Cape Winelands. The last blog entry left off here , in Nxbega. It was about an hour or so drive (no helicopter this time!), then back on this little teeny plane. We arrived back in Kasane (where I was so happy to see my luggage ); then did the reverse of the journey from Botswana to Zambia (while listening to a bunch of senior citizens talking about their hip replacements..); then fly from Zambia (Livingstone) to Johannesburg; then fly from Johannesburg to Capetown; then drive to Franschhoek. It was a LONG day of travelling...and was the longest possible route. Three countries in one day! FINALLY arrived at La Fontaine guest house about 19h00 (after leaving Okavanga at 4h30...) What a house! Amazing views! Each night I'd sit in the reading room, and drink South African port and read intellectual magazines like all accountants do. (Yah right!!) The little cat kept coming into the room for some cuddles!! Every morning I...

Franschhoek has been wonderful. If I could do things again, I would scratch staying at Africa's version of Disneland . Nxbega , and stay another few days here instead. (I'll write up a post on Nxbega later with pictures...but...it was just too much at the end. SO cheesey and SOOO expensive!!) Even though I'm staying in the Winelands...I haven't actually visited a vineyard. The weather has been a bit too cold...and I've been really liking going out, walking to a nearby breakfast cafe, coming back to the guest house I'm staying at, napping, reading, and then walking to a nearby restaurant for supper. Maybe it's the chilly weather that has me lazy....or maybe I'm just really good at being lazy. This afternoon, I'm FINALLY going to a spa and getting a pedicure, then getting picked up and driven back to the Capetown airport, flying to Johannesburg and then spending the night at the same place I did my first couple of nights here. I think I'll be ...

A little different than the first Accidental African Adventure ...but I think it qualifies as accidental - since technically I'm supposed to just have finished some dental surgery back in Edmonton. A few cancelled flights, a couple of phone calls and instead I'm in Reunion, planning a spur-of-the-moment African Adventure.... This is probably one of the most surreal moments in my life. I don't even really feel that excited. I'm thinking that will come tomorrow maybe... I just confirmed my itinerary - here it is... April 25, 26, 27: Johannesberg April 27, 28, 29: Zambia April 29, 30, May 1, May 2, May 3: Botswana - Chobe National Park May 3, 4, 5: Botswana - Okavango Delta May 5, 6, 7, 8: Western Cape, Cape Winelands, Frankshoek May 8, 9: Johannesberg May 9, 10, 11: St. Denis Reunion May 11: Tamatave, MG In light of anything else to say....holy sh*t!!!!! I'm going on a Safari!!!!