The Next Big Trip

As a lot of you know, one goal of mine is to visit every continent at some point in my life. Yesterday I took a step toward completing that by booking a space on a tour through two African countries, South Africa and Namibia.

I did quite a bit of research on where to go and after a lot of thought about what exactly I wanted to do, decided on this trip. I included the map to show where I'll be as most of the people I've talked to about it have no idea where Namibia is, nor even heard of it. That and I wanted to prove I really wasn't making it up!

The plan is to leave from Cape Town on June 19 and spend 13 days going through western South Africa and Namibia, eventually ending at the Namibian capital of Windhoek. It should be a lot of fun as along the we way we'll see the Fish River Canyon, the world's second largest canyon, the Sossusvlei sand dunes, the highest in the world and after visiting some coastal towns, spend two days on safari in Etosha National Park watching lions, elephants, zebra and a host of other wildlife.

It's still four months out, but I'm pretty excited about this trip. It will be my biggest to date and also the farthest I'll have ever been from home. I'm sure you'll hear more about it over the coming months, especially you poor Atlanta folks, so stay tuned.