Our departure is now 3 weeks away. We leave from Chicago on Jan. 5th. We have a nice long layover in London, where we will get to spend the day with my good friend, Adele, then its off to Cape Town, arriving Jan. 7th. Many people are wondering exactly what our plans are. We are planning to take about a year, starting off in South Africa and traveling around the continent of Africa. If time and money allow, we are hoping to also make our way over to Central and South America. We do not have any set-in-stone plans, but here is a map of our tentative route through Africa.
Key:
blue= tentative route
black= countries with travel warnings (which we will be avoiding)
red= closed land borders
We are hoping to use this blog as a way to keep in touch with our family and friends back home and for the curious to follow our adventures. Feel free to leave us comments and send us emails along the way- I'm sure we will be more than happy to hear from everyone back home.
