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Days ticking by – one week until departure. Bitter sweet to be leaving Salida as Spring arrives and \u00a0active summer just ahead. There will be others here. This year – Africa. As we prepare we try to remember less is more. Less to cart around and more focus on being where we are – living as the locals do. OK we will have the 4×4 with roof top tent, all the supplies to feed, cloth and communicate but we will be camping out for four months. Bring it on. Like the sailboat, self sufficient, independent, engaging with the locals. I hope to get exercise beyond bouncing along in the 4×4. Plenty of hiking opportunities and we’ll walk like the locals do. Arrive in Jo’burg Saturday April 19 in time for Easter Sunday\/Monday holiday. Then touch and feel our selected 4×4 on Tuesday and deal with registration, insurance, all the paper work and refurbishing we decide to do. Hope to be on board and off by Saturday April 26. Be flexible, Be Present, take in all the adventures. Come along with us. Dee<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Days ticking by – one week until departure. Bitter sweet to be leaving Salida as Spring arrives and \u00a0active summer just ahead. There will be others here. This year – Africa. As we prepare we try to remember less is more. 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