So here's the first post about my trip to Tanzania this summer. I have set my vacation time at work: May 22 - June 16. No plane ticket yet or other details. I need to call United to see if there's some way I can use some of my 280,000 (and counting) frequent flyer miles.
Phil sent me an e-mail last week indicating that during my time there, he and Alison would be taking a trip to Rwanda to "see the gorillas." So yes, of course I'm in for that.
I've picked up a few books from the used book store down the street and am currently reading Hemingway's "The Snows of Kilimanjaro." Also, I bought a lot of books and DVDs from Amazon today to help me understand what I'm getting into. I'm also doing my best to learn some Swahili, although at the moment, the only words I remember are 'ndege,' which means 'plane,' and 'mbwa' and I don't remember what that means.
