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| Originally Posted by Jacilynda oh 3 years! I'd be sooo excited!!! Johannesburg is really a big city, they have McDonalds, yada yada. Although Africans add some kind of spice to their burger so the burgers aren't exactly like ours. The greater Joburg area, which Midrand is included is over 7 million people.
Joe's dad is a really well-known microbiologist and i work for him and he took a sabbatical and worked at a University in Gabs and offered us to come we of course excepted, he really needed me to help w/ some research. We went back a year later for the summer and would LOVE to move there!
Don't worry about food you have lots of options in that area. So, you don't have to eat local food. We REALLY like ostrich. They make and ostrich sausage in SF and its sooo good. We'd never had ostrich until we went there.
Definitely check out Zimbabwe, its one of the most beautiful countries I have ever seen! Check out national reserves. Chobe is in Northern Botsana, we loved it so much we came home and bought a dog and named him Chobe! Then we got another dog and named him Maputo (capital of mozambique). Check out Bloemfontein (south of Joburg) its a nice town. JRR Tolkein was born there, he wrote The Hobbit & Lord of The Rings. Also Cradock is south eastern SF but is a cool little town. Its full of old old houses but they've remodeled everything. Also take a trip to Kruger Park! Cape Town is nice, but it STINKS!!!! There is a HUGE colony of Sea Lions that live there, they stink and they're mean!
In Africa they say you cry twice. Once when you get there, you think WTF have I gotten myself into. And once when you leave! I guarantee you will LOVE Africa, it's amazing and you'll always be wanting to go back!
I hope you go to Europe! Joe and I LOVE LOVE LOVE Turkey, everything about it! Also Vienna is one of our other hotspots! |
Wow! You guys have been to some amazing places! Vienna and Turkey! I would LOVE to see the lesser seen countries of Europe. I would love to visit Romania and some of the Eastern European countries.
I have heard that there are a ton of penguins in Cape Town too, similar to how some big cities have a lot of pigeons.
Three years is a long time for me to imagine since I've only lived in another country for 6 months. I know I'll get terribly homesick, probably after I've been there a few months but then it'll pass and I'll be fine. There will be so many things to see and do I just hope we can fit them all in! I was reading tonight about how to take a tour and swim in the Devil's Swimming Pool (or Devil's Bathtub) at Victoria Falls. That's the number thing my husband wants to experience while we're there. I'm definitely going to volunteer at cat shelters but I'm also hoping to be able to do some AIDS work while we're over there.
We're now full up-to-date on our immunizations, including ones for us to be able to travel around Africa. Did you say you guys are camping from Cape Town to Cairo? I would LOVE to go to Egypt and spend a long time there. Once we get back from Africa I want to spend some time in South America.
What is there to do in Cape Town? Does it have nice beaches or is it a place to surf? Also, when you guys camp is that camping in the North American sense, like pitch a tent and backpack through Africa or more like stay in hostels along the way? Either way it sounds great!
We leaving here on June 13th, so, yes, in about 4 weeks. We will be living there for about 3 years (we're hoping we can stay that long!). My husband's job is what takes us there; he works for a large engineering company that has a contract with a utilities company in South Africa. 
