Wow - has it really been 3 weeks??

Hi all. I'm not sure how many people are actually following this blog - it may be just myself - but in case the wider world has an interest, I apologise for not having updated this blog for 3 weeks. "And why not?" I hear you ask... Actually I don't hear you ask, but I will assume some of you are at least wondering those words... Well I've been in St Charles, Chicago. Quite possibly some of the best weeks I can remember. Champagne, stretched limos, hotels, dancing - what else could you ask for? No one fell through the ice into the pond, no one embarassed themselves (apart from the one poor sod who fell asleep in just his underpants in the middle of the hotel lounge...) - and above all we had a fantastic time.

But now Chicago is over - and the next trip begins. I've been in London for the past 2 days organising my visas. I spent 1 morning at the Indian High Commission, and another at the Tanzanian High Commission. Now, with my passport full of visas, stamps, innoculation certificates and visa waiver slips, I'm ready to depart.

I leave for Paris tomorrow night, then I have a 1st class trip to Johannesburg on Friday night. 2 days in Jo-burg, then an internal flight to Cape Town. All day Rock Festival there, maybe climb Table Mountain, then off up through Africa - starting with the Namib desert. 45 days through Africa, then we arrive in Kenya. After Kenya it's a month in India before flying back to Paris.

Well that's a brief update for the next couple of months - I will update more later on. Until then - ciao for now!

Rich