It's the final countdown!!

Am I excited?? Well, am I? Who wouldn't be. I have my passport, I have  my flight booked. On the 24th of September I fly out of George airport, via OR Tambo airport and all the way to Windhoek in Namibia. From there I will be picked up by my own personal safari guide. I guess I am lucky, Christian is my life partner. He will be dropping of tourists from America after their safari and then it's my turn.

We plan on travelling north. He is going to take me to the country of my birth, Zambia. And Botswana, and Zimbabwe. Wow, 5 countries in less than 3 weeks. (Did I mention I was excited?)

I still have to do my homework as to just how many Geocaches we can slot in. Still lots to do. Along with packing I have a house to organize and I still have to work until the day before I leave.

The packing list is growing daily. Camera, anti-malaria tablets, GPS, laptop, clothes, toiletries.... At least Christian has the camping gear there already and Namibia has some pretty good shops so whatever gets inevitably forgotten can be bought.

So for now, I am off to decide what shoes will be the most practical.......

Finding treasure.

Just imagine, while out hunting for an elusive FTF, faithfully and blindly following the arrow on your GPS or smart phone. Turning over rocks and looking in hollow trees like we do. Then discovering real hidden treasure. Long lost hoards of gold. Is this maybe what keeps us motivated? Recently a couple in the USA were walking there dog and they discovered just that millions (and I mean millions) of dollars worth of long lost gold coins. A total mystery how it got there. But this couple really got lucky.
But not all treasure is gold. Not all that sparkles is gold. A beautiful sunset, an amazing view, an exciting new spot. Personally that is the treasure to geocaching. Being taken to new and exciting places that are off the beaten track.
And as I type this I am getting excited. my ultimate African Geocaching Safari adventure is being planned.