A lot has happened in the past 10 days. The money I transferred has now been accepted. I have still to pay the other half, but I will do that in a few days, maybe a week from now. My outgoing expenses have quadrupled. Some of the things I have to buy in the next little while scare me more than anything. Not cost wise, although my credit card is going to come in handy- thanks to the commonwealth bank for that one. But for one, sheer volume and two, the dreaded yellow fever vaccine.
I think mum and James were both shocked when I told them. Mum a little more so. I know she is proud of me, but she is also weary of what I am “getting myself into” whether I am prepared and have I thought of this and that.
After having spent a few days with them, with the ideas circulating and fears coming and going, and new fears arising, I got to the stage of terror. The images I have seen on the TV and read about in newspapers for the entirety of my life all came flooding in. What about bombings, rape, shooting, robberies, murder, bribes? Thinking about all those things worries me, but does it worry me enough not to go? I don't think so.
So, I am going. As I said I have paid the first half, no turning back now. I have to just jump in at the deep-end; otherwise I don’t get anything done. So is this deep enough?
Short answer is nope, it gets deeper.
Many of you know that James is staying in Europe after mum leaves. The idea was that we would head to Rome and hang out there, maybe do another work-away; we didn’t really have any plans.
The idea has changed a bit. Now we are going to back pack through West Africa to Ghana. Wicked hey!! The current travel warnings advise otherwise. Some countries have the green light and some say avoid travel, between the UK travel warnings, Australia and America, all advice is different.
How bad can it be? Famous last words hey?!
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