The road to Africa
Megan who was a diving instructor in the island of Utila, Honduras when I was there back in March, had during this period accepted a job in the small island of Pemba, near Zanzibar. She asked for my advice at that time and told her to simply bite the ball and go, especially that as there is plenty of things to do in this area if things turned out not be exactly the dream job. She made her decision shortly after and she was scheduled to be there at the last week of April.
As it happens, she will be leaving Pemba next week, after 3-months and despite an amazing diving, she will explore the place and travel to Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana and of course South Africa.
I wish I could be there again to travel.
Having grew up in Africa for something like 15 years, East/South Africa is the place which reminds me home the most probably due to my strong connections with Burundi which were certainly the best years of my youth.
When I was backpacking in the area during my round-the-world trip, now already 3 years ago, a lot was familiar to me. Sounds, smells, colors, people, … I loved every moment of it. From a traveling perspective this is also certainly the best place to be. A lot of it is still deeply authentic and there is that not many travelers like in Asia or the rest of the world. Time spent with travelers is in a more friendly atmosphere and there is way more experience sharing than in other places.
I hope to take some very long time off sometime again in the future and take the road to Ouganda, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland and Mozambique.
Have fun, Megan !
