Perspectives of a 27 year old woman of color with an international flair...

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Saturday, November 6, 2010

December 28th is Departure Day!!

Yep, so I leave for Namibia on December 28.  Here's my travel itinerary:
  • 9:04a flight from New York to Washington DC
  • 10:30a arrive in Washington DC
  • 3pm  pre-departure meeting with group and program director
  • 5:40p - leave on South African Airways for Dakar, Senegal (7 hour flight)
  • About 6:10a arrive in Dakar, Senegal (synchronicity)
  • Leave at 7:10a for Johannesburg, South Africa (8 hour flight)
  • Arrive in Johannesberg at 5:30p Dec 29
  • Hop on connecting flight to Namibia which may be about 2 hours
Oh yeah, that's one HECK of a long 2 days!  lol  But it's all soooo surreal!!  I'm getting butterflies just typing all of this.  I decided to book a flight to DC to arrive pretty early JUST IN CASE there's any foolishness with delays etc.  The child of my mother that I am, I'd just rather be super early, because there's NO WAY I'm missing my South African Airways flight.

My fellow Namibia volunteers and I have been e-introduced via our Google group and it really seems like a great bunch of people.  I'm psyched.

Now the only thing is that I have to do is SERIOUSLY buckle down on purchasing everything on my Namibia packing list.  I also still have to get typhoid, yellow fever, and possibly a chicken pox vaccinations since I've never had that.  I also need to buy 2 huge pieces of luggage as well as check weight restrictions and costs. 

I'm a little murky on whether I should just start blogging on my Namibia blog from now on, which is why I stay around these parts :)  I'm gonna miss this blog, it's like my little baby,  lol.  But I'll return to it once I get back.  Or maybe I'll just reserve this blog for more personal postings.  Either way, I'll be sure you let everyone one when I'll begin posting on my Namibian blog.

Laters :)
Posted by Michelle Amiee at 5:23 PM

4 comments:

  1. kay*November 8, 2010 at 8:41 PM

    Oh I am so excited for you and your upcoming adventure! How long will you be in Namibia for? I would love to visit one day :)

    I look forward to following along on your adventure - it's going to be amazing! Ringing in the New Year in a new country - heck on a new CONTINENT! In AFRICA! So cool.

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  2. Michelle AmieeNovember 10, 2010 at 10:52 AM

    @kay: I will be in Namibia for a one year, with the option to stay on for a second year if I choose. Please visit any time you'd like, i'll have two vacation periods too. I would LOVVVEEE to visit India. I'm really hoping on getting involved in a program where I could live there for a year too! Your time there is going to be simply amazing!!

    p.s. my nickname is actually Kay (I haven't posted my real name on here yet, but I couldn't resist telling you that :)

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  3. kay*November 11, 2010 at 9:21 PM

    :)

    well if you make it to india while i'm there my flat is open to you! we can go shopping and have some chai.

    and kay is my blogging name..... ;)

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  4. Michelle AmieeNovember 14, 2010 at 1:29 AM

    Definitely!! We'll be keeping in touch!

    P.S. I really enjoyed your post that was titled 29 in 10, or 30 in 10, (sorry trying to remember the name off the top of my head and it's late :) I was planning on commenting on that post bc I could TOTALLY identify with it.

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