I’m at that point in a long trip that I always, eventually, arrive at. Been on the road now for just over a month, and arrived today in Mozambique – my third country in that time. Eventually I always reach this point - a sort of traveler’s numbness, where things start to run together. The programs and the agencies running them sort of blur – school feeding and Home Based Care and Orphans and Vulnerable Children – Maputo and Ndola, Lusaka and Shangane. It’s not a complaint – just a statement of where I am right now, mentally as well as physically. I got word today that another group tacked on some more time to the trip, which is great – so I’m looking at a mid-September return, from a June 29 start. Three more countries after this week.
Much of that time with be in Kenya, which I’m much looking forward to as I lived there for four years. I passed through South Africa today – the airport in Johannesburg, at least – and was reminded again of that odd melancholy you get when you pass back through a place you used to live, and where you shared such a seminal part of your life with so many other good people. It’s like going back to your old university and seeing your old dorm room – that sort of longing familiarity for something that cannot be again again, and which, though you tried, you never really appreciated when you had it. Kenya is like that for me, and though I still have a few good friends there I’ll be seeing, the whole country is a memory for me.
So, my first time in Mozambique. Just at the hotel now. Will wash of, grab a dinner, and be ready to go at 6:30 tomorrow for what sounds like a busy week with Joint Aid Management.
August 3rd, 2009 | by David in Travel
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