So it has begun

‘So it has begun’ is what I thought when I left home and feels like an appropriate starting line for this blog as well. But how is this blog going to turn out? What do I write about? How will I write about it? In which language? How much time will I find to do it and is anybody going to read it after all? To be honest, two weeks after departure I still have no plan whatsoever! But as the Tanzanian people say: ‘Hakuna Matata’ which basically means something like ‘no problem, it will work out somehow’. So similarily to my trip, also the blog will hopefully find it’s own way even without much planning and turn out to be something cool in the end.

One thing I figured already out though, is that I will use my gallery and regularly publish some pictures. So at least there is something to look at and to get an impression of the places i visit and what happens to me. I might try to write little episodes that stand by themselves and give a glimpse into what I am experiencing, which people i meet and how it feels to me rather than simply iterating places and sights.
If someone that traveled with me, is going to do so or is somehow else affected by my trip and feels the need to add their point of view, I won’t stay in the way 😉

What happend so far:
After my last day at work I went to Lazise at the Lago di Garda with a whole bunch of my friends to have a good time and also to celebrate my 30th birthday a little which turned out to be a great time. After that my flight to Portugal got canceled (thank you Ryanair) and I missed out on the monkey meeting in Faro. The days before the trip to Iceland passed very quickly nevertheless and soon I had an amazing time there with my girlfriend Leni, my sister Daniela and Luki. Maybe I or one of those three will find the time to write something about that trip later on. August was planned to be a relaxed month at home, filled with short trips, the outdoors, travel planning and spending time with friends and family. Instead it was a very busy month that passed way too quickly. Good thing was that at least I managed to say my goodbyes and have at least some little time to spend in the mountains, as well as more or less organize everything necessary for my trip. But it wouldn’t be the way it’s supposed to be if everything went according to plan. Leaving my girlfriend for such a long time and finally realizing what it actually meant to be away from home for such a long time was a hard thing to deal with! But that’s part of what i was going for, right? Good thing I have my faithful travel companion Rüdiger with me. Feeling sad we left for the airport and were soon on the way to Dar Es Salaam in Tanzania. We had to change plane in Dubai and at the gate we met a familiar face. My father was already waiting there as he took a different plane there. We will spend the next two months together in East Africa before he heads home and I move on.
Since then we tried to adapt to the african way of life and it seems we did not do too bad as we spent already a few days in Zanzibar and later made our way west heading for some national parks and doing a two day safari. Right now I am sitting at the terrace of the very nice Central Lodge in Iringa, having a relaxed day and enjoying the sun and listening to loud singing originating from some place nearby. I feel good 🙂