What lies ahead

As some of you may have already heard through the grapevine or directly from us, we will be going on the BIG TRIP much sooner than originally planned. Rory's current job has come to an end as the construction project is now in final stages. Although about 3 months sooner than we had anticipated we are thrilled.
   Frantic packing has started. Both Rory's and my last day with our employers will be this Friday, 1st March. Our room looks a bit as if a bomb has gone off and it's the nicest feeling in the world as it calls for adventure and reminds us daily of what lies ahead of us. Sometimes a small bit of panic creeps in as well mind you. There is still so much to do...
   But first things first. We had booked and pretty much paid for our next holiday already. Not going would mean wasting money for nothing. So we're still going to fly to South Africa on Sunday, 3rd March. We will spend a few nights in Livingstone (Zambia) at the Victoria Falls, return to Johannesburg (South Africa) and take part in a weekend dual-purpose off-road motorcylce course, do some outdoor shopping to buy a tent, sleepings bags etc. and then it is off to the island of Zanzibar (Tanzania) to enjoy the last bit of comfort for a week.
   On 20th March we'll be arriving back in Ghana. Rory will have to transport his bike to Lome (Togo) to the only KTM dealer in the west of Africa. It needs serious looking after, so fingers crossed all goes well.
   We will have to apply for our Ivory Coast visa in Accra which shouldn't take more than 2 days to be processed. Hopefully. Our planned route then will take us from Ghana through Ivory Coast, Guinea, Senegal, Mauritania, Western Sahara, Morocco into Europe where they better have the Tapas ready for us!
   As it stands we're aiming for 1st April to commence the trip. Oh boy! :)