Maak soos 'n Boer

I'm starting to get things organised now. Guess I have to, I only have 8 days left at PwC! I ammended my flight plans to avoid Panama completely. I now fly from Sao Paulo on the 16th of January, via Lima (Peru) and Bogota (Colombia), to San Jose in Costa Rica. I'm going to have to skip my "jaunt" in Rio as I'd like a bit more time in Central America. I fly out to the Honduras on 2 February so I will now have a good bit of time to explore Costa Rica before that. I've also just had all my vaccinations done, at vast expense again, so I may actually make it home alive in roughly a year's time...

Aside from next year, I've just been down to KZN for an awesome canoe race, the Ithala Challenge through the Bivana gorge. Unbelievable!

Blame Panama!

The kak has already started! My original flight package through Star Alliance had to be altered when Varig Airlines went bust. I decided to reroute (at vast expense) via Panama. I was thinking, cool, lets make the best of the situation and see another country. But no such luck! The travel agent omitted to tell me there was no way I was going to get a visa for Panama (I can't even transit on to Costa Rica!) so I'm going to have to change that flight again. Now it looks like I'll be going via Lima (Peru) and Bogota (Colombia). The silver lining, I guess, is that I'm forced to waste 3 days in Brazil so I think I'll trundle over to Rio for a little joint... er... sorry Mom... I meant "jaunt"...