Gentle Readers,
I'm getting pretty good at this whole spontaneity business. For the last three weeks I have anticipated leaving for Kenya tomorrow for safari and to see an old friend. However, as you may heave heard, recent elections have left the country on the brink of civil war and all travel to the country is highly discouraged. The airport is only open on and off, there are large blazes across the city of Nairobi, blackouts have become a common occurance, and all news media outlets have been shut down by the government. All of this has developed within the last day. I am receiving reports from both the embassy and staff from the African Wildlife Foundation (my former employer) headquarters regarding developments of the situation and it seems to be getting worse by the minute. As per the advice of my would-be warden at the embassy and all the staff at AWF, I have deferred my travels to Africa. I have canceled my flight and am in the midst of making other arrangements.
All of this happened within the span of about 6 hours, mind you.
Click here to read up on why I'm not going.
Or here.
Or here.
Currently, I am scheduled to leave for Innsbruck, Austria on the third to visit an old friend and possibly hit up skiing in the Alps. After that, though still in the initial sages of planning, I'll be heading to Dublin to see yet another dear friend and my old nanny. Yes, I had an Irish nanny. And no, I have no articles of winter clothing with me.
I'll keep y'all updated.
Peace
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Hey give some credit to the old folks who were up from 1:30 AM to 5:30 in MN facilitating three way phone and internet connections between Dubai, St. Paul, Innsbruck, Pfronten Germany, Qatar, Nairobi, and or Lakeland, MN. Thank goodness for SKYPE. We are just happy it worked out and the trip was able to be rearranged under less than ideal circumstances.
The news from Nairobi is definately bad. . . .
Konnersma and Konnerspa
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