Adventure begins #CrossOkavango
Friday, May 29, 2015
Route Map
I am feeling excitedly nervous. Or, maybe it is nervously excited? But there are some feelings of nervousness and excitement. It is the usual feeling before a big expedition. I am pretty sure that my travel buddy, Pako Lesejane feels the same way too right now.
It has been more than five years doing these travel expeditions, but this one feels very special in many ways. Through the years we have been saving up for these experiences. While friends were building concrete dreams in bricks, we have been saving up for tickets, pushing the passion, while building mansions of dreams - it has always been ditena versus diticket.
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