Monday, Jan 27. I depart today for Overseas Adventure Travel’s famous Ultimate Africa Tour. 14 days in the three countries surrounding Victoria Falls. Four separate glamping locations. (Glamour camping: toilets and showers in each tent.) I bought another camera, one level below professional grade. I’ve still got 190 pages to read in the manual. I also bought a guidebook for wildlife. 75% of the pages list birds. It’s the rainy season. Plush vegetation, which equates to difficulty seeing animals. But it’ll all be green. I’ve been told that each camp’s staff expect us to sing and dance. Well . . .

If time in transit is ignored, I won’t experience Tuesday. Two 11 hour flights with Heathrow in between. I’ll arrive in Johannesburg on Wednesday. Do a rush tour of the city and Soweto, mostly dedicated to apartheid history. The real tour formally begins on Thursday with a flight to the Falls and drive to Hwange National Park.

Very limited wifi. Stories, photos and video may be sporadic.