Day 108: Durban has been getting lots of rain. Last night, I bet more rain fell in a 12-hour period than I'd ever witnessed. It went on and on. This put tomorrow and Friday's safari trip into question. However after a morning Whatsapp messaging marathon, we agreed with our guide to be ready at 7:00 am in the lobby tomorrow morning.
We cannot be assured of the weather next week. More importantly, we will also arrange for a different overnight trip next week with the same tour company. We want to spend a night in the country of Lesotho too. We plan to see the Sani pass and spend a night in Mokhotlong.
So, we hope to see some animals in their natural environment which at the time happens to be fairly wet and muddy. (I will not be taking along the laptop, so my daily updates here may be a bit late appearing online.)
We didn't accomplish a lot today and found ourselves sitting around a lot. We did finalize some reservations for Jay's birthday week at the beginning of September. We got air tickets to Barcelona the other day and yesterday got the 7-night MSC cruise we'd been eyeing. Today, Jay added a one-night stay in Barcelona prior to our cruise departure.
When I first graduated from college, I thought a career as a travel agent would be interesting. Little did I know that people would be able to arrange every detail of own their trips by the time I took early retirement. We don't often stop to think how profoundly different the world is today than during the years when we were freshly-minted adults.