After three very delightful weeks in Salem following our 8800-mile road trip across Canada and the US, we're off again. No Airstream this time, as we're traveling much lighter and farther.
We leave for Tanzania on Friday. We're going to meet up with our good friends from Spokane, Ron (Tall Ron--I'm Short Ron) and Barb. We met them in 2006 on a bicycle trip from Vienna to Venice. We've stayed in touch ever since and have done three bike trips with them including Vietnam and France.
After three days of jet-lag recovery and a city tour of Dar es Salaam, were going for five nights to Ruaha National Park. Kathy and I loved our hosts and their very remote camp last year and are looking forward to a longer stay with walking photo safaris and even more remote mobile camps on three of the nights.
Then we fly to the Selous National Game Reserve, to a tent camp on the shores of Lake Manze for four nights.
We say goodbye to Tall Ron and Barb, then head off on our own to Lisbon Portugal. We will work our way north to Porto where our London daughter Shanti and husband Alan will join us for three days. Then on September 2, with our 14-pound packs, we plan to start walking part of the Portuguese Camino de Santiago into NW Spain. We probably won't go all the way to Santiago but may do a loop by returning along the coastal route. It should be about 300 miles, but we'll see. It depends upon the weather, and how our bodies and time are holding up. My back is still a little 'iffy,' but much better than three weeks ago.
Now here's the important part: We're not taking ipads or computers, just our phones. So I won't be able to continue with this format and the email notifications. Therefore, if you want follow our adventures, you can do it three ways:
1) Follow us on Facebook. This will have the best photo layout and photo captions (Send me a friend request if you don't follow me)
2) Follow me on Instagram @kelemenron (Unfortunately, most of the photos will be square, missing the big panoramas and vistas.)
3) Don't want to bother with social media? That's fine. Simply go on the internet periodically to www.RonKathyRetirementAdventures.Tumblr.com.
We'll be back in late September. Enjoy!
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| Traveling much lighter this time! |
We leave for Tanzania on Friday. We're going to meet up with our good friends from Spokane, Ron (Tall Ron--I'm Short Ron) and Barb. We met them in 2006 on a bicycle trip from Vienna to Venice. We've stayed in touch ever since and have done three bike trips with them including Vietnam and France.
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| It will take 19 hours from Boston to Dar es Salaam |
Then we fly to the Selous National Game Reserve, to a tent camp on the shores of Lake Manze for four nights.
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| Starting and ending in Dar es Salaam by bush planes and dirt roads to our camps |
We say goodbye to Tall Ron and Barb, then head off on our own to Lisbon Portugal. We will work our way north to Porto where our London daughter Shanti and husband Alan will join us for three days. Then on September 2, with our 14-pound packs, we plan to start walking part of the Portuguese Camino de Santiago into NW Spain. We probably won't go all the way to Santiago but may do a loop by returning along the coastal route. It should be about 300 miles, but we'll see. It depends upon the weather, and how our bodies and time are holding up. My back is still a little 'iffy,' but much better than three weeks ago.
1) Follow us on Facebook. This will have the best photo layout and photo captions (Send me a friend request if you don't follow me)
2) Follow me on Instagram @kelemenron (Unfortunately, most of the photos will be square, missing the big panoramas and vistas.)
3) Don't want to bother with social media? That's fine. Simply go on the internet periodically to www.RonKathyRetirementAdventures.Tumblr.com.
We'll be back in late September. Enjoy!
What we can, While we can!"
