Farthest Land of the Setting Sun

Salam Aleikum (Greetings!)

Well, the time is almost here! "6 more sleeps" until we leave for Morocco. Once we land, our first couple of days will be orienting ourselves to our surroundings while the adventures begin. Morocco, known to Arabs as the, "farthest land of the setting sun" promises to be a country filled with spices, snake charmers, blue, and plenty of desert. We can hardly wait!

We want to thank you for your prayers and well wishes as we go. We've enjoyed seeing many of you over the past couple weeks as we've been preparing to leave. The countdown is on!

The Journey Begins

As of Monday, November 6 (less than a month away!) our "dream" trip to Africa becomes a reality. It's hard to believe that it's come so quickly. Many people have been requesting an itinerary so here it is:

• We fly out of Buffalo on Nov. 6 at 3:30pm.
• We arrive in Casablanca, Morocco sometime the following day
• We will spend a week in Morocco and then travel through the Sahara desert into Mauritania.
• Nov. 27 we fly from Nouakchott, Mauritania, to Cairo, Egypt.
• We will be staying in Egypt for about a month before heading to Burundi on December 23 where we will spend Christmas with Doug and Deanna
• After this, our timeline is flexible and we plan to travel by land down the East Coast
• We plan to travel through Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Namibia, and then finish up in South Africa.
• We fly back into Buffalo on March 9

Stay tuned and we'll keep you posted!