Craziest thing I haver ever done......
 

I just booked a 53 day trip through Africa

http://www.brummi-tours.de/english/tour.htm#tour_50

Its serious roughing it all the way - Im so fucking excited I cant tell you.

Im also trying to get a satelite phone so I can keep a blog, but they are seriously expensive.

Have a look at the site - its going to be crazy

BTW the smilies have stopped working

Long ass trip in a culture you don't know nothing about ... I'd be scared a bit ;) good luck with everything

So the 53 day trip thru africa wasn't expensive but the phone is? CUUKOO CUUKOO

lol - actually the phone will be at least twice the price of the trip.

Strange but true :)

What kinda security will you have?

i'm guessing the trip you're taking goes through places just as dangerous as the "real jamaica" ? like the non touristy areas

cause if so, i'd do your homework before going

sounds exciting but scary as hell hope you have a safe trip

Especially while flashing that satellite phone ;)

That is part of the thrill - from what I have read so far Nigeria is the scariest place.

I have done trips in SE Asia that are a bit like that, its never as bad as you think. I remember meeting a cop in Cambodia that I thought was going to kill me. A few hours later I was having dinner with his family - Pit Bull never tasted so good.

BTW I woke up about 3am and remembered that I was meant to do a 404 page for you - like a month ago. Ill get it done today.

thats awsome!! take lots of pics :thumbsup

cops in cambodia/thailand/etc won't touch you, because the generals would shoot them in the head for fucking with tourists

tourism is a huge part of their economy, so they won't fuck with tourists...

cops, that is...


but in africa, i wouldn't be as lax as you are being regarding the security thing... i know it's "part of the thrill" but those people don't have much to live for, and robbing you would be like winning the lottery (2 cents)



btw, don't worry about that 404 page bro, i have somewhere else i'm sending my 404 to now thanks

say hello to the lions for me!!

were you preparing for it since a long time or is it just a spontanous decision?

Awesome man, good for you! Travel is the best experience.....especially in developing countries.

A tour of africa is one of the places on my list to visit before i kick it... Good luck man and it sounds awesome!

Spontanious - to be honest I didnt think it was possible to go from top to bottom like that.

Good luck!! That is truly an adventurous trip!!!!!

I don't know if you paid much attention but most of that site doesn't work. For some reason that strikes me as really odd.

I didnt have any problems with the site - but you have got me wondering - Im 99% sure its all ok but I will check it out on Monday.

sounds like a very exciting expedition. hope you enjoy the trip

That looks awesome! I'd be scared shitless!

i'd by eaten by like a human sized toad within the first day.

I watched a documentary of a trek through the Congo last night. Most of the natives didn't make it. You're gonna DIE!

I would never go on a trip like that unless it well known and no problems would happen.

Good for you dude, what a rush that will be awesome, do it before u got 2 kids and a wife in tow ) Remember to take lots of pics and post em here!

I am also hoping that someday I get to visit Africa especially Kenya, South Africa, and Namibia.

Goodluck on your trip Damian. :)

Good for you...trips like that change your world view. I'm jealous in many ways.

so are you going there?

or have you already returned?

if someone wonders why the bump, its in reference to the Punkworld thread

Looks incredible. I can't wait to hear about it and see the pics.

Africa is awesome , good luck

sounds like fun :thumbsup

Sounds like a great adventure. But, roughing it through all those places where people hack up other people with machetes and don't think twice about it? I think a satellite phone (and a gun!) should be in your budget.

Just curious, if in danger, who will you call, and how would you tell them where you are?

Talk with other people who have made the same trip and ask their tips.

:2 cents:

I remember this thread, it's more than obvious that Damian didn't take the trip, nobody makes it back alive from Africa ;)

Amongst lions, AIDS, and dark people armed with AKs running amok your chances are very slim.