Hi all thanks for stopping bye.
This is such an exciting time for my family and myself. We where planning a holiday to Africa at Christmas time for 2 months, now we have decided to live there for one year with my Mother and Father-inlaw.
We are taking 9 month old twins, and 2 other daughters, they are 11 and 21.
Kirsty the eldest daughter will be staying for 6 weeks, then she will return back to New Zealand Queenstown.
We have been to Africa before only for 6 weeks. This is the first time for the twins.
Madie and Ruby will get to meet their Grandparents for the first time, how exciting for them all.
I hope they travel well on the plane, especially for the other passengers, as one of our flights from Christchurch to Dubi is 19 hours, then 5 hours to Nairobi and a 6 hour road trip to Arusha to our final destination Meserani Snake Park
Steffi my 11 year old will attend school in Arusha, which is about 15 minutes away from where we will be living at the snake park. I have heard it is a very good school.
I think she had visions of sitting out in the wilderness with the Maasi children, I don't think that would be so bad anyway, imagine what she would learn about there culture.
So we have been packing up our house, and we leave on the 26th of November 2007, which is 6 days away, I am so excited. I love Africa, many people say once you have been you will want to go back. Living there of course will be different than a holiday.
Well I will leave it there and when we arrive in Tanzania I will let you all know how the travelling went with the babies.
Take care all.
P.S. The picture above is one I took at a Maasi village last time I was in Africa.
Tania Bale
