3 weeks today....

Hi all,
Well we are down to the wire, we think.
The last rabbies shots are done; all the medicals have been passed; (950 GBPs of medicals and shots!) our visas are on the way (we think) and we are almost packed -- ARGGGGH!

This is really tough - how does one get their whole lives down to 50lbs? It is impossible, especially when you have to deal with everything you own. The pile going back to Canada increases by the day and so is the charity box. Everytime you think you are done, you think of something else that has not been packed. And then you give the suitcase a final weighing and damn! it is over. I think it magically gains weight when we are not watching!

There is some good stuff on the horizon however. Today we booked a trip to Scotland - our last hoorah before we leave the UK. We are off to Edinburgh on the 22nd and hope that the tour to Inverness and Loch Ness goes ahead. If not, we can always revert to the excellent UK train system. We come back on the Thursday (25th), for final preparations.

Dave and I have both been in touch with our partner organizations in Bamenda. It seems they are eager for us to arrive. Not as eager as we are to get there I am sure. On the 28th, we will take a hotel near the airport as our March 1 flight leaves really early. Not to mention that we have to be out of the flat on that day.

We spend one week in Yaounde, the capital of Cameroon, for training. Then, we are told, there is another week of training in Bamenda before we actually start.