Going to Africa - any suggestions? (Jan/08/2010 )
LostintheLab on Jan 12 2010, 07:48 PM said:
We expect pictures from you...there's even a whole thread where you can put them!
Perhaps we shld move the bioforum conference over there, Lost-san...what d'ya think? swimming with the great whites would be nice or feeding the giraffes with your hat....
... We could have the conference in SA...nice central location (as in far from all our various locations)...
I like my hats, they're not getting fed to any giraffe.
As to great whites- what would you choose- sea through cage or the usual metal option? or it could be a dare?
LostintheLab on Jan 12 2010, 11:43 PM said:
I like my hats, they're not getting fed to any giraffe.
As to great whites- what would you choose- sea through cage or the usual metal option? or it could be a dare?
a dare of course....otoh, can we just have one of those CGI sharks...safer that way cos I kinda like my skin
...and these giraffes are viciously hat-obsessed...even ate one of my favourite Canadiens ones...how about an elephant ride? without a saddle (as a double dare?) 
I like my skin too- so no barebacked elephant riding for me (anyway, I'm planning on doing that in Thailand in March)
I vote for the CGI shark too, since I'm a complete wimp.
How come a giraffe ate your hat- they're better be a good story here
Oh not really the best story ever...it's just that a family of giraffes started poking their heads in our car and ate everything their long wet tongues can snare...including our hats....spat them out later- the barbaric beasts... ....and Lost-san...enjoy the elephant ride...they smell a bit funny tho....
casandra on Jan 12 2010, 09:02 PM said:
I'm sure the elephants would say the same thing about us,
but my sister actually wants to do the great white shark cage diving, and I am working on getting an underwater camera so I can passively enjoy because I am pretty content with staying on the boat.
thanks guys again
Casandra, are you sure that it was not your red tuque? 
To South Africa I'd go next year, with soccer world championships it will be full and expensive this year...but together with Kenya and Benin (and some others) a good start to become acquainted with Africa (climate, living conditions etc)...
nope, hobglobin....over my dead body...I'd never allow anything nor anybody to take my red tuque.......Kenya I think has a warning asterisk in our travel advisory....are you going by yourself or with your other octagenarian friends? iow, can I come? ....
casandra on Jan 13 2010, 08:50 PM said:
nope, hobglobin....over my dead body...I'd never allow anything nor anybody to take my red tuque..
.....Kenya I think has a warning asterisk in our travel advisory....are you going by yourself or with your other octagenarian friends? iow, can I come? ....But that was because of the riots 2007/08, should be over now....anyway in all of those countries one should follow the safety advisories and be more careful than in Switzerland....
I guess I'll go by myself (they have enough spiders), but if you want...<surprise>
hobglobin on Jan 13 2010, 03:00 PM said:
casandra on Jan 13 2010, 08:50 PM said:
nope, hobglobin....over my dead body...I'd never allow anything nor anybody to take my red tuque..
.....Kenya I think has a warning asterisk in our travel advisory....are you going by yourself or with your other octagenarian friends? iow, can I come? ....But that was because of the riots 2007/08, should be over now....anyway in all of those countries one should follow the safety advisories and be more careful than in Switzerland....
I guess I'll go by myself (they have enough spiders), but if you want...<surprise>
the warning level --exercise high degree of caution--is still in effect up till now.....the resultant violence and destabilisation after the election was predicted to increase the criminal activity thruout the country...plus the usual potential for terrorist attacks and the heavy rains etc....and we're so spoiled and such wimps....
...and I'll go with you just to make your trip more miserable, I mean memorable......