We are far from home in Dubai as we celebrate Easter 2009 on our adventure of a lifetime. This Easter weekend find us exactly 75% through our trip on the basis of time (84 days or 12 weeks done, 28 days or 4 weeks to go) and having traveled over 50,000 km so far, we are going to surpass our original distance traveled guess by a significant amount. Later this week (April 15-16) we will be traveling through the notorious Somalia pirate zone in the Gulf of Aden to the Red Sea and Suez Canal. We will have support from NATO military ships so the risks of any incident should be very low. It is hard to describe in words all the people we are meeting and the sites we are seeing. Some of the pictures we have posted provide some context, but the memories that we are creating can only be understood with the actual experience. We had described this trip as a “capital investment” rather than a regular expense item like annual holidays and it truly has been a major investment that will produce substantial returns for many years to come.
We look forward to the last leg of our adventure as well as our return home where we can share all of our experiences with our family and friends that have supported us through the years and have helped us with our trip.
Thanks for the pictures. I know Mom got a chance to see them all last week and was very happy. It helps us to remember how good looking you all are! Travel safe and know that we are thinking of you.
ReplyDeleteDid you play tennis on that little platform on that building in the picture?
ReplyDeleteNp tennis on the paltform, just a golf driving range for Tiger Wookds!
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