We are planning a trip to Africa starting at Cape Town and travelling up to
Kenya on a safari style trip in August/September 2005.
Any tips or advice is greatly accepted as we have not ventured overseas
before and are very unsure on who to travel with.
Thanks Adell

On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 06:39:19 GMT, "Adell" <dixidell@bigpond.net.au>
wrote:

>Any tips or advice is greatly accepted as we have not ventured overseas
>before and are very unsure on who to travel with.

I recommend your partner, your friends, people who you know you get on
well with, strangers might work of course, but probably easiest to
travel with someone you know you get on with.

HTH

Jim.

On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 06:39:19 +0000, Adell wrote:

> We are planning a trip to Africa starting at Cape Town and travelling up
> to Kenya on a safari style trip in August/September 2005. Any tips or
> advice is greatly accepted as we have not ventured overseas before and
> are very unsure on who to travel with.

The less people, the better. Three is a crowd, more is even worse. Such
trips are all about exploring, coping with the unknown and taking
advantage of unexpected opportunities. Collective decision making in that
context is a severe drag and can easily end up in frustration, and that's
why I prefer to travel alone although I can tolerate the company of a
friend very well. But every time there were more people we split so that
everyone can have it his way, even though they were very nice people.

But then maybe you like being in a large group. Just make sure you
understand what it means.

In message <417f5fa9.312851656@news.individual.net>, Jim Ley
<jim@jibbering.com> writes
>On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 06:39:19 GMT, "Adell" <dixidell@bigpond.net.au>
>wrote:
>
>>Any tips or advice is greatly accepted as we have not ventured overseas
>>before and are very unsure on who to travel with.
>
>I recommend your partner, your friends, people who you know you get on
>well with, strangers might work of course, but probably easiest to
>travel with someone you know you get on with.
>
>HTH
>
>Jim.
As I read it I think Adell is asking for advice from people who have
travelled from Cape town to Kenya. She would probably like to know which
travel companies gave good service. She needs to give some idea of
budget, how long the safari will be for etc. so that people on the group
can help.
Pat.
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Pat Anderson