Friday, September 25, 2009

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Itinerary

Heya Guys


  • October 11th or 12th: Leaving the lovely Launceston to go to Hobart to spend a couple of days with my family and last minute preparations

  • October 13th: Super scary/excited and sleepless night before :P

  • October 14th: Fly to Melbourne at 0845 on jetstar and spend couple of hours (~7) at melbourne airport until 1705 when i fly to Bangkok. I arrive in Bangkok the same day at 2235 but im sure the flight takes 9-10 hours! (ooo time differences :P)

  • October 15th: Leave Bangkok at 0035 (so two hours in Bangkok airport) and arrive in Kenya at 0600, again spend 2 hours in the Nairobi airport and then fly to Entebbe Uganda arriving at 0945! Be met by someone who has my name on a placecard...woop woop...like the movies ;) oh yeah! :P. Then sometime during this day ill meet up with Mary Thomas (my lovely friend and fellow nursing student) and her sister Susan and we will be taken to Mukono Town which is east of Kampala.

We will be staying in Mukono town for a couple of days (get over jetlag :P) before heading out to Ntenjeru where Mez and I will be spending the majority of our time :)

Hopefully as we have weekends off, I will be able to spend sometime in kampala at the watoto villages...suubi especially as thats where i helped build a classroom last time. I would also love to go back to Kampala Pentecostal Church, Sanyu Babies Home and visit the new watoto babies home :D

So month in Uganda then...

  • November 15th: Leave Uganda :( :( :( at 1955 and arrive in Kenya at 2105. Leave Kenya at 2240 and arriving in Bangkok 1220 on the 16th of November
  • November 16th: Arrive in Bangkok. Fly to Krabi at 1700.

Spend 6 days lying on the beach and snorkeling :D

  • November 21st: Fly from Krabi to Bangkok at 1300. Spend rest of the day in Bangkok.
  • November 22nd: Fly out of Bangkok at 0015 and arrive in Melbourne at 1325pm. Fly to Hobart at 1600 arriving home at 1715! Spend a couple of days in Hobart sleeping and Talking!!
  • November 25thish: Back to Launceston and back at work :P

Welcome :)

Hello or Ki Kati

As you are probably aware my name is Rebekah and I'm a nursing student from Tassie about to head off on a huge adventure :D!! During my time away I'll try to keep this blog updated so that I can let you know what Im doing, share some stories and show some pictures!!

In 2 and a half weeks, 19 days to be exact i leave Hobart and make my away to Uganda via Melbourne, Bangkok, and Kenya!

I will be out of Australia for 5 weeks, returning on the 22nd of November.

Soo during the next 2 weeks i'll write on here letting you know what exactly im doing in Africa for a month and about my preparation etc.

Thanks for stopping by!!

:D