Well, I will make this my last blog entry.  32 days away from home was a long time, but went by quite fast for us.  I now have to think of my top and bottom five.  The top five are harder than then bottom five so I will start there.

1.  The molly worm.  I think that is what it was.  Kirsten and Chris seemed to think that this staple food was something we "Just had to try".  Wrong.  Still get nauseated thinking/writing about it.

2.  Second of two 11 hour flights coming home.  Crying children for 8 of the 11 hours.  Natural selection would argue that humans should be extinct after the number of children I flushed down the toilet on the airplane.  Sorry a dream interjected there....

3.  The general disrespect for the Nile River in Egypt by the people that live on it.

4.  100 degrees Fahrenheit.  I don't care where it is.  It sucks!  Especially with high humidity.

5.  unpaved roads.  Especially if your sphincter is trying to hold back 200 P.S.I. of liquid.

Top five.  

1.  Victoria falls with high water.  This is something that is difficult to describe, and so I won't try.  Truly a magnificent place on earth that was worth seeing.

2.  The great pyramid.  It isn't much other than a big pile of rocks, but when you get next to it and climb on it, it is out of this world.  Just trying to imagine how even one of the blocks was placed is a task in of itself.  I feel sorry for those who placed them.

3.  Animal diversity in close proximity.  A lot of freakishly odd animals living with each other in balance is hard to fathom, but right there to see....  I agree with others, that the elephant was my favorite of those I got to see.

4.  The sights and views of Cape Town.  South Cape Point, Table Mountain and others.  If you can put aside the poverty and left over disparities from apartheid (think of the U.S. 40 years ago..... not that we don't have a long way to go ourselves), this is an amazing place on this earth, and a great place to visit.

5.  Spending 32 days with my daughter Kelly and not killing her!

Anyhooo, hope you all have enjoyed the adventure with us!  It has been a lot of fun, and I will look forward to the next one.  However, back to work in the morning : (