Africa:

July 16 to 30 — Bremerhaven, Germany to Cape Town, South Africa on the "Dal Kalahari" ocean liner. Booked through the helpful Christina Horn of Internaves.

July 20 to Sept. 21 — visa regulations are less stringent in Africa than in many of the places earlier in the trip, so the schedule is less constricted. Two months to get from Cape Town to Nairobi. Possible volunteer work at a Tanzanian computer school in Arusha.

Sept 21 to 29 — Guerba trip "Tanzanian Adventure," based out of Nairobi.

Sept. 29 to Oct. 11 — free time.

Oct. 11 to Nov. 21 — Dragoman trip from Nairobi to Ethiopia.

Nov. 21 — train from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to small coastal country of Djibouti.

Nov. 22 to ?? — attempt to find a lift up the Red Sea, around Sudan to either Egypt or the Mediterranean.

More Maps:

Topographic Map from NationalGeographic.com

Countries & Cities from LonelyPlanet.com

Timezones map from WorldTimeZone.com

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