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What?s In The Suitcase: Travel Diaries #1

What's in The suitcase"
I'll give you a hint it was a surprise to me.
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What’s in The suitcase"
I’ll give you a hint it was a surprise to me.

Johannesburg, Monday morning.

I am pinching myself. You read correctly, I am in Johannesburg.
I need to back track a little.

I have a birthday coming up and this particular suitcase, or the need for it, is all part of the surprise. I am heading off on an adventure and I have only the vaguest idea where. I know I am in South Africa and I know the trip is about safari and the wild kingdom. Where in Africa" Which camp" I can’t tell you because I don’t know yet.
David is very good at keeping surprises and so far there has not been a peep, not the slightest hint. Believe me I have tried to work out where we are going. Isn’t that the fun of a surprise, mastering the art of a thousand questions in the hope of a hint or two. No, no success. I am usually quite adept at unravelling puzzles, but not this one.

He knows I have a love of safari more than anything in the world. This guy is a legend and I am pinching myself with excitement as the hours tick by and we head out into the unknown. We have spent the weekend in Johannesburg with some of our dearest friends (they helped organise the destination and aren’t saying a word either) before we fly out and explore a “secret” ...

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