Weird how the corpse pose in yoga is for regeneration.

This is the beginning of my new blog that I will be using as I travel through Africa this next year. I recently found out that you can drop a bill at the nppa.org website and score a press pass. Thats right, I am now with the press. It's cool. It's really no big deal. Whatever. It's weird, I don't even try. 

Anyways, my plan is to leave for Africa and walk around for a year. My general idea is to avoid planes while making my way around the coast. I'll be starting in Sinai, Egypt and heading into Sudan. I hear there are fields of pyramids in Sudan with no people in sight. Giza is for suckers. Despite the bad press on a bad situation in Darfur, what most may not know is that Sudan is considered to have the most hospitible people. They are extremely kind. After Sudan I am off to Ethiopia. Where it all began. 

A few months ago National Geographic featured an Egyptian Pharoah on the cover. What made this issue different than countless others was the admission of a black Pharoah. A remarkable piece of Africa history for sure. It gets better. Egypt was actually a colony of Ethiopia. Sudan was as well. The mighty Egypt is where the Greeks and Romans learned of religion, theology, and culture. Even the empire that is the U.S. is of that linage. I wanna go and see the beginning. Where it all could have started. 

As I travel, I will be putting up pictures and blogging about the trip. Technology permitting, video as well. Come on the journey with me as I jump into one of the biggest things I've ever done. Africa for a year. 

This summer I will be blogging about preparing for the trip and some of the things I'm wanting to happen. Stay tuned for mischief for sure.

-Justin