Eric and Heather left for Africa last Thursday. As you can see from the photos, they traveled very light. Just 2 backpacks and 2 small carry- ons and that's it. One carry-ons was filled with medical supplies and gifts to hand out to orphanages, etc. The other had mainly camera equipment. Amazing, they will be traveling for 6 months and each of them only brought 2 of each clothing item (which includes the outfit they were wearing). They will end up buying clothes there, but the things they brought were specialty items made for backpacking and travel. (special fabrics which keep them dry, etc)So their first stop is Ghana. They made it safely, with all of their luggage, and were picked up by a family who was hosting them for a few days. They said the family was sooooo hospitable. I only spoke with Eric briefly, he said he'd call in a few days. I also got a very short email which said "don't worry, things are better then great".
They are true soulmates...
