T-minus one week.

One week till departure and malaria med priming begins and final logistics are being settled. We'll be on the African continent for 3 months and then it will be time to reimmerse into the flow of Canadian/western culture. From past travels I've observed that it is not the culture shock of arriving into a foreign country that is most difficult to overcome, but rather the shock of trying to fit back in to Canadian life on return. No matter how much I have tried to prepare myself for this, there always seems to be a difficult transition back into the organisation and routine of western culture. At the very least this may mean that the travel experience has left some sort of lasting impression, which I am sure we will all be left a version of this following our voyage to come.