Helloooo! Anybody theeeeere?!
What the heck am I doing? Blogging?! Me?! Now, that sounds really scary.
The reason for this drastic decision?! My fast approaching departure from Albania, the country that has been so kind to me for 4 years and my dear but insisting friends, who talked me in to blogging.
So, here I am, typing those lines and thinking of the danger that I'm about to launch into the cyber world.
First of all, my English comes from television and movies, never learned it at school nor ever took lessons. So, brace yourselves you native English speakers for a flood of grammatical and spelling mistakes.
Second, I never was a big writer. I always preferred to pick up the phone and communicate live.
As you can see, this will be a double challenge: for me and for you!
But the good news is that the 'vernisage' of my blog is in 45 days only, my actual arriver to Mali. No, it is not Bali in Indonesia, it is the Republic of Mali, in West Africa (although I would have loved the one in Asia).
What do I know about Africa?! Close to nothing. Except that there are lions not much else is popping up in my mind right now. Oooooo, and malaria!
So, I have 45 days to read the 'Lonely Planet', 'Trotter', 'Bradt travel guide'... and collect enough information for ... not to have the shock of my life at my arrival.
... and start!
