well gentlemen, i think i have decided.... NEXT year i am going to pack the bags and head to the dark continent. done a lot of reading, a bit of talking, and it sounds like a good time.
have a gig lined up in the states for the next 9 months flying aerial mapping/surveying... should have a bit over 1000 hours in the logbook by this time next year.
think that will work if i shoot over to africa with 1200 hours, a backpack, and a hand ready to do some handshaking?
seriously, it sounds like "the good life" to me.