It seemed like a crazy thing to even consider this late in our trip. Here we had spent almost 5 months straight in Europe and the surrounding area and were getting on a plane to head as far south in Africa as we could get. As we left our hotel in Barcelona, at 6pm on Tuesday, I wondered how I had let Kel talk me into a crazy trip a quarter of the way around the world.

Really, she can be pretty persuasive when she wants to be. After five years of marriage you know someone pretty well and know their weak spots. If aimed correctly, an argument, for or against something, can really knock a person over if their defenses are breached, and breach my defenses she did.

Back when we were in Croatia, Kel had brought up the African Safari Argument for, I believe, the third time. Unlike the other times she was greatly successful. Previous to this infamous discussion, Kel's attempts at getting me on the long flight to South Africa had been complete failures. This time was completely different because of one key argument:


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