Guess Who’s Going to South Africa!?
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Just as I thought life couldn’t get any better…
Last week while preparing for weekend trip up to Sunday River, I received an email from a rep at the board of South Africa Tourism. Inside read the following:
Dear Ryan,
I hope this letter finds you well! I work with South African Tourism in the social media space and we’re working on putting together a social tour of South Africa. We have a trip planned for February and we’re still looking for a few bloggers to fill out the tour. We had so much success with the recent #VisitSouthAfrica tour that we want to continue to drive traffic and buzz around South Africa on Twitter, Facebook and blogs. We feel your work on Pause the Moment could make you a good fit for this tour…
The email went on to explain bits and pieces about the planned itinerary, the proposed dates, and more but I couldn’t seem to focus on the details. I was in total shock.
After taking a five minute breather I came back to the email and read it over again to make sure I wasn’t dreaming. Slapping myself in the face a few times certainly didn’t change the message displayed in the email. It was REAL.
I wanted to jump up and down and scream like a school girl but it wasn’t 100% yet. I tried my best to restrain myself from spilling the beans to family and friends but my excitement simply couldn’t be contained. Every time I told the story I would start off with “It’s not 100% but I might be going to South Africa in the coming weeks…”
On Monday afternoon I received the final confirmation email that I had been anxiously waiting for.
I’M GOING TO SOUTH AFRICA!
Dates: February 16th, 2012 – March 1st, 2012. We will be spending two action packed weeks in South Africa!
Note: Pause The Moment was 1 of 4 travel blogs chosen to take part in the ever popular and ongoing #VisitSouthAfrica tourism campaign. The fact that my blog has been chosen to take part in such an epic adventure is not only an honor but also a great accomplishment for me, personally.
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I’ve always wanted to go to SA which si why your post caught my eye. I couldn’t help but laugh at how excited you got. If you got any more excited you’d fall right off the page! Have a great time!
Haha, I know I’m almost too excited I guess!? You’re right, I almost fell out of my chair the night I found out I was officially going! Thanks for stopping by Jim.
Congrats mate, hope you have a blast! Can’t wait to see the videos and stories from your epic adventure.
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Thanks a bunch Kieron!
Very exciting! I look forward to reading about your trip.
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Thanks Steph!
Jealous!! Sounds like an amazing adventure that I look forward to reading about :)
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I know, and it’s only 9 days away. Stay tuned!
BEYOND amazing, you deserve it!!! I love love love SA.
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Thanks a bunch Andi. Great to hear it coming from such a successful travel blogger like yourself.
I was just in South Africa for a vacation of a lifetime in January 2012. And there were a lot of Americans along the way! We started with a blow out New Year’s Eve in Cape Town – just phenomenal! Cape Town and the wine country are dreamy. You must try the Graham Beck MCC (SA “champagne”). Then went on to the PERFECT Kruger National Park adventure. Full moon, perfect weather, GREAT South African hospitality. We also went to Mozambique on this trip for some scuba diving. South Africa came out on top all around – GREAT vacation destination. Should be on the “must-see” list of everyone! Seriously!
Hey Kim, thanks for stopping by! That’s great to hear. I can’t wait to experience all that South Africa has to offer. Don’t be a stranger, keep in touch!
Hi ryan,hope you enjoy your trip to south africa
looking foreword to reading about your adventures
richie,carol
Thanks a lot Richie. Hope to see you guys at some point this year!