Off to South Africa

I catch a plane from Bradley International later today. About 25 hours later (after connections at Dulles and Johannesburg and a stopover in Dakar), I'll land in Cape Town. Then I'll be in the Western Cape (getting into the Eastern Cape briefly at Baviaanskloof) for the next month.

I'm part of the team collecting samples and measuring traits of Protea and Pelargonium as part of our Dimensions of Biodiversity project (see also the project wiki for more information). The community ecology team has been "in country" (at Baviaanskloof) since early July.

For most of the time we're in South Africa, we'll be staying in self-catering cottages. I haven't checked, but I doubt that any of them have Internet access. I will have my Blackberry, but I can't make blog posts from it. I will post an occasional tweet, which you can either find by following me (@keholsinger) or by searching for the hastag #dimensionsSA.

If I have time when I find an Internet cafe, you may find one or two posts here between now and when I return to the U.S. on August 16th. But don't count on it.