South Africa – Day 1, the Journey

After a fairly uneventful day of packing, no sleep, and wandering expectations, we were finally off. First leg of the journey was a 3am drive to NJ… from NJ, my mom took us into JFK. So far, so good! Everyone made it on time. In fact, most of us arrived early. Take off was on time. South Africa, here we come.

The flight to Johannesburg was 16 hours long, but it was a good 16 hours. The time passed easily. I read 1 ½ books, did a little writing, watched 2 movies, played several games of chess against a computer on the plane’s personal entertainment system, and chatted it up with friends. I didn’t sleep more than 3 hours the whole time. We had a bit of a rough landing, but they say any safe landing is a good one.