Folsom lake as I depart sacramento.

I departed Sacramento greatly excited- two years of planning and I was finally on my way. The flights went just as planned but when I arrived in Johannesburg I ran into a small problem. My luggage wasn’t checked through to Botswana so I had to go through customs to claim my checked bags. After doing so I could not re-enter the international lounge in order to get to the hotel so I spent an uncomfortable night camped in the arrivals lounge. The next day I caught my flight to Gaborone with no problems though and arrived in Botswana where my Parents were waiting for me. In the rain! Despite My Dad’s previous assurances that Botswana’s drought made it very unlikely we would experience rain we had more then we could have ever thought possible. That afternoon we went out for lunch and saw a movie, ‘Momma Jack’, a great South African comedy by Leon Schuster.

Flying over the mountains

lake tahoe

Leaving WAshington DC

Nemo's cafe! -Amsterdam airport.

My plane from Jo-burg South Africa to Gaborone

South African Xpress

Johanesburg skyline from the airport. South Africa

Gaborone airport.

In the morning we headed out to the airport to greet the next arrivals but there was no one on the plane I recognized! We waited for the next flight arriving from South Africa and fortunately Tom, Karole, Doug and Ric were on it. Their luggage wasn’t though. We went and ate lunch as the next flight didn’t arrive till after 3:00pm. When it arrived, Rolf, Bill and Peri were on board and so was the luggage!

Gaborone airport