Monday, June 4, 2007

That's the ticket

We've got our tickets! Its a long journey to get to Africa (well not as long as sailing around the horn) but 3 days is a long time to be on an airplane - that's three days without a bed and that only gets us to Lusaka not Ndola which is where we will be teaching. Ndola is another 6 hours or something by bus.

To Africa
SW1667 04JUL Boise to Salt Lake City 1205P - 0105P
SW1846 04JUL Salt Lake City to Denver 0345P - 0510 P
BA 218 04JUL Denver to London 815P - 1210P
BA 055 05JUL London to Johannesburg 705P 650A
SA 062 06JUL Johannesburg to Lusaka 1050A 1250P
Total travel time: 41 hours! not including bus to Ndola

To USA
BA6292 01AUG Livingstone to Johannesburg 120P 300P
BA 056 01AUG Johannesburg to London 815P 620A
BA 049 03AUG London to Seattle 305P 435P
SW 1378 03AUG Seattle/Tacoma to Boise 745 P 1000 P

With a keen eye and a little geographic knowledge you might have realized that we are departing from a different city than we fly into. Livingston is the town closest to Victoria Falls (photo or facts). We are tacking on a week personal vacation on the end of the Lifewater trip so we can experience some tourism highlights. We're hoping to go rafting! and on safari in Kafue National Park! And as an added bonus we have 1.5 days in London on the return journey. Look kids Big Ben, Parliament...