First Day

Here we are with our respective traveling gnomes (mine, Sven Gnomelessburger, and Sean's, Scooby Doo) at the beginning of our 17 hour flight from Washington to Jo'burg. We had an hour layover in Dakar, which I managed to sleep through-at some very weird angles mind you. SA Airways must have not gotten the recession message because they fed us four times, showed unlimited movies (our choices: He's Just Not That Into You, Seventeen Again, and The Day After Tomorrow), and gave us little airplane bags with toothbrushes and socks.

Here I am on Malcolm's balcony. You can see the Indian Ocean, Table Mountain, and Seal Island from his picture window! Apparently, the Indian and Atlantic Oceans meet at a place called 'Cape of Good Hope,' and it looks really cool since the Indian Ocean is about 15 degrees warmer than the Atlantic- it's like blue and green water meet and fight. We're going to the nature reserve with that point later this week.

Here's Sean out on the balcony. Malcolm lives in a beach town called 'Fish Hoek.' It's next to Kalk Bay, which has a big harbor of fishing boats. We're going to one of the seafood places up there tomorrow-they're supposed to be some of the freshest in the world!

Our lovely place of residence for the week.

Topics for tomorrow: Michael Jackson, apartheid memories, world cup, grocery stores, and township perceptions in South Africa