Arrived in Pretoria

It was a loooong day, but I’m in the hotel in Pretoria, South Africa. My flights left DC and NY on time, and after a stop in Dakar, Senegal for gas, arrived right on time too.

To give you an idea of how big this continent is; the flight from NY to Dakar was roughly 6 hours, 30 minutes. From Dakar to J’burg it was no less than 8 hours. Wow.

Not surprisingly, the Sheraton hotel is great. I’ve got a view of the Union Building out my window. We’ll see what it looks like in the morning and maybe I’ll get a picture. So I’m here tonight and tomorrow getting acclimated to the timezone and hemisphere and work starts bright and early on Monday.