Arriving in South Africa

Our Trusty Air Ship an A350
Cape Town, South Africa
February, 11, 2025

 Chris and I made the trip. I all went smoothly, thankfully. The flight to Atlanta and then the flight to Cape Town happened almost completely as scheduled. 

The 14h 50m flight was smooth and, as reported to me by Chris, I slept most of the way. She, however, did not. As a result, it is 10:30 PM here which, due to the 7 hour time difference, makes it 3:30 PM back in Florida and the U.S. East Coast. I am awake--but Chris is heading to bed. 

Africa out the Cabin Window
Over the Atlantic Ocean
February 11, 2025

The first sighting of the African Coast was exciting. And then later as we neared landing the sight of Cape Town amazed us. It is a big sprawling city. Much bigger than I imagined.

And then the city came into view along with Table Mountain and the scene was a bit surreal as it was sunset even though my body was screaming sunrise. We took off about 9:30 PM and landed at 7:09 PM. We effectively lost a day. 

Table Mountain at Sunset
Cape Town, South Africa (ZA)
February 11, 2025

Table Mountain is the most significant land feature in the area. I snapped a quick image from, the speeding taxi transporting us from the airport to the VRBO in which we are staying.

We made it safely to the VRBO and met up with our traveling partners who arrived a few hours earlier. Now--it is bed time and we are looking forward to the adventure as it begins. 

-- Bob Doan, Cape Town, ZA