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Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Leaving America

It is 2:10 a.m., Botswana time, and we are two hours into our 14:40:00 hour flight.  The pictures give you the views we had out the window as we left the United States, plus one of the inside view.  Next landfall is Western Africa.  We fly over much of Africa, including Botswana on our way into Johannesburg.  I’m going to catch some sleep here soon, but wanted to get this down before I hit the hay. 

 

My seat-mate is a mining manager from a South African gold mining company.  Interesting gentleman.  A graduate of Colorado School of Mines, he has worked all over the world.  Today, he lives in Denver and travels worldwide planning engineering projects for his company.

 

The scampi was a bit overcooked, but the cheese plate was good.  The desert was excellent (mmm sugar) and the chocolates were world class.  I’m looking forward to waking up over Africa…  Night Night!

 

 

 

 

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