El camino a SudAfrica

Trip began on June 7th around 5 PM CST. Aimee, Valeria and Gerardo drove to Houston to sleep for the night so next day we could catch our first plane to DC and from there to SouthAfrica.

The drive was nice over 71 east. We hit I-10 and from there to Houston. For lack of better Judgment, I decided to listen to my GPS. This wonderful system took us to a few road that I had never seen or heard of in Houton. Lots of these new roads appeared to be in places where they could steal your tires in two minutes if you dont pay attention.

I can tell Aimee was getting anxious and little bit scared of not being able to see the end of our road. I decided to stop at a gas stattion and asked for directions. Turns out we were right all alone, but the difference was that the GPS tooks to the neighbord roads instead of the highway, but we were going on the right direction. Stupid GPS.

We got to the hotel, Marriot IAH somewhere around 8 PM. Aimee and Valeria went up to the room to refresh and I went to park the car. People at this hotel not very friendly. In fact, I have to say that it seem as if it was too much an effort to be nice and friendly to customers. It could be that they were tired.

Anyhow, we slept fine that night and woke up early in the morning. Gerardo took off first to leave the car at one of those long term parkings, the park spot. Aimee bathed Valeria and both dressed up to kill.

We met at the breakfat room, ate and cheked out of the hotel. We took the train to our airline gates. Valeria loved the train ride. She was very excited on it.

As far as the flights, I have to apploud Valeria for being such a trooper She behaved excellent.  The first flight lasted close to three hours. The next flight lasted close to 17 hours. That flight had a stop in Dakar to recharge gas(or whatever is the technicall name for plane fuel) for the plane. The second plan DC to Johanneburg was about 80% fulll of Mexicans who travelled to the world cup. It was fun being there.

We arrived to Johanneburg somewhere around 6 PM. We passed inmigration. The person there was very friendly with Vale. He was making her laughed quite a bit. As soon as we exit the ariport, the party started with tons of Mexicans there partying with their flags and customs. There were a few mariachis singing. I left Aimee and Valeria to watch the spectacle so I could go get my tickets. Got my ticket and left to the airport.

Hotel was not as expected, based on the pictures provided, but it is not bad at all. We are looking forward to start our journey tomorrow around the city.

Here are some pictures of these past two days...

Well, connection is sort of slow so pictures to come in later...