Showing posts with label Dragonfly. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dragonfly. Show all posts
Friday, June 17, 2011
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Friday, June 3, 2011
We're Here!!!!
We are all here, sort of. : ) The first day we were pretty much useless. You feel like you're trapped in your own body. You can see and hear everyone but forming a response is almost impossible. Kinda like trying to run in a dream. Today we are starting to feel human again. : ) It feels good.
So, Fairbanks to Seattle was fine. We all love the Seattle airport. We have all also decided that we like long layovers, all our layovers were too short and felt rushed, going from plane to plane with no time to recover. I hate planes right now, good thing we have three months till we have to get on other one. Amsterdam was so neat looking from the sky, very flat. It looked like a patchwork quilt from the air. They have windmills in the ocean. Very odd looking. We all hated the Amsterdam airport though. So confusing. The section that our flight to Johannesburg flew out of didn't have enough seating or anywhere to buy a good cup of coffee or something to eat, or a good bathroom. It was also kinda dirty. They might have been under construction or something. We were glad to leave it and not sad we'll be flying through Paris instead on the way back.
I can't really say what Johannesburg looks like because we flew in at night and drove out right away. While we were landing Krista pointed out the fact that if the Wilhites had not volunteered to pick us up we would have had a 17 hour layover in Johannesburg and another flight to Francistown. Wow, I am so thankful we didn't go that route, I seriously think me and Krista would have had a mental, physical, emotional breakdown at that point. : ) Going through customs was incredibly easy. Just show your passport and you're done. All are bags came through just fine. Nothing missing much to the relief of some in our party. : ) We are safely in Polokwane with the Wilhites. They do not have internet at their house so we are at a internet cafe. Everything is very modern. Reminds me alot of Brasil. Same sort of style, foods, and architecture. Very interesting since they are across the ocean from each other. The Wilhites have been wonderful. You sort of just get immersed. Good thing most of them do not require a lot of response to keep a conversation going. : ) They all (even the littlest) take turns making meals, which can be a little interesting. : ) Jeremiah forgot to spray the waffle iron this morning, so we spent a few minute scrapping of waffle mix till Dyanna came and rescued him. We just came from the famous Mugg & Bean. : ) We didn't get a picture though. We have three month though, so maybe we'll get another chance to get a picture. We probably would be posting a lot of pictures or videos till we get to Francistown and have a more reliable internet. Not home sick yet. The Whilhites have three dogs, a cat, and a new litter of puppies. : ) So we're happy.
So, Fairbanks to Seattle was fine. We all love the Seattle airport. We have all also decided that we like long layovers, all our layovers were too short and felt rushed, going from plane to plane with no time to recover. I hate planes right now, good thing we have three months till we have to get on other one. Amsterdam was so neat looking from the sky, very flat. It looked like a patchwork quilt from the air. They have windmills in the ocean. Very odd looking. We all hated the Amsterdam airport though. So confusing. The section that our flight to Johannesburg flew out of didn't have enough seating or anywhere to buy a good cup of coffee or something to eat, or a good bathroom. It was also kinda dirty. They might have been under construction or something. We were glad to leave it and not sad we'll be flying through Paris instead on the way back.
I can't really say what Johannesburg looks like because we flew in at night and drove out right away. While we were landing Krista pointed out the fact that if the Wilhites had not volunteered to pick us up we would have had a 17 hour layover in Johannesburg and another flight to Francistown. Wow, I am so thankful we didn't go that route, I seriously think me and Krista would have had a mental, physical, emotional breakdown at that point. : ) Going through customs was incredibly easy. Just show your passport and you're done. All are bags came through just fine. Nothing missing much to the relief of some in our party. : ) We are safely in Polokwane with the Wilhites. They do not have internet at their house so we are at a internet cafe. Everything is very modern. Reminds me alot of Brasil. Same sort of style, foods, and architecture. Very interesting since they are across the ocean from each other. The Wilhites have been wonderful. You sort of just get immersed. Good thing most of them do not require a lot of response to keep a conversation going. : ) They all (even the littlest) take turns making meals, which can be a little interesting. : ) Jeremiah forgot to spray the waffle iron this morning, so we spent a few minute scrapping of waffle mix till Dyanna came and rescued him. We just came from the famous Mugg & Bean. : ) We didn't get a picture though. We have three month though, so maybe we'll get another chance to get a picture. We probably would be posting a lot of pictures or videos till we get to Francistown and have a more reliable internet. Not home sick yet. The Whilhites have three dogs, a cat, and a new litter of puppies. : ) So we're happy.
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Ready, Set, Pack
So, Krista, Tobi and I are in Seattle right now. It's kinda hard to think that we've only covered 3 of the 29 hours we'll be traveling. I'm trying to fight down the panicking feeling. Here are some picture of my packing which of course I did at the last minute.
I made this bag real quick for my books.
Here is one of the Etsy finds I bought for this trip. This one has by makeup in it. I love Etsy.
Another Etsy find! : )
All my cheap jewelry ready to be packed.
So all this......
became this.
We were allowed two pieces of luggage apiece weighing under 50 lbs.
Mine were 49.5 lbs each. : )
Missing everyone already. Aimee, give Jane a kiss for me.
Saturday, March 12, 2011
We have tickets!
Tobi spent the whole day figuring out how to get us and all our baggage safely from Alaska to Francistown for as cheap as possible and I spent the day having an emotional breakdown.
Our tickets do not go through Dubai, which is extremely disappointing. We go through Amsterdam and Paris, wwhhee. Somehow that's just not the same. : ( Tobi will have to give you all the details. After finding out the Frankfurt - Dubai option wasn't open, my heart just wasn't in ticket hunting anymore. Now, Tobi buying international plane tickets is a little scary : ) but Mom was helping him out so we should be ok.
Krista spent the day trying to figure out if the difference of voltage in other countries will fry her laptop.
Our tickets do not go through Dubai, which is extremely disappointing. We go through Amsterdam and Paris, wwhhee. Somehow that's just not the same. : ( Tobi will have to give you all the details. After finding out the Frankfurt - Dubai option wasn't open, my heart just wasn't in ticket hunting anymore. Now, Tobi buying international plane tickets is a little scary : ) but Mom was helping him out so we should be ok.
Krista spent the day trying to figure out if the difference of voltage in other countries will fry her laptop.
Thursday, March 10, 2011
You're going Where?!?!
That was Heather's (my boss) reaction when I told her that I was going to spend most of the summer in South Africa. I had meant to break it to her gently but when she wanted to talk about planing everyone's summer vacations so that they wouldn't overlap......................well, I didn't really have a choice, did I? Not sure if my job will be here for me when I get back, but that's ok.
If you were to take a globe and shove a knitting needle straight through Alaska it would come out somewhere close to South Africa; and several time over the last three month I've thought that it might be cheaper to just dig our way to Africa. I love living in Alaska, but it sure makes traveling to anywhere (besides Russia: ) expensive. I mean just getting to the states is like going to another country. In three months we will literally be on the other side of the world. What's interesting is the price of a plane ticket to Johannesburg, SA compared to the price of a ticket from Johannesburg to Francistown, Botswana. One is half way around the globe and the other is just a little jump in comparison and it's still a quarter of the price. $2,000.00 to get to Johannesburg, $500.00 to get from Johannesburg to Francistown. That's frustrating.
I'm sitting in my apartment with Jane laying on my shoulder snoring in my ear while Tobi looks for plane tickets. Should we go through Paris??? Amsterdam??? Frankfurt?? What's cheapest??? How long is that flight? Should we drive to Anchorage first??? Does that flight go through Dubai??? Wait that's not right, we're leaving Frankfurt before we get there???!!!! Wow, on the way back we get into Anchorage before we leave Frankfurt!!! : ) We're going to time travel!!!!! This is so exciting!!! A little scary but very exciting!!
If you were to take a globe and shove a knitting needle straight through Alaska it would come out somewhere close to South Africa; and several time over the last three month I've thought that it might be cheaper to just dig our way to Africa. I love living in Alaska, but it sure makes traveling to anywhere (besides Russia: ) expensive. I mean just getting to the states is like going to another country. In three months we will literally be on the other side of the world. What's interesting is the price of a plane ticket to Johannesburg, SA compared to the price of a ticket from Johannesburg to Francistown, Botswana. One is half way around the globe and the other is just a little jump in comparison and it's still a quarter of the price. $2,000.00 to get to Johannesburg, $500.00 to get from Johannesburg to Francistown. That's frustrating.
I'm sitting in my apartment with Jane laying on my shoulder snoring in my ear while Tobi looks for plane tickets. Should we go through Paris??? Amsterdam??? Frankfurt?? What's cheapest??? How long is that flight? Should we drive to Anchorage first??? Does that flight go through Dubai??? Wait that's not right, we're leaving Frankfurt before we get there???!!!! Wow, on the way back we get into Anchorage before we leave Frankfurt!!! : ) We're going to time travel!!!!! This is so exciting!!! A little scary but very exciting!!
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