Time to go home. Complete the circle. New York – Sao Paulo – Jo’burg – Cape Town – Jo’burg – Dakar – Home.
No matter what treasures the rest of the world offers, it’s always good to go home.
The ordeal of flying: Time spent in airplane/airports this leg – 24 hours! Cape Town to New York City. 24 hours to get home. Strangest part of the trip was that 23 of the 24 hours were in darkness. We followed the sun, but never caught up until the end, the last hour, and the sun rose over NYC – hidden by the rain.
Meanwhile, I’m trying to get home…
Four movies later and 20 hours fighting a cramped airplane seat, we landed and I was home. Or was I? Grabbed a cab from Kennedy. 7:00 am to 9:00 am – NYC Monday morning traffic in the rain. Two more hours to get home.
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