I have arrived!

We left APU at 530pm on the 21^st and were in our hotel rooms in SA by 730pm on the 23^rd, which would have been 930am in LA. We had an 11 hour layover in New York City, and we were allowed to roam around for a few hours. We only had about three hours in the city, but three of my friends and I wandered around Times Square, Grand Central Station, Rockefeller Center, and the Empire State Building. We bought some souvenirs, had breakfast in a cute deli, bought NY pizza at noon, and took as many pictures as we could. New York was COLD!!! Even though we nearly froze to death and were exhausted from the redeye flight, we tried to soak in as much of NY as we could. I think we did pretty well given our circumstances!

Yvette and I waiting for the subway at 7am.

Times Square! (With Lydia and Stephanie)

Rockefeller Center

The flight to South Africa was 17 hours long! The 17 hours went by much faster than I anticipated, but by the time we arrived in Johannesburg we had no idea what day of the week it was! Needless to say, the feeling of lying in a warm, comfortable bed after trying to sleep in a tiny airplane seat for three nights is glorious! Thank you for the neck pillow, Amanda.

There are 33 students in this group, and it is a miracle that after all the flights and days of travel we got to our destination safe WITHOUT losing luggage or passports! Hooray! Thank you for the prayers!

xoxox