Today the group will get settled into the Shoestrings Airport Lodge, make their first call home, go through the educational process of exchanging their American money into local currency, play get to know you games, and begin adjusting to the time difference. Over the next few days the group will explore the Johannesburg area, visit the Apartheid Museum or the Constitutional Court Museum, spend time in the Klerksdorp hospital (discussion of HIV/AIDS in South Africa, tour of hospital), and have a juggling workshop with a local Clowns Without Borders member. What a diverse, interesting, and fun way to kick off the trip!
A picture of South African Airways flight 204 as it was taking off from JFK (courtesy of Kay Van Der Horst - Ben's dad)
