Well, only FIVE WEEKS now and we'll be on our way. Of course there are always little headaches and challenges that have to be dealt with. Rwanda Airways has changed our flight time to Johannesburg TWICE already. Don't get me wrong...it started at a godawful 2:45AM on Thursday Sept 17th so we weren't entirely unhappy when they moved it up to 7PM on the 16th even though we had to happen upon the information ourselves. This time, though, they sent us an email. The flight is now (don't believe their website which still ists it at 7PM) at NOON on the 16th.

Luckily, our gorilla trekking days are Monday and Tuesday the 14th and 15th so we are still OK. We just had to (1) beg and plead via email, fax and phone calls for updated e-tickets (that error on the website still weighing on our minds), (2) cancel one night hotel in the mountains, (3) make a reservation for the night of the 15th in Kigali, (4) make a reservation for the night of the 16th in JNB.

On the upside, rather than arriving in JNB at 6AM after a 2AM departure from Kigali having been awake and traveling for 24 hours....we will arrive in JNB rested and be able to sleep in a bed and start the next day (driving with our friends, Jon and Melody, to their place 3 hours outside of JNB) rested and CLEAN. There is much to be said for CLEAN when four adults cram into a little Volkswagon.

Looking forward.