Introduction

I must preface this blog with the following disclaimer: We are gluttons, and as such, we travel through our stomachs. If reading overly-indulgent descriptions of food and looking at the accompanying pictures doesn't interest you, then you may be skipping vast portions of this blog.

The travelers on this journey across the Atlantic include Jack Robinson, Jane Jylkka, Dan Jylkka, and myself (Andrew).

The 'Planners' (someone else still holds the map)

The 'Tag-Alongs' (and yes, that's how we usually look at each other)

Our trip commenced on August 27th, with our flight getting out of JFK just in time to miss Hurricane Irene.  To any of you reading this by headlamp or candlelight, I'm sorry.  After a short 14 h 48 m flight, we landed in Johannesburg, only to hop on another flight to Cape Town.  The planned itinerary is as follows:

Cape Town for 5 nights
Stellenbosch (Wineland) for 3 nights
Johannesburg for a night
Safari in Pilanesberg National Park for 2 nights
Back to Johannesburg for 5 nights
Back to the US on September 13th


I'm unsure of how the internet will be in Stellenbosch and during the safari, but I'll try to get up some posts in between those.


Another post will be up in a few minutes about how Cape Town has treated us (and our stomachs) so far.