Crossing the Atlantic and arriving in the Mother City

We left Soka University of America at 5pm on Monday 30 July 2007.
The trip to Cape Town via London was really wonderful.

This is the first time that Orpheus Richards has left the USA. Everybody was really happy to arrive in Cape Town, The Mother City, although we spent the whole of tuesday on either an airplane or Heathrow Airport.

We witnessed a glorious African sunrise while we were on the plane and we touched down in Cape Town at 7:45 on Wednesday, 1 August 2007 (South African time).

We were greeted by Prof. Melvin November of the University of the Western Cape and other South African friends who will be supporting our trip.

The first day in South Africa has been really warm and wonderful. For me, Wandile, it feels just like home. The only surprise are the high prices of goods. I hope that life has not gotten more difficult for South African citizens.

We can't wait to see more of this country!