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< PROJECT
WEEK 2006
CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA |
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Fight Information
Sunday, March 12, 2006
Depart O'Hare airport at 5:30 a.m. on Delta 277. Arrive in Atlanta at 08:32 a.m., catch SA Flight #202 at 10:30 a.m.
Monday, March 13
Arrive in Johannesburg at 10:45 a.m. Clear customs and go to domestic terminal to catch flight to Cape Town at 1:00 pm on South African Arline Flight 337. Arrive in Cape Town at 3:15 p.m.
Go to hotel. Check in at the Breakwater Lodge near the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront. Dinner reservations at 6:30 p.m.
Dinner, overnight, and breakfast at Waterfront City Lodge, where we will be staying until Sunday morning, March 19, 2006.
Sunday, March 19
Breakfast at the hotel and spend the morning at leisure.
11:40 AM flight to Johannesburg, SA 332. Arrive in Johannesburg at 1:40 p.m. Catch 7:35 p.m. South African Flight SA 209 back to Atlanta.
Monday, March 20
08:15 a.m. arrive in Atlanta.
11:51 a.m. Delta Flight 1751 to Chicago, arriving at 12:52 p.m.
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This project comes from Dr. Nguyen's most recent environmental and global research, inspired by J. F. Rischard's book,
High Noon: Twenty Global Problems, Twenty Years to Solve Them. We will visit the following sites: Robben Island, where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned;
Table Mountain National Park; Victoria & Albert Waterfront; Two Oceans Aquarium; Cape Town Planetarium; South
African Museum; University of Cape Town's archive; other historical and cultural sites; as well as local community centers.
We'll learn about the apartheid platform, anti-apartheid movement, current social, environmental, and health
issues in Cape Town, and the human geography of South Africa.
Monday, 3/13/06
We arrived safely in Cape Town this nice and sunny Monday afternoon. Everyone is a bit jet lagged but we are already out and about exploring the Victoria & Albert Waterfront, three blocks from our hotel.
It's gorgeous here. Our contact numbers at the Breakwater Lodge are posted on our Edline page, including the country code and city codes. Kids already bought calling cards (50 Rands or $8.50 for 48 minutes) so that they can call their parents and friends from their hotel room. The surcharge per each call made from the hotel room is 2.65 Rands, or about 40 cents. Parents can call kids but it may be cheaper for kids to call parents. I think Cape Town is 7 hours ahead of Chicago.
Mr. Nguyen
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