After a very long time traveling we finally landed in Johannesburg! We arrived very late (11pm) into Johannesburg and had to spend a long time waiting to get our passports stamp. Many of us were tired and cranky and frustrated with each other. Courtney and I were just happy to finally be in Africa!
Once we finally got through customs and immigration we found our luggage and went to meet our hotel shuttle. The shuttle had a trailer on the back of it, but it wasn't big enough to hold all of our luggage. We finally ended up piling us in the van and the putting luggage on top of us. We really just wanted to get to our beds awaiting us.
Courtney was my roommate. We had two to a room. Many people didn't sleep the first night very well because they had slept so much on the plane. I hadn't slept very much and pretty much passed out once my head hit that pillow. Our room was very tiny, but for one night it was a bed and a shower and we were very happy with that.
December 30th....
The next morning we were to leave for Maseru (the capital city of Lesotho). We went downstairs and had a nice continental style breakfast. Cereal (with warm milk), toast, eggs, ham, pastries, coffee and tea. After breakfast and while we were waiting for our taxi van to show up, Courtney and I went out and about and wandered around the hotel grounds. It was early in the morning and was so hot already. We knew we were in Africa!
Johannesburg 
Our Hotel
I think we were all expecting a nice taxi van like what the hotel had. Large, spacious, plenty of room for all of us without being squished. And then Super Nova showed up....
That's right. We had Super Nova for the two weeks we were there. The sound system in that thing was incredible. Africans don't listen to music, they feel their music. We fit fifteen of us in that little thing. It was very crowded for the five hour drive to Maseru.
FINALLY... We made it to what would be our home for the next two weeks. Once we all made it through immigration and across the border (after we made the officials mad for taking a picture of the above sign, because they thought we were taking their picture) we headed for our camp, where we would be staying for the two weeks. Durham Link is a Christian organization camp. The below picture is a picture of where we stayed.
The very bottom level (that is cut off in the photo) is the main dining hall and kitchen. The next level, is the boys rooms. The small next level is another small kitchen and bathrooms, and finally the girls were on the top.
We arrived late afternoon and were able to get our first view of Maseru, the city we would be working in for the next two days. We had a team meeting that night and then went to bed because the next day all four teams would all be out working in their project areas.
That's right. We had Super Nova for the two weeks we were there. The sound system in that thing was incredible. Africans don't listen to music, they feel their music. We fit fifteen of us in that little thing. It was very crowded for the five hour drive to Maseru.
FINALLY... We made it to what would be our home for the next two weeks. Once we all made it through immigration and across the border (after we made the officials mad for taking a picture of the above sign, because they thought we were taking their picture) we headed for our camp, where we would be staying for the two weeks. Durham Link is a Christian organization camp. The below picture is a picture of where we stayed.
The very bottom level (that is cut off in the photo) is the main dining hall and kitchen. The next level, is the boys rooms. The small next level is another small kitchen and bathrooms, and finally the girls were on the top.
We arrived late afternoon and were able to get our first view of Maseru, the city we would be working in for the next two days. We had a team meeting that night and then went to bed because the next day all four teams would all be out working in their project areas.
