Our Trip Itinerary

Hello and howdy! With just a few short days left, I'm beginning to feel the excitement that is accompanied by my dear friend anxiety. I'm a habitual over-packer and have been working for months on getting the right travel clothes and tech gear. It is my hope that I will cull everything down to the one pack I will wear on my back which will be my carry on and around for three weeks. This ought to be interesting.

Below is the trip itinerary. I have added links to websites so that you can catch a glimpse of what we will encounter each day.

Monday, 05 January
11:15am Depart Louisville Airport: Northwest Airlines flight #1690,
with connections through Detroit and Amsterdam

Tuesday, 06 January
10:30pm Arrive in Cape Town
Mountain Manor Lodge (www.mountainmanor.co.za)
17 Breda Street, Gardens, Cape Town, South Africa,
Tel. +27 21 461 7200, E-Mail: info@mountainmanor.co.za

Wednesday, 07 January
Morning: Table Mountain walk
Afternoon: Visit Houses of Parliament
Slave Lodge (http://www.iziko.org.za/slavelodge/history.html)
SACC Parliamentary Office http://www.sacc.org.za/
Historic Cape Town, District 6 Museum http://www.districtsix.co.za/frames.htm
Dinner: Mountain Manor

Thursday, 08 January
9am: The Warehouse Community Development Program; (not confirmed);
Afternoon: 2pm—meeting with Rev. Douglas Bax (Presbyterian minister and Calvin Scholar, active in the TRC);
St Andrew's Presbyterian Church
South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission office (not confirmed)
*Desmond Tutu Peace Trust (not confirmed)
http://www.tutu.org/home/default.asp
*alternatives: Iziko Museums of Cape Town (Social History exhibits)
http://www.iziko.org.za/
Dinner: Mountain Manor

Friday, 09 January
9am--Jubilee Community Church/Centre http://www.jubilee.org.za/
11am—meeting with Dean Rowan Smith/St. George’s Cathedral
http://www.stgeorgescathedral.com/index.html
Dinner: Mountain Manor
??Late evening at the beach—Indian Ocean beaches (Helderberg, False Bay)
http://www.sa-venues.com/attractionswc/indian-ocean-beaches.htm#Helderberg-Beaches

Saturday, 10 January
Morning: Desmond Tutu HIV/AIDS Center (Fish Hoek)
http://www.desmondtutuhivcentre.org.za/en
Afternoon: Liziwe’s Guesthouse in Gugelethu; walk through township
http://www.liziwes.com/
Dinner: Liziwe’s Guesthouse/ night in Gugelethu Township

Sunday, 11 January
Morning: Worship at St. Georges Cathedral (Desmond Tutu’s church)
Lunch with Church leaders and community
Afternoon: free time along the Cape Town Waterfront
Dinner: Mountain Manor

Monday, 12 January
Tour of the Cape of Good Hope, Big Blue Sky Tour
http://www.bigbluesky.co.za/capetown/goodhope.asp
(Visiting with Peter Storey in Simons Town, 10am during tour)

Tuesday, 13 January
Tour of Robben Island and Township Tour, Big Blue Sky Tour
http://www.robben-island.org.za/

Wednesday, 14 January
All day: Visit Rev. Xapile Spiwo; JL Zwane Uniting Center
http://www.jlzwane.sun.ac.za/
Dinner: JL Zwane Center

Thursday, 15 January
Morning: Provincial HIV & Aids office for the Anglican church of Southern Africa in Hawston outside of Cape Town;
http://www.hopeafrica.org.za/
Afternoon: Fikelela – HIV/AIDS ministry, (not confirmed)
http://www.fikelela.org.za/
*Dinner with Doug and Pam Howie (not confirmed), Friend of Spiwo

Friday, 16 January
Home of Hope with Jacobus and Erika Nomdoe http://www.homeofhope.co.za/
Dinner: with Home of Hope (not confirmed)

Saturday, 17 January
Morning: Home of Hope (AM);
Afternoon: * Concert at JL Zwane Church and Center, Gugelethu;
Dinner: local restaurant

Sunday, 18 January
Morning: Depart to Johannesburg at 6:30am; flight leaves at 9:00am; meeting with Piet Miering;
Afternoon/Evening: Mamelodi. Discussion on the legacy of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission. A number of Black pastors and students from Mamelodi to share the evening with us.
Dinner: Mamelodi Centre

Monday, 19 January
All Day: Johannesburg, Soweto, Apartheid Museum, Inner City Mission, etc.
http://www.apartheidmuseum.org/

Tuesday, 20 January
All Day: Pretoria, Freedom Park http://www.freedompark.co.za/index.html
Voortrekker Monument http://www.voortrekkermon.org.za/index2.html
Afternoon: meeting with church/community leaders, BBQ at Skuilkrans Church, discussion with with Afrikaans students.
*Also day of the U.S. presidential inauguration

Wednesday, 21 January
Morning: University of Pretoria (http://web.up.ac.za/), meeting with theological students.
Afternoon: visit community outreach projects in Pretoria,
***(Alternatively we may visit the Cradle of Mankind, a World Heritage Site, where the oldest human remains in the world were found)
http://www.maropeng.co.za/

Thursday, 22 January
All Day: Pilansberg Game Reserve (Safari)
http://www.pilanesberg-game-reserve.co.za/

Friday, 23 January
Morning: Fly back to Cape Town, flight leaves at 9:25am
Afternoon: Amy Biehl Foundation visit http://www.amybiehl.za.net/
Dinner: Mountain Manor

Saturday, 24 January
Morning: *cultural activities, shopping, markets (Green Market?); beach front
Noon—meeting with Father Michael Lapsley, Institute for the Healing of Memories; http://www.healingofmemories.co.za/
Dinner: local restaurant
Evening: Out and about

Sunday, 25 January
Morning: worship at Khanyisa Community Church http://www.khanyisa.org/
Noon: check out of Lodge; Depart Cape Town, Northwest Airlines flight #8494
Dinner: local restaurant

Monday, 26 January
8:21pm, Arrive in Louisville, Kentucky

Time Difference: SAST = GMT/UTC+2
In short – 7 hour time difference from Louisville, KY to South Africa

Currency: RAND
As of 12/30/08 10:45 am EST
1.00 USD = 9.38980 ZAR

Contact Information: We will mostly stay here.
Mountain Manor Lodge (www.mountainmanor.co.za)
17 Breda Street, Gardens, Cape Town, South Africa,
Tel. +27 21 461 7200, E-Mail: info@mountainmanor.co.za