Monday, June 25, 2007

Johannesburg with Hope for Africa

(follow up - added after we returned) Arrived last night. Easy flights with no delays and short layovers. The travel agent's sister helped us find our accommodations.

We had a noon meeting in Pretoria with Hein who runs Hope for Africa. An hour or so drive from Johnannesburg to Pretoria turned into a 3 and a half hour sit in traffic when a tanker truck turned over and blocked all lanes except the emergency lane. You can see it in the distance. As we inched along to this point we sat here for about 40 mintues as the crane came in a blocked the emergency lane as well.


Our meeting with Hein was very productive. He is a big thinker and asked us tough questions which lead to much better discussions with other potential partners for the rest of the trip. We had a late lunch with Hein near his office and returned back to our hotel in the evening.

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