Nothing like waiting until the last minute to plan a two month solo trip across five countries you’ve never been to. To illustrate, I got my tickets yesterday. The first leg departs this Friday, April 6th on Delta from NYC to DC.  Next up is South African Airways from DC to Joburg and the following morning SAA to Nairobi. 

This is 21 hours and 55 minutes of actual flight time. Not accounting for the seven hours in the DC airport, overnighting at an airport hotel in Joburg (ps it’s extra $$$ for a room with a shower at: Southern Sun O.R. Tambo International Airport– you’ll be happy to know that I splurged for this luxury) and onto Nairobi the morning of April 8th.

View from the window on the flight Barichole, Argentina to Puerto Montt, Chile.