First days in ZA.

So, the flight from Istanbul to Johannesburg was murder. Trying to sleep in an upright position with punctured eardrum, thus being unable to wear earplugs, was not the most comfortable thing I've encountered. With the two hours or so sleep, we were set loose to the heat of South-Africa.

Getting the car Teemu had hired was not hard. Getting us five, our luggage and the car to southern Pretoria was. We had an hour to the meeting we had with our Nokia contact when we started our car. Little did we know, the freeway was packed with people trying to migrate from J-burg to Pretoria. Yup, 1 hour equals 4 kilometers. Well, when we got it going the 40 km trip went relatively fast. We were at NSN at around two o'clock. We had our meeting, and left with our heads filled with ideas. Next thing: Find the house. Thanks to our navigator assisted with Antons "vision" and expertise, we managed to find the venue. Looks nice. Refrigerator, microwave-oven, beds, what else do you need? Oh, yeah.. Digital satellite television with "300" channels. We were all set, indeed.

With a good nights sleep and an "applied" english breakfast, we embarked on the road to Pretoria central in the hunt of prepaid simcards and a portable internet. After hours of walking in the scorching sun we aquired all the goods. We got the attention of the ladies with our shemagh scarves, Anton and I. After all the roaming around in Pretoria, we got back to Gratia and started relaxing. We share the house with couple of Gekkos, I hope they keep quiet climbing the walls and ceilings. Apart from the room-mates, the place is cosy and homelike. We will enjoy our stay of eight days in Gratia. Tomorrow we'll meet up with the other Nokia group and hit our wise heads together.
That's pretty much all for the start, keep tuned to the blog. We'll try to update it frequently.

-Arttu-