So I'm sitting in my hotel room in Johannesburg now, having arrived here just over 4 hours ago. I'm in some gated community, a complex with a casino and hotels, shops, restaurants all around. I'm feeling a bit punchdrunk from the trip... 14 hour flight with precious little sleep, an hour or two in the middle at best. It would've been better if the laptop didn't overload the plane's power supply, causing it to shut down... they mustn't be rated to supply 2.5 Amps. I got by with movies (Wolverine), a book ("The Dreaming Void" by Peter F. Hamilton), and episodes of "The IT Crowd", the Simpsons and Family Guy, without feeling too bored.
I did peek out the window at Africa as we flew over, but it bears a close resemblance to rural Australia. The villages are different though... shiny metallic structures laid out in regular rows, I've not seen one up close yet.
I don't know if it's a cultural thing, the limited exposure I've had so far, or just that I've only interacted with airport and hotel staff so far... people seem to look away once the initial contact is made, looking around and scanning the area while continuing to talk to you, it's a little unusual. Will find out what the cause is over the next few weeks.
Tomorrow I have the long drive to site... 7-8 hours in the car. Internet will become sporadic at that point, so this might be my last post for a while. I must go to sleep now though, I'm really getting dozy.
One last thing though... I perfected the hardware side of the project, took some photos for reference then packed it all up. Now I'm onto the software side of things... vastly more challenging.
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