On the way to Burundi

Jordan and Dave are now officially on their way to Burundi.  They may have arrived there already, but maybe not.  I talked to Jordan last night (Saturday morning at 5:30am his time) and they were at the airport for their 6am flight to Nairobi, and then had an hour layover before heading on to Burundi.  Unfortunately, when I was talking to him, Dave got word that their flight to Nairobi was delayed by an hour which meant they would not make their connection to get to Burundi.  And there wasn't another flight from Nairobi to Bujumbura, Burundi until later that night (this morning for us).  I tried calling again this morning to see if they were in Burundi or at least on their way, but I think because they are in another country now, their phones don't work. 

Other than updating me on the status of their flights, Jordan didn't have a whole lot to fill me in on.  Their drive from Southern Tanzania to Northern Tanzania ended up taking them 19 hours!  They were in the car for 19 hours straight and barely made it to Moshi before they had to head to the airport to go to Burundi.  I guess they had planned for the trip to take 16 hours, because they were in a very remote village and they had to get out to a main road and then make the long drive home.  The reason it took three hours longer than expected was because they had some car trouble.  Jordan said the van they drove was somewhat of an off-roading vehicle - not a wimpy van by any means, but after going over so many bumps and potholes, I guess the radiator was knocked loose and then one of the hoses was cut by a moving part of the engine.  Don't ask me deatils, I don't know a whole lot about cars, but Jordan said the engine was under the passenger seat, so they had to take that out to get to the engine to fix the hose.  That wouldn't have taken them three hours, but they didn't realize a hose was cut for quite a while.  They kept stopping and refilling the cooling liquid, but then 15 minutes later they would have to refill it again.  Finally, they realized what the problem was and by the time they got everything fixed they had lost three hours of driving time!

So, after all that, they got into Moshi around 2:30am!!  That left just enough time to gather all their belongings, re-pack for the plane ride, shower, and shave.  Then, it was off to the airport to catch their plane (that was apparently delayed).  What a CRAZY couple days it has been for those boys!  And once they get to Burundi there is no time to rest...Jordan and Dave only planned to have three days there, but now with the delays, it's looking like it will only be two full days there - which means there will be lots to do and see in a very short amount of time.  Well, at least Jordan can sleep once he gets on the plane to Ethiopia and then hopefully get a full night's sleep on the plane from there to Washington D.C.!!  He's going to be one tired guy!