They were supposed to leave Toronto's Pearson International Airport at or about 4:30 pm on Friday, and fly to Detroit aboard Northwest Airlines, then connect aboard KLM for the flight to Amsterdam. Shortly after their arrival in Amsterdam (I think there was about a 90 minute wait if that), the third leg of the trip would depart and take them to Kilimanjaro, Tanzania.
If the timings are right, and factoring in the time change from here to there, they should have arrived a few hours ago. They're probably tired: jet travel is not the easiest on one's body, but they are also very excited, and probably thankful to have made the journey safely.
It's amazing how small the world really is. Not so very long ago, it would have been unheard of to leave one side of the world and arrive half-way around the globe in just over 24 hours' time. These days, with the launch of yet another space shuttle mission just days behind us, and considering the speed with which information travels from one place to another, is it any wonder that human beings are trying their utmost to catch up to the lightning speed with which the rest of society seems to be travelling?
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