Dallas Check-In Lady: "Oh, the Russell's. Going to Africa for Christmas I see."
Wayne & Misty: Look at each other and just smiled :-)
Dallas to Atlanta: Wayne sat next to a really talkative old chap. They spoke the entire flight about the old chap's world adventures. From corruption in Nigeria to suspicious business deals in Brazil.
Misty thought: "How annoying!!!"
Atlanta airport: It took us a record 15 minutes to get from our domestic flight to our international gate. Praise the Lord!
Atlanta to Dakar: Delayed 10 minutes. (You'll see how this made a difference...)
Dakar: Flight delayed by 15 minutes due to a more-than-thorough inspection of the airplane by the Senegal Secruity Bureau. They thought Misty was hiding drugs.
Joburg: Arrived 25 minutes late. Now we only had 70 minutes before our domestic flight to East London. We ran off the plane to Passport Control. We were the first passengers through Passport Control. Baggage claim took forever. Ran from international terminal to domestic terminal. In the process, Wayne ran the trolley full of luggage over Misty's foot. Ouch! In the end we did not make the flight :-(
Joburg Delta-Customer-Service-Lady: "I can get you one room at a hotel."
Wayne: (Thinking: "How do I tell this lady that we are not married even though we have the same last name?") Weird moment.
Overnight in Joburg: Delta airlines placed us in a 4-star hotel. After an adventurous taxi ride we arrived at the hotel (Misty finally realized where I get my sometimes crazy South African driving skills). We had free dinner & breakfast coupons. Wayne ate a huge rump steak for dinner and Misty had a vegeterian wrap. Delicious! Misty couldn't sleep so she watched TV. She was so dissapointed because there were only old American movies (They were advertised as new). She couldn't find any South African films. Only cricket. Had a huge breakfast too.
Joburg to final destination: We were placed on standby to East London. And we got on the flight to EL. Another Praise the Lord!.JPG)
Wayne & Misty: Look at each other and just smiled :-)
Dallas to Atlanta: Wayne sat next to a really talkative old chap. They spoke the entire flight about the old chap's world adventures. From corruption in Nigeria to suspicious business deals in Brazil.
Misty thought: "How annoying!!!"
Atlanta airport: It took us a record 15 minutes to get from our domestic flight to our international gate. Praise the Lord!
Atlanta to Dakar: Delayed 10 minutes. (You'll see how this made a difference...)
Dakar: Flight delayed by 15 minutes due to a more-than-thorough inspection of the airplane by the Senegal Secruity Bureau. They thought Misty was hiding drugs.
Joburg: Arrived 25 minutes late. Now we only had 70 minutes before our domestic flight to East London. We ran off the plane to Passport Control. We were the first passengers through Passport Control. Baggage claim took forever. Ran from international terminal to domestic terminal. In the process, Wayne ran the trolley full of luggage over Misty's foot. Ouch! In the end we did not make the flight :-(
Joburg Delta-Customer-Service-Lady: "I can get you one room at a hotel."
Wayne: (Thinking: "How do I tell this lady that we are not married even though we have the same last name?") Weird moment.
Overnight in Joburg: Delta airlines placed us in a 4-star hotel. After an adventurous taxi ride we arrived at the hotel (Misty finally realized where I get my sometimes crazy South African driving skills). We had free dinner & breakfast coupons. Wayne ate a huge rump steak for dinner and Misty had a vegeterian wrap. Delicious! Misty couldn't sleep so she watched TV. She was so dissapointed because there were only old American movies (They were advertised as new). She couldn't find any South African films. Only cricket. Had a huge breakfast too.
Joburg to final destination: We were placed on standby to East London. And we got on the flight to EL. Another Praise the Lord!
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3 comments:
so...you guys ended up sleeping in one room? hmmm....
betsy... funny one :-) we had two giant rooms ;-)
for a moment...i thought you guys went there to film a new episode of "people gone wild in South Africa". oh well...have fun guys. =)
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