We spent all day yesterday traveling from Zanzibar to Johannesburg. Hour car ride scaring pedestrians and motor bikers. Then waiting at the airport for a flight to Dar something and going through 3 security checks and immigration where the workers were paid by the hour and that's about how long it took.
Got to the gate and spent my last shillings on some Amaretto at the duty free that I took to the very last row and sat in the middle seat with Pam in the middle one row ahead.
When we checked in the lady offered business class seats for $200 each we said no, but we'd do $100. "You have cash?" Sure do. "Okay they will upgrade you at check in."
Great joke, there was no business class, but I'm sure she had fun with that!!
So I'm in the BACK with a big guy on the aisle standing and pounding beef jerky and a lady in the window seat not putting the shade down with the sun glaring in. The aisle guy is way into my space and we would have had to stop the plane had I complained, so I kept quite and we three ordered multiple drinks as we were first served.
By the time the flight was over, Pam was telling us to be quiet and my Amaretto had vanished. It was like chugging Fireball on the golf course.
He was the African rep for Union Pay which he claims will put MC and VISA out of business. I asked why he wasn't in the front of the plane and he said if the flight is less than 4 hours they go economy and the back row gets served first. Sure enough his Chinese buddy offered him a pegio, Chinese for beer and I said sure.
Checked back into the hotel and were put into a small room that was not available when I booked, so back downstairs and "oh Yeah, so sorry" and put us in the room we paid for.
Out at 8 to catch the shuttle and then to the light aircraft terminal. They had soft drinks, soup, then finger food and a 1 1/2 hour flight to here in a nice plane. We were front row and about half way through Pam said, "I smell something funny and it's not you." The pilots were spiting a bag of Doritos that was resting on the throttle.
Landed safely and the only animals we have seen are house flies, but I do hear a bird and there goes a deer.
We are overlooking a dried out river bed in cabin # 6 out of, wait for it . . . . . . 6. I have already found a short cut to the lodge, but it is still a ways to the wifi and bar. I'm sure we will survive.
Happy Anniversary to Drew and Emily!!!! Hope all is well with everyone! No fires or hurricanes or nuclear war!!
We have lunch in 1/2 hour and then a drive, so I will try to take some shots from the phone and post.
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