The journey

Trip Start Jan 19, 2006
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Trip End Feb 03, 2006


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Friday, January 19, 2007

Well, after a hair raising moment when we thought the taxi wasn't going to arrive (the lazy damn driver couldn't be arsed gettting his fat self out of bed at 3.15 to pick us up, he called another taxi firm instead!!) we arrived at Manchester airport.  Thinking we had loads of time we ate some disgusting toast (Paul had a measly fry up) and then had a quick look in the shops for duty free with the obligatory spray of a concotion of perfumes.  Then it was onto the plane, the journey was great actually, and I amused myself when I noticed out of the corner of my eye that the guy on the aisle nearby had spilt coffee all over his leg, and made no attempt at all to clean it up.  Ok, so maybe that doesn't sound funny, but at 6.15 in the morning it was!
It was a quick dash through Schipol airport to make the connecting flight, and they told us we couldn't bring our drinks through - bummer!!!  So that meant myself and Anna-Marie downing about 1 litre of water each....  And then being herded into a room where we were to wait for the flight, only to be told it was delayed.  As you can imagine, the water filled up my bladder fairly quickly and there were no damn toilets!!!  Had to go back through the check in part.
Anyways, the flight to Cape Town was great - loads of empty seats and the scran was really good - plus the free maltesers / twix were a great addition!
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