Pinch punch first day of the month
Trip Start
Sep 15, 2012
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Trip End
May 01, 2013
Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Saturday, December 1, 2012
After Jane had stopped vomiting we caught the train to Cape Town (only 17 Rand - £1.50!) and rode the tracks for just over an hour until we returned to a sunny and clear Cape Town day. With perfect conditions we hoped to fit a cable car ride to the summit of Table Mountain into our final day. Alas, it wasn't to be. Unfortunately, there just wasn't enough time to give us comfort that we would be back in time for our airport transfer - how very sensible!
Instead, Vikki masqueraded as Stacey to the reception staff at Ashanti and got access to a nice clean dorm room with free WiFi! Having repacked our gear, and left a parting gift of two minute shrimp flavoured noodles, a tin of sweet corn and half a jar of curried chutney, we requested that Fred (our taxi man from the previous day) be our chauffer to the airport - only Fred would do for such a poignant journey...
Having said our last goodbyes to Naomi, Jane, Stacey, Hannah, Emily and Simon(e) - Simone had been put in the all male dorm because they thought she was 'Simon - we loaded our gear into the cab and headed for Cape Town International Airport - what a great airport to leave a great continent from...(from which...)
Bye bye Mama Africa - hello Lady Boy Thailand....
Arrived at the airport and had an easy time getting through to departures, headed straight to the airport lounge and after some difficulty trying to confirm our booking we eventually got in and had ourselves a nice seat watching the rugby with a Cuba Libre in hand....
England - 33 New Zealand - 10..........sorry girls!!!!
Left the lounge and headed for our gate but having seen quite a sizable queue at boarding we headed to the airports swanky smoking lounge for a puff, and met Pakim, a gay Thai man who became our best friend in about three minutes flat, also seated one row behind us as it turned out.
Boarded, seated and with a quick ouch down in Johannesburg we headed for Doha.........
We settled in for the long haul and got chatting to .......
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.....and please bring back that sweet little kitten too!! Good to see that correct grammar is top of your list of priorities....standards, standards!! Xxxxx
'quick ouch down' or should that read 'quick touch down?' I think the first is more descriptive!