As you can see, I was happy, smiling and overall
just projecting an expression of excitement as I was looking forward to my
trip. Here is a picture of me when I
arrived in Kenya this morning:
I’m not sure if that picture needs a caption, as I
think my expression and purple hue says it all.
Needless to say it was a rough trip. I wasn’t particularly thrilled with the idea
of a 1am flight in the first place, but since that was my only option I took
it. The nice thing was that when I
arrived at the Botswana airport I realized one of my neighbors was on the same
flight. We sat and talked until the
flight boarded, so it was nice to have someone to visit with and since he’s
from Ethiopia he gave me a lot of suggestions about where I can visit there.
After boarding the plane I looked in the seat pocket
in front of me and saw this on the air sickness bags:
I thought it was a nice attempt to be funny. Little did I know that those bags would be used
so frequently on that flight by those around me. The turbulence was terrible for the majority
of the flight. I don’t generally have
problems flying but my stomach was pretty uneasy. Since I couldn’t sleep and I felt like I was
on a never-ending roller coaster ride, I was thankful that Kenya Airways had
individual tvs at each seat. That was a
very pleasant surprise. I ended up
watching Gatsby (the new one with Leonardo DiCaprio) until I finally fell
asleep. In the end I think I only got
about an hour of sleep on the plane, but fortunately, when I arrived at my
hotel around 8am I was able to check in right away.
I have to say, that is one thing I really appreciate
here in Africa. In the US it is
practically impossible to check in to a hotel before the posted time, even if
they have a room open. If check-in is at 3pm you are lucky if you can get a
room by 1 or 2. But here, if there is a
room available you can have it, no matter how early you arrive.
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