Well, would you Adam and Eve it, our flight was delayed. We arrived at Heathrow Terminal 5 with plenty of time, checked in our bags and then spent a leisurely couple of hours around the airport before boarding. After spending 90 minutes seated on the plane we were told that one of the doors would not close properly and they needed to delay the flight to the next day. While we were happy they didn’t take off with an open door, it was all very frustrating, our schedule is quite tight when we arrive in Johannesburg. We head out on Safari early Thursday morning. There was little we could do about it, so we ordered an Uber, knowing we could spend the night in our own bed after arriving home around midnight.
The plane is an Airbus 380, which will carry close to 450 people in the BA configuration. Apparently, many of the passengers also had their flight cancelled the night before, so I’m sure BA needed to deal with a lot of upset people, many requiring a hotel for the night. The joys of working for an airline.
Our flight is now 4pm today, arriving at 4:55 am tomorrow. After a little admin we will be picked up at the airport and head directly to Nambiti. Unfortunately we will not see the hotel we had booked. The good news is we still have a month is South Africa ahead of us, so we remain excited 😆
And we are off again - Take 2
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