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So far have managed to make it relatively unscathed to Johannesburg Airport. I'm leading a really glamorous travellers life, which namely involves, spending six laborious hours trudging round grotty Heathrow; spending 10 hours being regaled with the hisory of the family (complete with grandchildren) of a lovely 80 year old Scottish dear on my flight - trapped with nowhere to go aagh! Then on arrival at Johannesburg I was singled out by a treacherous sniffer dog, that looked so cute, then proceeded to sniff my bag and lie down next to it Yikes! I nearly died of heart failure, and was convinced that despite my careful bag protection policy someone had managed to plant some drugs on me. But no, it was actually my traitorous stomach that had caused all the mayhem. I'd sneaked some of my airline food into my bag as a cost saving exercise for during my wait at Joburg airport - talk about backfiring; not only did I not save money, but the only food I was left with was egg - on my face!
Here's a top tip for anyone travelling to South African airports, make sure you have some spare change for tips. I was accosted by a porter, who would not let me walk through the airport unattended, but became very irate when I later had to explain that I didn't have any cash, I had to go and hide in the toilets in case he came back with his mates and marched me to a cash machine - yet another faux pas from the very green backpacker that is 'Rocket Riley'!
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