The flight back sucked, as expected, no positive spin on 22 hours of flying/34 hours of travel. Interestingly enough, SAA had the most stringent security policies I've ever seen. At the gate, after you had cleared regular security, they put the men on one side and the women on another, then they randomly selected the men to go thru a thorough patdown and bag check. Then, after we stopped over in Dakar, they let the passengers who were departing get off then every one of their seats was given a thorough search. After this, everyone was asked to remove their bags from the overhead compartments and any remaining bags, if they existed were disposed of. I guess every international flight I have come back on has been direct so I had not been thru it, but it was a little odd.
But, I was able to finish up the last two posts of this blog. I know the idea is to publish while you are gone but to be honest, I was busy almost constantly and Internet access, particularly the last four or five days, was almost non existent. I wanted to get it written down so, in the future, I could look back and remember everything.
In the end, I'm gonna give this the best trip ever status. So many cool things that I never thought I'd see, met great people, had awesome food, great drinks. Everything was covered; wildlife, nature, geographical sites, history, adventure, politics, awesome accomodations, hell I even got a little tan.
Land in DC in about an hour and I'm pretty spent. One more flight back to Chicago and I'm hitting the sack.
Next stop?? I've got some ideas..... :)
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