So now ready for midnight flight to Nairobi on the last business class seat available on the plane. Although a somewhat frustrating day, I met some new Cameroonian friends including Jacques to whom I could give testimony and have been in contact with already several times since meeting him. After 2-3 checks before boarding the plane, I settled into my seat for the 4-hour flight and 2-hour time change.
We are on Kenya Airways (again), a very reliable airline in Africa. We are going to Nairobi (again), a very busy hub and connection point in East Africa and for Africa in general. It's interesting how Rose mentioned in one of the comments that after all the unhealthy white bread (baguettes), it seems that the only good food is on the plane. Well with about 15 flights on this trip, that guarantees me about 20-25 meals that aren't just empty carbohydrates.
Upon arrival in Nairobi at ~ 6AM, it was a nice cool morning (15 degrees) and a welcome relief after the heat and humidity of Congo and Cameroon. Of course in Africa it is quite common to walk to the plane and use "ramp stairs" and not have a covered jetway. This provides problems in inclemant weather such as thunderstorms and/or heavy winds and rain. Nairobi does have a covered jetway but not for these flights, only for the important European or South-East Asian flights and with larger aircraft and passenger capacities.
Now what to do for the day? I discovered that Emirates does not have a lounge in Nairobi, meaning not one for their airline exclusively so I found the Duty Free Lounge to which they are affiliated and found my bearings for the day ahead. I couldn't even get my boarding pass because I was in Nairobi so far ahead of my flight. They said maybe after 12 Noon there would be someone to help me. I couldn't buy any duty-free as I only had my backpack and Emirates doesn't allow you to carry liquids through Dubai onto your connecting flight. So I found myself nibbling on sausage rolls, Coke Light (aka Diet Coke) and watching football (aka soccer) and cricket (not the cockroaches but the game popular overseas).
To be continued......
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I can hear the "crickets" chirping...oh when, oh when will the story be completed??! This was like reading an awesome novel, then discovering half way through that a whole section is missing, or worse, the rest of the pages are blank! Kom nou man! Jy is a regte skilpad!
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