Six Airports, Twenty-Eight Hours
It worked! Both hemispheres, two continents, three countries, six airports. All our flights were (pretty much) on time, and our luggage made the entire trip too. Factoring in the change in time zones, we were safely transported from the Mara Naboisho Conservancy in Kenya at 11 AM East Africa Time (GMT +3) to Inverness Scotland at 12 noon (GMT), in just 28 hours.
Here are the six airports with a few highlights.
- Mara Naboisho Conservancy, Kenya
Highlight: flying over the Rift Valley, then a really smooth landing at - Wilson Airport, Nairobi, Kenya
Highlight: the person who picked us up to drive us to the international airport in Nairobi gave us heated, damp washcloths, scented with camphor (?) to wash our hands and face after our flight. The drive from Wilson airport took us past the Nairobi National Park, located 7 km south of the city center. We saw a herd of African (or Cape) Buffalo just inside the fence next to the highway.
3. Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi, Kenya
Highlights: free wifi, a little girl singing a mash-up of jingle bells and jingle bell rock in our gate waiting area. Couldn’t tell if the words we couldn’t understand were in another language, or just her own version of the songs. After a five hour layover, we were off to
4. Addis Ababa Bole International Airport, Ethiopia
Highlight: Someday we would love to see the Rock-hewn Churches in Lalibela, Ethiopia. Now we are familiar with the airport in Addis Ababa. The layover here lasted 4 hours. Next came the 8 hour flight to
5. London Heathrow
Highlights: easy and friendly trip through passport control, and porridge, toast, marmalade, water, and coffee at a restaurant in Terminal 5. After a couple of hours, on to
6. Inverness, Scotland
Highlight: being met by my brother-in-law and father-in-law!
Now that is quite a holiday journey. So glad you are safe and with family.
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Thank you Molly! Hope your holiday season and preparations are going beautifully!
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Great traveling you guys. It took me 34 hours from the time I got my bus, for an 8 hour trip to Dar es selaam. Then the 9 hour flight to Amsterdam. Only a two hour lay over then on to Boston, 8 hour flight, 1 hour wait for the bus to Providenve, RI. Friends met me with a winter coat. The bad part of the trip is that I was in the same clothes and I did not like the smell of myself.
Godspeed, Peter
On Sun, Dec 9, 2018, 5:11 AM Amy and Joe Go to Africa wrote:
> Amy Richter posted: “It worked! Both hemispheres, two continents, three > countries, six airports. All our flights were (pretty much) on time, and > our luggage made the entire trip too. Factoring in the change in time > zones, we were safely transported from the Mara Naboisho Co” >
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Wow! That’s a journey. What wonderful friends. So glad you are back in Rhode Island.
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So glad you had a great trip and most of all, getting to spend time with family and friends.
May you have a wonderful Christmas and many blessings while there.
Judye
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Wow! Thanks for the photos of airports enhancing your narrative! So enjoyed the adventure and happy you could be with family!
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Thank you Sue. Hope you and John are well and enjoying advent
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