For me, the worst part of the trip may be the packing to go on it. It seems like such a chore: figuring out what to take, figuring out what to exclude, and trying desperately not to forget anything. I can only imagine what my former colleague is going through as he plans for a year-long tround-the-world trip! My mother once said: "As long as you have your passport and your American Express, you've got all you need. Buy the rest when you get there." I try to keep those words in mind.
In the end, we ended up comingling our stuff into two bags, a garment bag and a standard, expandable wheelie. We each have a carry on and a shoulder bag for our aboard crap. Not too bad.
As I type I'm at Dulles, awaiting boarding time. Ahead of us lies about twenty hours of flying. It's about five o'clock now and we won't arrive into Cape Town until eleven o'clock tomorrow night, and likely not to the hotel until the wee hours of the day after tomorrow. From everything I've seen, South Africa will be well worth it.
Oh, good news on the seat front, if anyone read my earlier blog posting: we got our requestged seats at check-in. I still think that these "alliances" need to do some work on integrating their operations in a way that helps the passenger and not just the airlines.
Cape Town, here we come ... well, really Amsterday, here we come ... then Cape Town. :-)
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