Diary: October 2004
African Adventure Parts: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
While the rest of the flight was uneventful, the landing was quite alarming - I'm sure planes shouldn't be able to turn at 90 degrees without falling out of the sky, and when we actually hit the runway, we rocked violently from side to side and I thought I was going to die. I clearly didn't, but by the time we had come to a stop, it was raining. Joke.
And the jokes just kept on coming - since I pretty much had ...
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Day Three - Sunday 17th October
Another ludicrously early morning. Had to wake up at 7.30 (6.30 UK time) so that I'd be ready for breakfast. Food was conventional, but the juice was most disappointing. Having checked out, we set off for Sun City, which is right next to the Pilanesburg national park, sitting in between a couple of the mountains, and so just around the corner from where we were staying.
"Oooh, I lived in Johannesburg for a couple of years ...
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Day 5 - Tuesday 19th October
Are you getting bored by now? I am. I've just spent the past, err, 2 hours sorting through nice e-mails I want, random e-mails I don't want, and typing out my diary entries. I really wish I'd remembered my USB key, or at least bought a USB floppy drive. Wireless doesn't appear to exist in South Africa. Neither does fast internet - this connection is slower and laggier than my mobile phone. Still, it's not ...
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After I left the internet, I wandered the grounds of the school for a while, before bumping into the lady we'd had dinner with the night before. She's organising a design technology conference, and I somehow got roped into helping to pack bags for the delegates. There were pens, but I didn't get one; instead I was given a Sprite and a cake. Guess I can't complain too much, although it took Paul 3 hours to finish what he was ...
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That evening, after Paul had collected me, we went round for dinner at the home of someone he works with. Their home is actually on the school campus - the school has a vast amount of land, and on it they have built houses for their staff to live in. We had roast lamb which was delicious, and then went on to a concert, although neither Paul nor I were quite prepared for what we were about to see.
It was a boy band concert ...
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