Travel

Last leg. We can make it. Only 25 hours just flying time. More than 32 in traveling time.

We made it.

Dubai. Hello and goodbye.

Goodbye Cape Town!

We are flying back to Cape Town in an airline called ‘Mango’

A fruit.

We left early this morning to head up to Johannesburg. This is the start of our trip to Kruger, the game parks up north.

The plane was like flying to Orlando, kids everywhere!

Then we had to drive for a while to get to Petro’s house. It was a long and interesting drive. Petro kept telling Kenn: this is what the real Africa looks like!

We are here!!

A last view of our third metal tube hurtling through the sky.

And the best of all… OUR LUGGAGE MADE IT!!!!

There were stars on the ceiling!!

If we ever fly economy again, it will have to be Emirates. What an amazing experience, and legroom, and all if that in economy!

So after walking through two buildings and three terminals (had to get our 10,000 steps in) we decided to go and find the lounge. Little did we know it would be the start of our next adventure.

We checked the email with the barcode in and they said next to Gate B26. Off we go. Did we know those directions were approximate? Not yet…

At the inside part of the terminal, kind of behind gate B26, we find an elevator that stated:Lounges. I insisted we go ask. Up we went. There was no one up there. Finally a lady comes out, we ask and she says no, the lounge we are looking for is across the way. No problem.

Down we went and up the other one across the way. Nice lounge but… the ladies there said it is not what we are looking for. Showed us in the receipt that it says hotel. Ours is at the hotel a few yards down.

And off we trudge to the hotel. Got the check-in, waited our turn and asked the nice lady about the lounge. Nope. Not here. We need to go down again, back to gate B26 and just past the McDonalds there is an elevator.

Our first reaction was: this is the place where we started!!

We got downstairs and when we got to our starting point decided to check the original website again. Yup. We are still where we should be. Can not find the place.

We walked past the original elevator, past McDonalds and there is an elevator but it leads to a Tapas restaurant. Aarghh!

Since this is the only elevator in sight past the McDonalds near gate B26, we decided to go ask at the restaurant.

Get up there and there is a young lady at a small desk in front of the restaurant. We ask about the lounge. Without answering, she asks if we have a reservation. I showed her the email. Only then does she admit that we are in the correct place.

Sheesh lady!!!

So this very pretty restaurant is the lounge!With all you can eat and drink.

Now we are cocooned in and sitting here for four hours!

Ok. So you will not be able to really appreciate the size of this structure, but this is a picture of the outside of the Dubai International Hotel. It is huge and it is framed in wood. Keep in mind there is not a lot of forests around the desert.

Not exactly sure how the Bently will fit in the carry-on…