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Magic carpet ride to Nairobi — Johannesburg, South Africa

Source: Travel Pod

Nov 08, 2009

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Johannesburg, South Africa

I survived the 12 hour flight! Left Perth late but got into J'berg early and then had another 5 hour wait.

Last 3 or is it a 4 hour leg to get north to Nairobi. Airbus319 was only 3/4 full and that was great because .... the captain took us on a magic carpet ride by turning right and flying past Mt Kilimanjaro 5895 m. Tallest mountain in Africa and unique as it is a free standing mountain.

He dropped the right hand wing as we flew oh so close to the crater, then did a hard u turn and flew back and dropped the left hand wing so that the passengers on that side could get a wonderful view. I was surprised at so little snow on the mountain ... it is winter here in Africa, barren and windswept.

Nairobi and first impressions as Andrew drove me the 30 mins to the Boulevard Hotel ...

- polluted with the diesel fumes
- policemen with rifles.
- hawkers selling anything and everything walking between the cars just like in China. High unemployment so no wonder ...Read the full article

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