Cape Town II - The Wedding (Part 1)

Well... here I am again! Back from South Africa... only now I'm married!!! I actually arrived back yesterday with my Mum - and have only just returned now from Heathrow having picked up my wife N. However I don't want to start from the end so let me rewind back to 3rd April when T (best man), Mum and I departed for Cape Town...

Let me say firstly that direct evening flights to South Africa are by far the best way to get there... mind you I'm not so sure that Virgin Atlantic are the best airline. Ironically I think Qatar Airways are superior (see my earlier postings for my first trip to Cape Town) unfortunately they do not fly directly from the UK. We had absolutely no problems checking in and after having a quick meal at an O'Neil's we perused the shops in Departures.

Everytime I am in an airport departures lounge I am drawn to the "Car Raffle" stands that they have. They were obviously struggling to sell tickets because they were all heavily discounted - this time the car on display was a Ferrari F430. WHAT A CAR!!! Absolutely bloody gorgeous! I want one!! Needless to say I didn't buy a ticket.

After killing some time we eventually boarded the plane and were underway. The flight was uneventful - not even any turbulance to liven things up a bit. I watched Borat which was very funny and mercilessly took the pee out of the Americans. A bit near the knuckle in many places and revolting in some (the bit where he is wrestling naked with his fat mate springs to mind)

Incredibly I managed to sleep quite a bit - undoubtly helped by the fact that it was night time and also because the legroom was quite reasonable for an economy seat (this was a different story on the way back though!) - My tip is go for one of the 2 seats and not the central 4 seats on an A340.

Wednesday morning and we touched down at Cape Town International where N was waiting...

To be continued...