Tuesday, 8 July 2014

Still arriving in Durban:the day that was. . .

We were told at 3pm that our bags were ready to be picked up at the airport.  So Gene and Adam headed out after both being refreshed by a shower and afternoon nap.  After spending 5 minutes trying  to start our super van they figured out the sticky key and were on their way: little did they know that this was a sign of things to come. . .
The airport is only  30 minutes from our location so we figured after they returned we would find some groceries for supper and breakfast the next day.  3 hours later and no sign of them we were starting to get a little hungry(we hadn’t really eaten anything since 6 am breakfast on our flight in).  When they finally rolled in at around 6:30 we got the entire story
1.Heavy traffic on the way there due to an accident
2.No parking:then crazy parking circle meant for 20 but holding 200.
3. Adam ran in and had to be brought back in through some back door with full security to get to the baggage counter. All bags were there! They gave him all the bags with no I.D. no questions asked (including Gene and Corry’s) Yeh!
4. Did not have exact change for parking as they were 2 minutes over the free allotted parking time.
5.  When they got to pay booth realized they had accidently left parking time ticket in machine so had to run back and forth to pay booth to pay for 2 minutes over.
6. Finally left the airport only to have a FLAT TIRE on the main highway at rush hour with the sun fading fast. 
7. Adam replaced tire with the spare on the side of the Durban highway.

Yikes! What a day!  So we ordered takeout pizza(it was delicious), Corry and I hitched a ride with our B and B host to the grocery to pick up a few groceries and a $3 bottle of wine! Hoping this is not a sign of weeks to come.

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