Monday 4 August 2008

Are we nearly there yet?

Sadly, I think the answer to that has to be no. I have a 11 hour stopover here in Johannesburg, and while I was very wary of going into the city by myself just for an explore, I was quite keen to go to the Apartheid Museum, which is meant to be excellent. Unfortunatly, somewhere in my research, I failed to discover that all museums in Jo'burg are closed on Monday. There didn't seem much point going into the city just to go to a shopping mall (the only alternative the tourist information lady suggested, once I said I'd already been to several game parks) so here I am, trying to entertain myself until I can at least check in for my next flight. Having got up at 5 to go to Manzini airport, I'm starting to flag a little in the absence of anything really to do.

The weekend was fun, but has also added to my tiredness right now as I don't think I got much sleep. We were camping, but didn't have any mats or proper sleeping bags, so the second night in particular (in Mantenga nature reserve) was very chilly indeed! Last night I had the usual problem of knowing I have to get up early, so stressing about this and completely failing to fall asleep. At some point I hope it catches up with me, ideally on the plane tonight!

Back in Blighty around 10:15 tomorrow, where at some point I will sort out pictures, write a final entry for this, etc etc.