It was a long couple of days traveling from Istanbul to Johannesburg. This is the downside of using frequent flier miles, sometimes you don't take the most direct route to your destination. I left Istanbul Wednesday morning and flew to Athens then Rome and then Paris. I spent the night at a hotel near the Paris airport, $120. US, I was crushed. The next morning I flew from Paris to Nairobi Kenya. A nice 7.5 hour flight on Kenya Airways new Boeing 787 dreamliner. No hotel at the Nairobi airport. I didn't have a good feeling about the cabdrivers that wanted to take me to a hotel, so I ended up sleeping at the airport. The only upside is I recouped some of my $120 from the previous night. It was about a 3 1/2 hour flight from Nairobi to Johannesburg. I was taking a nap at the Johannesburg Backpackers Ritz by 3 PM Friday afternoon. It was worth it........I made it to Africa.
