Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Time Zone Dissonance

48 hours after taking off in LA I've landed in Cape Town. The city is charming, I'm sure, but I have no idea right now. The people at the hostel forgot about my meet and greet at the airport, however I'm not upset at all, in fact I'm suffering from so much sleep deprivation that I'm detached...

* If any of you plan to fly through LAX, please note that there is not a single mailbox in the airport. You have to leave the airport to get to one. This I found out as I was on my way out of the country and I needed to mail off some last minute stuff to my parents... I'm still holding onto this stuff, I'm thinking of hiring a carrier pigeon...

* I found out 1 hour before my flight to Cape Town from Frankfurt that I need a return or onward ticket to get into South Africa. Needless to say this caused me some worry... However the ticket agent at the gate was very nice and helpful, only charged me 1,800€ for my return ticket... he says it's fully refundable.. I haven't checked yet... cross your fingers...

Just some initial thoughts from Cape Town.

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