Flying

Four flights (IVAN - all 737s. Ethiopian air in a particular has a unique ability to make relatively new aircraft look shabby inside! And the discount Indian airlines are masters at cramming more seats into the same plane, but I cannot complain when a 2.5 h hour flight cost 1 rupee I.e. 5 cents; $44 with all fuel surcharges and axes included) 6 hours in taxis, and the constant joy of trying to figure out new airports - e.g the domestic terminal in New Delhi is 7 km from the international terminal. Who would have thought? But no worries, there is a bus! And it's free, but you need to show ain inbound domestic ticket, an outbound international ticket, proof of citizenship, last year's taxp return and pictures of one of your best friends with the head in a toilet bowl. And it only comes once an hour. Sure glad that we saved a few rupees for taxis! I could probably write an entire blog post about the protocol for waiting in line for the toilet in the airport at Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Hell, I could probably do a doctoral dissertation on the subject, so don't get me started. The good news is that we made it safe and sound to Nairobi. The interesting news is that I was boredon one of the flighs so I went into my around the world trip of planning worksheet, and figured out that over the five months that we are traveling, we will spend 100.5 hours on 30 flights on airplanes. 

Leaving tomorrow for 9 days of safari. Unlikely to have internet access until we return.