We were "up and at 'em" pretty early today in order to coordinate our plans, get in our taxi at 7 and then head for the airport. Arrived there and went through their unusual baggage check when we were informed that we did not have confirmed seats, that we should have confirmed our seats 30 hours before departure and that we would have to proceed to the gate to see what could be done! We hadn't received any info about confirming seats. We were the first of the Desert Horizon /Classic Escapes group to arrive at the gate and spent an uneasy hour or so while the others appeared. Everyone had confirmed seats but us!!
Soon we were trying to come up with a plan. "What if there are only 1, 2 or three seats available?" In the end we decided "all or nothing!" We'd stick together and hope to catch the group the next day! Then the gate agent approached with a "hard to read" face......we HAD 4 seats!!! None of them together but ON THE PLANE!!
Hallelujah!!
Flight finally took of at 11:06 AM. Food, movies, snoozing, reading for 8 hours!! Arrival scheduled for 8:07 PM Tanzania time. After a very long flight, we landed a little late, spent a lot of time procuring our visas for $100 cash with 20s issued after 2006! After getting our bags, we met our drivers and their Toyota Land Cruisers and learned our first Swahili......Asante is thank you. We drove 45 minutes to the Lake Duluti Serena Hotel where we had a snack before retiring to our cottage thatched with banana fronds. Off to bed at 11, have to be ready for our first safari at 8:30 tomorrow morning.
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