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And then there is the getting there … it is a long way, no matter what route is employed. In this case, it was via AA and BA: LAX with plane change in Dallas, about 8 hours in London and finally arriving in Cape Town after 36 hours. Kudos to BA’s first class cabin. I don’t recall how this leg ended up being a true first class experience — the other two were business; all three using miles– but it was great. PJ’s, blanket (both of which I kept) and really good food (“to your liking”); but the best was when the staff made the seat into a flat bed complete with sheet and comforter. That made the 11.5 hours extremely comfy to say the least.
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| Some shots from the BA flight to Cape Town above; below is our travel journal and messenger bag courtesy of andBeyond |
For this particular journey, my step-by-step path was recounted in a previous post. In short, I was fortunate to have been referred to the company andBeyond, whose planning and guidance proved to be invaluable. Planner extraordinaire Kirsten was amazing, patient, informative and now retired (hope it wasn’t me!). The CEO of andBeyond is Joss Kent, whose father founded the iconic Abercrombie and Kent. Joss left A&K and went to their biggest competitor, which I think you might find to be an interesting story.
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“Baboon crossing” signs along the highway were a good thing. The traffic stopped dead as the animals emerged on the side of the road and indeed crossed. Everyone warned us not to feed the baboons as they can become aggressive, so the windows stayed up (except for a few pix). The Cape itself is breathtaking, as is False Bay. We took the funicular up near the top while many others braved the steep terrain by hiking up to the original lighthouse or down the sloping rocks.
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