The day has finally arrived for the group. Arrival at Heathrow Terminal 3 for a 6pm meet saw us all arrive throughout the afternoon, having taken different routes there. It really was a case of planes, trains, and automobiles, with lecturers Cliff Olsson and Clint Godfrey letting the plane take the strain from Manchester.
The check in process was straightforward enough, but equipment was a bit of a problem, with excess luggage successfully getting through without any charge.
The flight out of London was initally to have been at 9pm, but was delayed by an hour. Leaving the UK at 10pm, we managed to get to our first destination on time at 7am (local time) in Addis Ababa. The time difference was 2 hours, so it was a bit confusing for us to take in what time we were actually on, what with the onward flight to Lusaka.
The flight itself was comfortable, with our meal served at about midnight. A very nice beef curry, with some lemon cheesecake is just what you need at that time of night. Being a night flight, there wasn't much opportunity for taking in the scenery, but flying over the Egyptian coastline, the moon cast a long strip of light over the Mediterranean, just as we entered Africa. In the distance to our right, were the lights of a large city in the distance, and by following the GPS screen in the cabin, we worked out that it must have been Tobruk in Libya.
Flying over the Egypt/Somalia border, we had about half an hour of turbulence, so that was a bit discomforting for the nervous flyers among us. Sleep didn't come easy for most, so it was a weary bunch who arrived to spend a couple of hours at Addis Ababa airport.
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