Monday, May 18, 2009

JNB : The first few days...

aku ambik flight malam (at 8.40pm) dr Nairobi ke Joburg... sbb nak fully utilised the day time bekerja (konon lah)... the traffic to the airport from my office was so bad... took approximately 2 hours to get to the airport... kalau takde traffic 30 minit je...

i took Kenya Airways flight... the travel time 4 jam 10 minit. kapal terbang kecik (sorry tak ingat lah boeing ke, airbus ke, and all the specs.... am not aviation freak.. hahaha) yg aku tahu leg room dia agak sempit.. luckily flight tak penuh, so i have all the 3 seats for me... :-) food dia so so... dessert tak best.. hehehe...arrived joburg at around midnite... that flight was the last flight for OR Tambo airport. so agak kosong dah airport masa tu. the immigration check was smooth... sesapa yg nak dtg joburg (or any parts of south and east africa and west africa) is advisable to take immunisation especially yellow fever. kat airport depa request for yellow fever certificate.
unfortunately, beg kitaorg semua sangkut, so depa kena hantar beg dr flight satu persatu guna trolley... the good thing, my bag was in the second trolley... so aku blh blah dulu... lepas tu, kena tahan lagi ngan police/sapa ntah... nak tgk passport. the first person ok... the second person siap suruh ke tepi n buka beg.... katanya beg aku ni berat for 2 weeks stay... aku pun explain lah aku dah lama keluar... sebulan kat nairobi... insist gak nak buka n tgk... tak de benda pun dia cek... but after belek sana sini, dia tanya.... nothing for ur officer? hahaha... nak rasuah... aku pack my bag n said no... n ciao... kat luar dah ada my driver tunggu...

it's already 1am... joburg dah gelap... it took less than 30 minutes utk sampai downtown area... aku punya office kat Melville area, so office dah book a guest house near to the office (economic downturn, kena cut all expenditure, dok guest house je :-( ) i don't really like the lodge... rasa menumpang umah org... the room was small... a bit claustrophobic. plan to move to hotel the next day...breakfast was good... simple. went to the office and managed to change to hotel.. but not that day but the day after :-)... there u go... the first 2 day in joburg... tak sempat g mana2... very tired... both of the days duduk kat hotel je... next post will be on the weekend... apa lagi.. jalan2 lah...

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

hhm..ko naik KQ nyer Boeing 737-800NG kot..juddging from the drop down screen :) im expecting safety cards ok

Fairul

zal said...

its not 800NG, maybe 700 instead