{"id":1861,"date":"2016-04-27T13:17:36","date_gmt":"2016-04-27T18:17:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcguirereport.mcguireclan.org\/?p=1861"},"modified":"2016-04-27T14:53:04","modified_gmt":"2016-04-27T19:53:04","slug":"off-we-go-monday-april-18-wednesday-april-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mcguirereport.mcguireclan.org\/?p=1861","title":{"rendered":"Off We Go – Monday, April 18 – Wednesday, April 20, 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

Monday began bright and early for us.\u00a0 Well, early anyway. We were up at 4:00 a.m Eastern Daylight Time, to prepare to head for the airport. Allan, our oldest son, was the the one who so kindly and patiently got up so early to pick us up at 5:30 to make the trip to South Bend airport to meet the shuttle bus.\u00a0 We left South Bend at 6:30 EDT and headed to Chicago.<\/p>\n

Arrived Chicago – 8:30 a.m. (9:30 EDT )\"Atlanta<\/a>
\nDeparted Chicago – 12:45 p.m. (1:45 EDT)<\/p>\n

They don’t serve food on internal flights, but I had packed a lunch and Allan’s family sent some yummy cookies for us to enjoy as we traveled so we did not have to purchase food.<\/p>\n

Arrived Atlanta – 3:45 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n

Departed Atlanta – 8:20 p.m. EDT
\nArrived Johannesburg – Tuesday,\u00a0 April 19, 5:30 p.m. (11:30 a.m. EDT)<\/p>\n

\"Atlanta's<\/a>

Atlanta’s Hometown Airlines. This is the plane we flew from Atlanta to Johannesburg, non-stop.<\/p><\/div>\n

Apparently, another flight had arrived near the same time as ours and the lines through customs were l-o-n-g.\u00a0 We did not have to open our suitcases or answer questions or fill out forms, which was really nice.\u00a0 Just show our passports and be welcomed into the country. Even without all the ‘red tape’, we spent about 1-1\/2 hours going through customs because of the long lines.<\/p>\n

We were grateful that although our trip was very long, it was uneventful. No delays, no missed flights, no unwanted excitement of any kind.<\/p>\n

After a night’s rest at the TWR offices near Johannesburg, we were up early Wednesday morning and attended staff meeting and then left for the airport to catch a shuttle bus to Manzini, Swaziland.<\/p>\n

The offices in Johannesburg have an attached lodge with several bedrooms for guests. It has a shared lounge area and kitchen and is a quite comfortable arrangement. Breakfast foods are provided and a few<\/p>\n

snacks. We did sleep, but were still quite tired from the travel. It takes a few days to ‘catch up’ after a trip like that.<\/p>\n

We caught the 9:30 a.m. ( 1:30 a.m. EDT, Wednesday) shuttle bus to Manzini, Swaziland. We traveled about 80 mph the whole way. Some roads were good, some not so good.\u00a0 None were better than an ordinary 4 lane road and some were 2 lane.\u00a0 The driver seemed careful and familiar with the road. He knew where the pot-holes were and slowed down or missed them.\u00a0 We had a 5 minute stop at a rest area that had a ‘loo with a view’ (loo = restrooms).\u00a0 The restrooms look out over a watering hole where one can see buffalo, hippos and various buck. It is a fun place to stop, but nicer if there is more time.<\/p>\n

\"View<\/a>

View from the ‘loo’ at ALZU! (View while standing in the men’s room!)<\/p><\/div>\n

Passing through the South African border and then the Swaziland border was fairly quick\u00a0and uneventful. We finally arrived in Manzini,\u00a0 Wednesday afternoon at 2:00 (8:00 a.m. EDT, Wed.)<\/p>\n

We are now unpacked and staying in the home of a missionary who is on leave for a few months. After a trip like that it was so nice to be able to exercise and relax a bit.<\/p>\n

The TWR families prepared our evening meal for the first three days. What a blessing to become re-acquainted with them and enjoy their good food while we adjusted back to Swaziland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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