Final day of our South Africa Adventure.
No scheduled activities today, just preparing for disembarking tomorrow and heading to the airport at Johannesburg.
That means repacking in one day what it took days or weeks to pack before we left. Now we have to also account an additional 5 bottles of wine, various African handicrafts, and other things we bought that we will need to declare at US Customs. All will need to be packed in one small suitcase, along with the authenticating documents, if customs wishes to inspect our purchases.
While still in the train we did stop at Zimbabwean immigration to leave the country and South African immigration to enter the country.
K.K. stopped by to ask if all was right.
And for the fourth and last time on this trip: packing for the the trip home.
We have been stationary at the station at Musina, South Africa, for a couple of hours. One reason is all our passports had to be checked and stamped before being allowed to proceed. Another, as Darren just informed us, a boulder had tumbled down a hillside in front of us and landed on the track. They are now trying to remove it.
Razor sharp concertina wire is seen around houses, walls and buildings..
The town is not much to look at..
… but this is the first thatched train waiting station I have seen..
Interesting signs pop up all over…
One wall of the waiting room is in serious need of repair..
Darren told us the bolder has been removed from the track (using manpower and crowbars) and once the inspection trolley had checked out the rest of the track (heavy rain fell last night caused our bolder to dislodge) we will be on our way.
The kitchen staff was hard at work preparing our lunch..
Vico prepared a special cheeseburger for lunch
Upon arrival in Pretoria tomorrow morning AMA will take us to the Johannesburg International Airport. We will check in at the United Airlines desk when we arrive about 2 pm and walk a short 10 minutes to a hotel attached to the airport until time to catch our plane that departs at 10 pm.
Our South African Adventure 