{"id":56,"date":"2013-10-21T08:39:56","date_gmt":"2013-10-21T08:39:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/botswana13\/?p=56"},"modified":"2013-10-27T10:37:43","modified_gmt":"2013-10-27T10:37:43","slug":"botswana-blog-1-arrivals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/botswana13\/2013\/10\/21\/botswana-blog-1-arrivals\/","title":{"rendered":"Botswana – Blog 1. Arrivals"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\"Airport<\/a>19\/10\/13 – 1pm\n<\/p>\n

\n\tTeam Bots arrive at Heathrow, minus David who claimed weird things were happening on the tube.\n<\/p>\n

\n\t2.15pm – To the baggage scales…\n<\/p>\n

\n\tHere's some maths for you, 8 people, 2 bags each = 17 bags to check in, right? £168 later, we are still 4 bags short but at least all 10 volunteers are present and correct. (although KLM did make us sweat with only 3 of us having a confirmed spot on the flight)\n<\/p>\n

\n\t4pm – To customs and beyond…\n<\/p>\n

\n\tAll sailed through minus Paul who's passport photo and bare legs ensured further delay.\n<\/p>\n

\n\t5.15pm – Departure time! Flight one.\n<\/p>\n

\n\tAmsterdam bound, no hiccups to speak of, just a snoring Carl on the plane for our entertainment.\n<\/p>\n

\n\t6pm – Mad dash to F4 – Amsterdam Airport\n<\/p>\n

\n\tKeeping up our #Invincibles name, Tracey challenged a stranger to a travellator race which predictably ended in victory.\n<\/p>\n

\n\t9pm – Next up Nairobi!\n<\/p>\n

\n\tAll split up for the long haul! It didn't take Gem long to nod off – "Sometimes the stranger the position, the better you sleep." 8 Hours, and a tiny croissant later, we have arrived in Nairobi all weary eyed apart from Gem of course.\n<\/p>\n

\n\t20\/10\/13 – 6.01am\n<\/p>\n

\n\tAn interesting place, people everywhere and just a long (seemingly never ending) corridor.\n<\/p>\n

\n\t7.45am – AFRICA TIME!\n<\/p>\n

\n\tReady to board, and it seems as though we are already on Africa time 2 hours later than expected!\n<\/p>\n

\n\t1pm – We are here! Better late than never I guess…\n<\/p>\n

\n\tFinally in Botswana Airport, and forecast is English weather (yes, clouds and rain).\n<\/p>\n

\n\tOur first CWB coaching session takes place (unofficially). 5 kids, a couple of balls and some big smiles meant for an entertaining short stay at the airport.
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19\/10\/13 – 1pm Team Bots arrive at Heathrow, minus David who claimed weird things were happening on the tube. 2.15pm – To the baggage scales… Here's some maths for you, 8 people, 2 bags each = 17 bags to check in, right? £168 later, we are still 4 bags short but at least all 10 volunteers are present and correct. (although KLM did make us sweat with only 3 of us having a confirmed spot on the flight) 4pm – To customs and beyond… All sailed through minus Paul who's passport photo and bare legs ensured further delay. 5.15pm – Departure time! Flight one. Amsterdam bound, no hiccups to speak of, just a snoring Carl on the plane for our entertainment. 6pm – Mad dash to F4 – Amsterdam Airport Keeping up our #Invincibles name, Tracey challenged a stranger to a travellator race which predictably ended in victory. 9pm – Next up Nairobi! All split up for the long haul! It didn't take Gem long to nod off – "Sometimes the stranger the position, the better you sleep." 8 Hours, and a tiny croissant later, we have arrived in Nairobi all weary eyed apart from Gem of course. 20\/10\/13 – […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":62,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/botswana13\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/botswana13\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/botswana13\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/botswana13\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/botswana13\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/botswana13\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88,"href":"https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/botswana13\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56\/revisions\/88"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/botswana13\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/botswana13\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/botswana13\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/botswana13\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}