Its Sunday at 1220pm ... I'm all checked in at the Johannesburg, South Africa airport .... in about 1 hour I jump on the plane ... and wake up in Singapore.

Hard to believe I've already left Angola.  Today I saw a Vietnamese girl on her way to Angola .... boy is she in for a surprise.

Checked luggage was way overweight. Before leaving Angola I talked the airline into increasing the limit from 30 kilos to 40 kilos.  It came in at 55.4 kilos (plus about 12-15 kilos in my handcarry).  Singapore Airlines charged me for only 5 kilos ... but that still was US$200.  Then there will likely also be a charge leaving Singapore, which I will need to negotiate.  For packing, I tried to get the weight as far down as possible ... but, I'm not going to leave my shoes and suits Angola ... and the packers were long gone. Such is life ...

... on to the next step.

ciao ciaol