The Journey Home

The alarms went off at 5:30am. This was it, our last day in South Africa. The trip was ending.
At the beginning of this trip 55 days seemed a very long time but in many ways we feel as though we have just got here. We are sorry to be leaving but are already looking forward to new adventures.
We got dressed, went and cleaned up in the bathrooms in the dark and I snuck across to Ghost and the Gnu to say thanks for looking after us. I’m sad like that. Ghost looked lonely sitting in the middle of the camping field on his own.
Our lift arrived at 6:30am and we piled our bags into the boot and took the 1 hour drive to Cape Town international airport. The townships at 6:30am really were something else with people running across the roads in front of us.
We got to the airport at 7:30am and had to wait 15 minutes for check in to open. Once it was open we got rid of our bags and passed through security and then customs. By 8:45am we were in the departure lounge and we now had to wait 2 hours to board.
At 10:45am boarding was called and we got on the plane. Ellie was crying because we were leaving but we have to go home to plan the next adventure.
As we took off we watched Cape Town disappear below us and South Africa got smaller and smaller as we climbed higher and then it disappeared altogether as we passed into the clouds. In 11 hours we will be back in the UK.Read more