Day 9 - Souvenir shopping and the trip home

Morning This is our last day so we spend some time shopping for last minute souvenirs. I enjoy browsing through grocery stores when I travel (weird, huh?). I purchased a donut for 5 cents – again reminding me what a good value South Africa is. I tried on a $4000 Tanzanite ring, but am sorry to say that I am not bringing it home. We bought T-shirts, and dried jerky of the South African flavor – ostrich, antelope. I return my cell phone, and we retrieve our luggage from the concierge. Our flight departs at 5:30 and traffic is unpredicatable so we leave the hotel at 2:30. I know this will not be our only trip to Africa – just our first trip to Africa. Afternoon - Our flight stopped in Dakar, but we didn’t deplane. The stewards seemed to be concerned about a missing passenger. First of all they asked us to get all of our luggage out of the carry-on bins, and they came around to make sure all luggage was accounted for. I guess the mystery was still not solved, so then they came around and checked each of us off their manifest. It didn’t seem that they ever found who they were looking for, so I guess he got off the plane unnoticed. This time I watch 3 movies and sleep a little. I love to travel - that's why I decided to be a travel agent - but it's always good to get home. If you'd like to see more pictures of our trip, just email me out contact me at trvlsrc@sbcglobal.net.