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MY PHINDA FROG.......JUST AS ALONE AS ME


PHINDA VLEI LODGE WHERE I AM GOING TOMORROW..SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TOO



PHINDA ZEBRA'S



LOOKS LIKE ME WITH A DIRHAM........ CLYDENE DO YOU REMEBER THIS ONE.....?



I arrived back in Richards bay today....... The Abu Dhabi airport was terrible........I did a real "Jumeira Jane" tantrum....I had hoped for an upgrade on my ticket (like to business class) but sadly it did not work....My tantrum did however get me 4 seats to myself....So I had a sleep on the plane.........
Jumeira Jane is something like a Sandton Kugel......Just in Dubai style.. I even had the Prada handbag to match....... The time the flight left was so bad too. It departed Abu dhabi at 03h55. the airport looked like a ant hill of activity, but you can only do duty free perfumes for a certain time.. I did the perfume try on and smelt like an "arranged marriage with no hope in succeeding" (what the hell does that smell like !!!!)
Hannes and I had a fantastic 2 weeks and the rand dollar exchange is terrific for us in Dubai BUT no good for us here is SA. Talk about split emotions hey. We spent only in Dubai money and left the SA cards to rest......
I came home with such little luggage I did not even have any luggage to weigh in. All cabin luggage.....This was a first for me.... I breezed through all the check ins and even customs found me very boring.
At home Laurika (who is staying with me now that I am alone) spoilt me too as she did a fantastic dinner for us tonight. So nice not to come home to myself alone.
Tomorrow i am going to Phinda for 4 nights with Dian. That is always very nice for me. I love the bush and wild animals. The Lodge has also recently been upgraded as well. Not that it needed an upgrade as it is very lani. I got a call from the lodge manager tonight just to let me know he has red bulls in the fridge....
Dian is bringing his text books so that he can study between game drives..... I will do the tanning number as each chalet has its own spalsh pool on the deck in front of the room. Wait for the foto's on the next blog entry.

Hannes took me to Abu Dhabi by car last night. We did the highway with no problems BUT in Abu Dhabi we could not find the airport and the road signs were no where to be found. I had the road map on my lap and did the navigation and he did the driving. we had to ask a few taxi drivers as well But in the end found the airport. I did the Abu Dhabi flight as it was on a special and very cheap.......NEVER again. I will rather pay a little more and fly out of Dubai. In the airport waiting area the security officers were very arrogant and rude......This was a first for me. They sat and smoked in the waiting area and did not have a care in the world. Just before me a flight left for Delhi from the same waiting area.. We see pictures of the trains being so full in India.. Well I could not see the plane but with all those people I think the plane was packed in a roof rack style as well............................

Colonel the dog was so happy to see me he made such a noise...barking his head off at nothing . Rambo was also very pleased to see me....Shame I miss Hannes and just want to be in Dubai all the time and here my poor pets are feeling the same about me. I cannot even think of taking them to Dubai. No birds are allowed to go to Dubai and were do I keep Colonel in the dolls house we live in.....

The house looks very good and garden is well kept. It is just that I have said goodbye to this house and now just see it as a burden. Sad hey. I just think that is how life goes. Your priorities shift all the time.....
I have not checked my cupboard to pack for Phinda. Hope I left some clothes here when I packed for Dubai. Phinda will just have to wash and iron if I did not leave enough clothes.

My Skype will work so well now. I bought a 5 pixel camera to use for skype in Dubai. It gives a clear picture and handles movement very well. I now just have to wait until Tuesday to try it out as Hannes is working nights and I am in Phinda with no cell coverage so no inter net available.

I will sadly miss the rugby game on Saturday between the Sharks and the blue bulls. I am a staunch sharks supporter. We even have a small shark on the prado in Dubai......

I am going to bed now to be wide awake tomorrow.
Cheers
L