Chapter 1

Having travelled up to dublin by train early on tuesday i stayed the night with Dave.And so it began, our epic adventure To Cape Town, with a 10:30 taxi to dublin airport to catch our 13.25 plane to london heathrow. We breezed through check in and security and without even the notion of any hassle we found ourselves rolling down the runway and out of dublin. Twenty six hours, a seven hour wait in heathrow, three flights, two delays and one missed flight later we're stuck in Johannesburg airport with no flights to Cape Town until 8:00 the next morning. The original enthusiasm and "boys on tour" excitement is starting to wane. Bone weary after 26 hours on the move and perhaps one or two hours of cramped uncomfortable shallow sleep, we're told that we'll be put up in a hotel, fully paid for by Emirates Airline, our sponsors, and at this moment in time saviours. The rest of the night plays out to the roar of planes taking off and landing in the airport, the runway and hangers clearly visible from our room. Nearly everyone, it seems, is just passing through.
Up at six the next morning to catch our flight to Cape Town and an opportunity to buy the new Harry Potter book which was released at midnight, just a little bit of light reading for the two hour flight.