[HT Forum] Arrival

[Pauline Linton]

> Dear all,
> Thank you for praying for my journey back to Gabon. It was definitely the longest
> (about 34 hours door to door) but also one of the smoothest I've done. None of the
> recently reported chaos at Heathrow befell me - check-in probably took less than 30
> minutes, including taking three items to check-in X (why was a cardboard carton and
> a plastic crate considered unusual baggage?) and paying the excess; security only
> took about ten minutes too). The flight was 40 minutes late leaving Heathrow but
> when you have a 20 hour lay-over ahead you don't get anxious about 40 minutes! I'm
> not normally a great enthusiast of flying but on Sunday evening the air was so
> clear and the views of Windsor castle and surrounding countryside so crisp I can
> see why people do get excited about it.
> In Casablanca it wasn't obvious where to find Royal Air Maroc's accommodation
> office but once I did I was put up overnight in a pleasant hotel and given three
> meals before transferring back to the airport around 2.30 pm. The flight was again
> an hour late leaving so it was past midnight when we landed in Libreville. At first
> it seemed like I might have some difficulty getting my entry visa until I spotted
> my friend Vicki waving a brown envelope at me through a window. The envelope
> contained the original of my entry authorisation (which you need to get the entry
> visa; yes, I know it's complicated here) which is what the official I had been
> talking to wanted instead of my e-mailed print-out.
> By the time that was resolved most other passengers had cleared customs and three
> of my items of baggage had already appeared, but the carrousel had stopped and
> where was the plastic crate? However, an official soon produced it from behind the
> luggage area and I was able to load everything up. The customs man was too tired
> and wanting to get home to bed as much as any of us so after asking a couple of
> questions didn't open anything and let me through. Vicki, accompanied by a local
> pastor, was waiting for me and we were soon on our way back to her house, with no
> police checks on the way!
> 
> Now I need to work out what I need and can do in the next few days before
> Libreville shuts down for 2-3 days for the Independence day holiday at the end of
> this week. 
> More news later,
> God bless,
> Pauline
> 
> ________________________________________________
> Pauline Linton
	B.P. 13.021,
	Libreville,
	Gabon
> e-mail: pauline_linton at kastanet.org <mailto:pauline_linton at kastanet.org>
> Skype: p.linton
> 
> 
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