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two great, yet different, layovers

6/4/2013

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Everyone usually hates long layovers, but we recently had a couple of good ones.  First, on our flight from Bogota, Colombia to San Juan, Puerto Rico we had a stop in Ft. Lauderdale. Lucky for us, my old roommate from Chicago, Krista, lives in south Florida and swung by the airport to pick us up and join us for dinner by the marina. We haven't seen Krista in a few years and had so much fun catching up!  Next time, we'll plan a longer visit and hit the beach with this surfer girl!
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Dinner with Krista in Ft. Lauderdale!
The other layover was definitely less fun, but necessary! We had a grueling flight schedule from San Juan to Cape Town:  

3.5 hr flight from San Juan to JFK (4 hr layover)
6 hr overnight flight from JFK to London (7 hr layover at Heathrow)
11 hr overnight flight from London to Cape Town, arriving in Cape Town first thing in the morning
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Since we would be traveling for 2 days straight we needed a shower and a nap in London.  Unfortunately, 7 hours is a bit too short to make heading into town worthwhile, so we booked a Yotel Pod at Heathrow. Essentially, for about $40, we got a room the equivalent of a ship cabin for 4 hours.  You get a bed, tiny shower & bathroom.   It was perfect because it was close by (in the airport terminal), pitch black and quiet. We slept for about 3 hrs (much needed since we didn't sleep on the plane), and then used the last hour to shower and change.  Afterwards we had enough time for dinner before we boarded our long flight to Africa. 
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Chris in our Yotel pod. It's so small, I'm taking the picture from the bathroom.
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