Terminal 5

The little screen on the back of 54G showed the progress through the night and into dawn: Lusaka, Kinshasa, Kano, Tunis, Cannes, Lyon, Paris, London. Like a smooth bird from the African continent into Europe.

And then facing reality as an autumn London is warmer than a spring Johannesburg. Strange but true. Maybe for some it's all about global cooling instead of global warming.

And then, after the admittingly good-looking Terminal 5 at Heathrow, encountering an unhappy bus driver enroute to Gatwick. The price, as it does in London for most things, a shocker. And then another bus, this time for a quick drive to the hotel. Just passing by, awaiting to catch BA2159. Another 11-hour journey with what the e-ticket calls a "technical stop".

Globetrotting.