Gallivant News, coming to you live from Johannesburg, South Africa. I’m your host, Fiona, and this is what we’ve been up to since leaving Costa Rica.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Starting off with our 100 hour travel day, we returned to the US for some very quick layovers in Houston and Newark airports. Stopping in Houston was very rushed, as we scrambled through customs and picked up our bags, just to recheck them immediately after. Globies then had to choose whether they wanted to spend their precious few minutes going to the bathroom or buying $15 pre-made sandwiches. Thankfully, our layover in Newark was longer and Jean-Luc and I made the most important pitstop- milkshakes!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fun fact:<\/strong> milkshakes outside of the US don’t use ice cream, they’re literally shaken milk. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Upon boarding the plane, our layover became even longer as we encountered technical difficulties. First, they had forgotten to charge the plane? But never fear, the issue was fixed in about an hour and they even gave us some extra fuel just in case! <\/p>\n\n\n\n Unfortunately, they went a little overboard and accidentally gave us 1500 pounds too much so then we weren’t able to take off. We finally departed about two hours later than scheduled, starting the countdown for our final fifteen hour flight, two of which were spent group watching How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n