Day 2 South Africa - London to Cape Town

We arrived at Heathrow, found where to buy hotel shuttle tickets and went to a nearby hotel with ‘day rooms’ to eat, sleep and freshen up. We didn’t sleep long but still, it was better than spending all those hours in the airport on uncomfortable chairs.

I had the luxury of a shower as well and that really perked me up! Had we known that our second flight would also be delayed, we could have got 2 extra hours of sleep.

Our London to Cape Town plane was quite huge (a double decker) and we were the last aircraft to leave from Heathrow’s Terminal 5 that day – at midnight instead of 9:30 PM. The meals were good, and this time I was able to have a better sleep despite my restless leg syndrome.