British Airways to Uganda

Duffels packed and off to London Heathrow (one of my least favorite airports in the world – until today). Those of you who always fly Business Class can just ignore my ravings. This is for us poor schleppers who usually sit in steerage unless able to shake loose a free Business Class ticket using miles. The British Airways

flight to Entebbe only had two classes – Business and Economy. Full-recline sleeper seats in Business Class with unusual configuration – one seat facing towards the back of the plane and the adjacent seat facing front….taking off backwards took some getting used to….View image…an easy, enjoyable flight.

Arrival at Heathrow, and the usual haul between terminals (Heathrow has 4!) to Terminal 4, where most British Air flights arrive and depart from. With Business Class boarding passes in hand, we were welcomed into the BA club which includes a Molton Brown Spa…with showers (multiple heads on the wall plus a rain shower) and free MASSAGES! You have your choice of a 20-minute back/neck, facial or foot massage but it’s important to make a reservation. Since our flight arrived at the oh-so-lovely hour of 6:00 a.m., it was easy to get a reservation at any time we wanted.

Welcomed into the second level…

…where there was a private quiet room with flat beds for sleeping, more than 10 computers connected to the internet, and more food and drinks that would be humanly impossible to consume in the 12 hours until our Entebbe departure. But we did our best….

lots of food

…while the food selections were changed from Breakfast to Snacks to Lunch to Snacks to Dinner…along with liquor, wine, soft drinks and other tidbits….View image…

more BA club

…a relaxing massage…and that’s what travel should be about. It so happened that Jan and Lisa (from San Francisco) were also in the Club and part of our tour! Finally, an 8:00pm departure from London, 6:00am arrival in Entebbe, extremely easy immigration and Uganda visa…just fork over $30 U.S. and they slap a page in your passport…pick-up by Joseph and seven minutes to The Boma, a pleasant guesthouse for one night…View image. Pat Dewil, Blanche and Margot were arriving from Capetown on SAA in the afternoon , and Josh (our New Yorker) was flying in from Kenya in a few hours, a total of 7 in our group. (Joseph pointed out the location of the famous “raid on Entebbe” by the Israelis on the way to The Boma, drove right by it.)

our Boma room

A pretty little room and time to crash until the rest of the group arrived.

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