London: Where there is much life underground
Friday, February 21, 2014
Bame Piet (Right) with Natjil and Jerhard
As if an 11-hour flight from Johannesburg to London was not enough, landing at Heathrow International Airport proved to be a tough exercise.
This is the world’s third busiest airport, according to rediff.com. For more than 30 minutes, we were hovering over London, until the captain announced, “Finally we are landing at Heathrow Airport.”
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