The Worst Journey in the WorldAspley Cherry Garrard was the youngest member of the Scott Polar Expedition when he and two others lost their tent to the winds of a night-time snowstorm. They spent hours in temperatures below -70°F stumbling about the ice floes hoping they'd bump into it as it was their only hope of survival.
OK, so that was bad, but we reckon you've had worse. We know how hard you lot are.
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chthonic, Thu 7 Sep 2006, 12:40)
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AfricaI've returned recently from a safari in Africa. While the accomodation, the sights, and most of the experiences were lovely, the transport was a nightmare all the way. We left three days after the terror threats. Thinking ahead, we'd phoned Lufthansa to ask whether we could just drive to Frankfurt and get our connecting flight. "No no!" They said, "Everyzing vill be just fine!". So we arrived, waited for three hours, and were then told "All Lufthansa flights haff now been cancelled!". Bollocks, so we desperately scoped around for another airline willing to fly us, thankfully, despite Lufthansa being about as much help as a dead prostitute, we managed to fly direct to Johannesburg with BA. Which was nice, especially as they had those individual TV screens so you're not stuck watching Rob Schneider's "Durp dee durp dee durp".
Arriving at Johannesburg, we discover that our extensive delays at Heathrow mean we've missed our flight to Livingstone, so we have to arrange another flight there. Finally, we arrive, and leave on safari. Except every few days we'd drive through some shifting sand and everyone had to get out and push. This meant that as soon as the Jeep got some purchase, it drove off, not wanting to stop and lose momentum, leaving us to run after it in the sand.
The final straw was on the way to the airport at Livingstone, on our last day. The taxi ran out of petrol.
(, Thu 7 Sep 2006, 14:52, Reply)
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