Blue for business, pink for play

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The Rapid Traveler departed Sunday for a 3-week business trip. The official routing:

a map of the world with a route

Meetings in Dubai (DXB), Johannesburg (JNB), Durban (DUR), and Mumbai (BOM). Connections in Amsterdam (AMS) and Nairobi (NBO). (The Rapid Traveler is a Delta Diamond, so keeping the main pieces to SkyTeam members Delta, KLM and Kenya Airways.)

But that would be rather pedestrian and a shame to waste the weekends, especially when they start Thursday night in the Gulf States!

Let’s go region by region, blue for business, pink for play.

a map of the middle east

Weekend in Muscat, Oman (MCT) on the way down to Africa, and a 12-hour layover in Manama, Bahrain (BAH) on the way back up 10 days later, then heading on to Mumbai.

a map of africa with a red line

In between Dubai and Mumbai, on the weekend between meetings in Johannesburg and Durban, a quick dart up to Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe (VFA), then over to Livingstone, Zambia (LVI) to catch the falls on the other side and fly back.

a map of south america with a red line

And the final weekend on the heels of Mumbai, a connection on GoAir through Chennai (MAA) on to Port Blair, Andaman Islands (IXZ). Sherlock Holmes fans will know the Andamans from The Sign of the Four.

Everything about planning the trip was fun except figuring out how to pack for all these seasons and climates. Alas, it is only a venal sin to check luggage.

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[…] summer I scored a business trip jackpot to South Africa. It was last-minute and I scrambled to put together a weekend outing. If anyone at […]

Richard
Richard
12 years ago

You know it’s going to be an exciting trip when the categories & taglist are almost as long as the post… 🙂

William
William
12 years ago

SO JELOUS! can’t wait for the trip reports.

konferensresa
12 years ago

Learned alot..!!! Nice pictorial representation.

Angelina A
12 years ago

Wow thats going to be an amazing adventure!!

Million Mile Secrets
12 years ago

Incredibly jealous and looking forward to the trip reports!

Craig
Craig
12 years ago

Incredible agenda, Stefan!!!

Can’t wait to read about it!!!

JettyBoy
JettyBoy
12 years ago

have you broken this news to the mrs. yet? Or is she accompanying you? Looking fwd to your reports!

Jimmy @TravelByPoints
12 years ago

Nice, RTC! Have fun and safe travels.