The wine case is a great idea krazykanuck, although I suppose many people could be bringing in massive amounts of camping gear or other provisioning supplies I suppose. In this case, the wine supply from South Africa was much greater than what we found internally within Namibia.

I've been fortunate enough nequine not to have any incidents in South Africa. Based on perception, I find things safer in Cape Town than I do up in Johannesburg. We generally exercise compound living after dark; we don't walk around the streets (aimlessly or with purpose) after the sun goes down, we leave all jewellery and watches at home and the big camera gets tucked into my coat. My distant uncles in Meyerton, SA have gated grills in their house that they use to barracade themselves in the bedroom area of the house at night, but we didn't find anything that extreme in the Cape Town area. In short, it could be worse but you still need to take some precautions.

Thanks farbster. I did see that video and it was both timely AND entertaining.

Thank you MilesDependent. Qatar Business was pretty good, although I think with the bag issue it will be a while before I can convince MrsWT73 to give it another go.

Thanks for the travel tip Chancensam. I missed the Burj Al Arab on my first trip to Dubai, but caught it on the second time around. It's funny the travel things that you miss out on. Thankfully we were able to get back and take care of those missed opportunities. I will have to try Atmosphere the next time around because the view from floor 146 of the Burj Khalifa is pretty spectacular as well. I could only imagine it towards sunset.