Originally Posted by
nsoltz
For me, ET EWR-ADD has a stop in Togo and a long layover in ADD. The ORD flight, as you point out, is much more convenient to LUN. Having flown the UA EWR-JNB route twice, I like that flight and that connection. Particularly with discovering City Lodge hotel at JNB and the Nando's Peri Peri Chicken in the food court. But to go OT and enter a different sphere, have any of you been following reports that ET ferried weapons to Eritrea for use in the Tigray civil war? Accusations and ET denials. Story is worth following.
We found that Ampath Labs has a desk in the lobby of the City Lodge Hotel at JNB. You can get your Covid test sample taken after you check in and get the results back by midnight. Perfect for leaving the next morning, with test results that are less than 24 hours old.
We've used the take away palaces in the terminal too. I found several restaurants in a "tourist trap" kind of attraction adjacent to the airport called The Emperors Palace. My most recent trip included a visit to Braza (
link). The food was pretty good and they have a decent wine list. The food is Mediterranean, Portuguese and Mozambique (including a pretty spicy piri piri) I like going there because it is a quick Uber ride form the airport hotels and we can get out of the airport but don't have to take a longer ride or the Gautrain to Sandton or Rosebank.