A 17 hour plane ride is not for the faint of heart. Literally. Within 15 minutes of boarding, one woman fainted in her seat, leading her to disembark and head back home. Five hours into the flight, another girl fainted by the bathrooms and pretty much throughout the entire flight, a boy threw up all over himself and the seats next to him. Really nasty. When we arrived in Johannesburg, we met up with Bruce, who works for Gracy Travel Agency. He was our knight in shining armor. Our flight was delayed an hour and a half, so we were under a major time constraint to catch our Cape Town flight. Bruce guided us from customs to the baggage checking area. He pushed one of our carts and I pushed the other. Let me say, balancing
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