Date: Sat, 29 May 1999 19:35:43 -0700 (PDT) From: "Alek O. Komarnitsky" Subject: 3rd African Safari Email: FALSE START! :-( To: alek@komar.org I said in my last Email that the next one would come from Africa ... wellll ... that's not quite the case. Loonngggg story ... but due to weather in Miami, our inbound flight got diverted to Ft. Myers ... and then we finally landed at Miami at 5:15. Our SAA flight was scheduled to leave at 5:00 ... but we could still see it there ... with the luggage doors open! Alek was the FIRST off the plane RUNNING to the flight; while Wendy followed with all of our bags! I arrived at Gate E8 ... and the plane was still there ... but they had allready pulled back the jetway ... and would not extend it. I begged/pleaded ... but to no avail. Wendy came walking up ... and we both watched our plane push back and leave ... without us! :-( :-( So ... remember that there is only *ONE* flight a day ... so for being 15 minutes late, we're in Miami for the next 24 hours. BTW, did I say that it was just pouring buckets here; apparently the worst weather in two months. We're staying at Larry's place (Wendy's father) ... who is actually in Russia. So we call his friend Gene (who has the key to the place) ... but he was not home ... so Wendy said "no problem, I'll just call him at the bar" and lo'-n-'behold ... Gene was there - 'nuff said, eh?!? ;-) We're are semi-confirmed on the flight tomorrow; so hopefully, the NEXT Email you'll get will BE from Africa ... at least we sure hope so! alek P.S. BTW, our first phone call was to KKN in SLC to check in on Dirk ... everything went great with getting him up there and he is having a great time with his Cousin Nick; who I understand likes having someone smaller than him around! ;-)