Waiting in Joburg and arrival in Cape Town

Currently waiting for my connecting flight from Johannesburg to Capetown. Sadly  not in the lounge, since I'm inadvertently booked on the Brittish Airways flight, instead of the Cathay code share. Still, that meant that I got a chance to explore the airport, which will be useful when I transit through here later. The facilities are pretty good - pretty much everything except free wifi, which is an issue largely because the systems are down in both cellphone shops so they can't activate a sim card for me.  I think this might be the furthest I've ever been from home - if not in distance, then in transit time - i think almost 40 hours with layovers? Its a bit disorienting with the time and date changes - like, i think i entirely lost Thursday this week. As much as I like the lounges in HongKong (the best showers I've ever used, noodle bars, coffee lofts, and yummy melon martinis) if I do South Africa again, I route through Europe. The crazy miles I'm earning do kinda make up for it though, and I did hoard some munchies from the other lounges to snack on now.  Anyways, trip uneventful so far - a trend that I hope continues through to meeting B in Capetown, and getting to the hotel. The only hiccups so far is that I'm not sure I packed properly - at first I was concerned I forgot my swimsuit - but now the more pressing concern is that I didn't pack warm enough... ------- Posting this from the lobby of our Cape Town hotel, waiting for the hotel car to come get us. The weather is all rainy and miserable right now, and was yesterday too. Pretty much all we've done is relax in our room, though we did head to the waterfront for dinner and some shopping. It's way too cold to enjoy the outdoor pools, so just picked up another jacket. First impression of the city beyond the rain is that its newer and cleaner than I expected, though we are right downtown. Plans for today will similarly indoors - had been considering one of the Saturday markets, but it's too wet to be outside. Maybe high tea and shopping?