The Entebbe airport was (according to T) really busy - lines everywhere! The process was a bit different than other airports I've been through:
- line up outside the airport
- show boarding pass at door into terminal
- go through metal detectors
- line up to show person passport and travel permit
- check into flight and check bags
- go through immigration (for some reason, I got 2 identical exit stamps)
- meet other NGO worker and compare flight departure times (his = 3:30pm, ours = 3:15pm, actual departure time = 3:00 pm!)
- go through security
- show boarding pass, passport to gate agent
- wait in lounge
- get on bus
- get on plane
- go flying! (only a 50 minute flight, but we got a meal!)
- arrive in Juba
- walk as fast as possible to terminal to beat the crowd
- read the huge billboard saying "Vote NO for war, YES for peace"
- enter large room with no internal walls or doors to separate passengers from people picking up passengers
- line up at table near the wall and sign name on list
- hand over passport, travel permit and yellow fever card to be checked
- walk over to a table in the middle of the room to have hand luggage "inspected" and marked with chalk X (though I'm not sure what they were checking for because they only take a quick glance in the main pocket)
- go over to the people who were meeting us
- watch as T gets our checked bags and has them inspected and marked
I'm glad T was there to follow, there are no signs about where to go or what to do. Even leaving the plane to go to the terminal I was lost - the VIPs have a separate entrance and neither are marked!
We picked up some bread and chicken for supper on the way home, an important task since T had 5 people besides us to feed. It was a late supper, so once we finished the dishes, it was shower and bed time.
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