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Long Haul Stranger
It was hot and steamy as I arrived at the airport in Johannesburg for the long journey to Sydney, Australia. This was the beginning of a month-long holiday over Christmas from working in central Africa, and I was overjoyed to be heading back to some normalcy and "civilisation." I checked in and was allocated my seat on the 747 right at the rear. There was aisle and window seating in a 4-5-4 configuration but the row in the rear section only had two seats where thedesign of the fuselage tapered...