Will be in Gatwick for 14 hours on Sept 14th, 7am till 9pm, on the way to Namibia. Any suggestions from AR members on how to spend that time?

get a day room at the airport hotell

Don't know your history but if it was I my schedule would be to take two doses of double scotches plus an Ambien as soon as i could on the flight over the Atlantic. Then, in london, take a city tour, hell, hire a driver just for you-- ask your travel agent there are plenty of them.

Then, once on board and on the way south two double scotches and then another ambien. Get up in namibia fresh as a daisy and on their time.

Had a similar layover in Frankfurt and did essentially what nkonka advises. I think staying active during the day's layover, while a bit taxing on the system, is a much better way to adapt to the time change than holing up in some hotel room.

The advantage for an American going out and about in Germany as opposed to England is that everyone in Germany speaks English that you can understand

by all means get out and do something but have a place to keep your stuff and grab a shower before you get back on another long plane ride plus it gives you some quiet time of blessed silence before you get cramed into another human sardine can

Steve,

I can refer you to a guy that could meet you at Gatwick, take you on a tour and could even take you to some gun shops. He is a licensed gun courier and avid hunter and I think you'd enjoy him a great deal. Let me know if you want the contact details.

Mark

Ambien or not, I can't sleep on airplanes. Lifetime problem. So I'd opt for the dayrates and catch forty winks. But that's just me.

Gatwick is a good hour out of london by road, and at that time in the morning road travel would probably be 2 hours due to rush hour.

You could get the train from Gatwick and either go North to London, or South to Brighton.

I would reccomend London if you are just after seeing sights. Victoria can be reached in about an hour and a quarter on the mainline from Gatwick. Once at Victoria you can either get a bus or a taxi and go where you like in London.

If you are happy with public transport then you can get a travel card for less than £10 which will let you use all the buses and underground trains within london.

I would offer to try and arrange something but will only be two weeks into a new job.

If you would like any more info from a Brit then by all means p.m. or email me

Museum of natural history and look at the worlds largest elephant tusks...

Take the train to Victoria station and a cab to the museum...

There is a bus tour you pay to get on the bus and it lets you off at the different sites and makes a circle and multiple buses and you can get on and off at your leisure... Did it with my son while he was working there..
All are marked very easy to get around...

Mike

Retreever, thanks for reminding what a great place that is.

We were in Heathrow for 8 hours between fights. We paid a cabbie to take us on a tour of London and return us to the airport in time for the connection to Joburg. The cost was $200 and well with every penny. We saw all the major sights and loved every minute of it.