After intensive bureaucracy wrangling, we now have the following:
- Polish temporary passport, required for Iza to leave SA and enter UK, valid for 3 months without restrictions.
- South African temporary passport, required for me to leave SA, valid for 12 months without restrictions.
- British temporary passport, required for me to enter UK, usable only for my specific one day journey.
Measured in cost per usable day, the British document was 2,600 times more expensive than the South African one.
The important thing is that we are able to fly home as planned next week.
I haven't had time to reply to all emails yet. Until I do: thank you everyone who sent kind words and offered assistance. The support of family and friends has made it much easier to navigate the challenges of the last week.
We are both doing very well and we have been enjoying the sunshine. Here is a photo AHS Cara took of us lazing near a river in the Cederberg about 10 days ago:
I wish you an enjoyable New Year's Eve and a brilliant start to 2012. Make the most of it; it's less than a year until
the world ends :)