On Saturday, I got up very early and drove to Johannesburg without incident, largely because I had now become tech savvy enough to connect my smartphone to the car's loudspeakers, so that I could get directions. I also had about 5 gigabytes left from the 10 I had purchased upon arrival. At the airport, I both messed up and got into a mess. First, I handed the car over at AVIS. I'd gotten a small scratch in the car, but the representative told me the damages would be "around a thousand rand". Well, I later got billed for over 5K and had a hell of an email exchange with them. It's not the money, it's the principle (it's really the money… it's always the money) and long story short, I will never again darken the towels of AVIS in Johannesburg. Anyways, little did I know about this back then, so I went on my merry way. In the elevator up to the arrival hall, however, I got stuck for a minute or two as the doors would not open. At first, I made some comic r...