This has been the CRAZIEST first day of travels EVER. Are you sitting down? Don't worry, everything is alright. After our accident in the limo to the airport this morning I was still able to check-in on time with just a few bandages on my forehead. Luckily we left 3 hours early so that the police had time to file the accident report and arrest our driver for trying to plant foreign substances in my luggage.
As I went through security it wasn't so bad that I got pulled aside and frisked by the security guard guy because he was just a trainee and his pedi mustache was only half as long, black, and curled as most.
When I was waiting at the gate with Joy, a fellow foreign exchange student, the baby next to us threw up on my open lap top on the seat between us. Luckily, the baby was from South America and his vomit only smelled like natural Ginny Pig, which is SO much better than the McDonald's aftermath experienced in the States.
We finally boarded the plane, and I took my seat. Fortunately, I was at the window seat which was able to distract me from the 300ib guerrilla sitting next to me who hadn't showered in a month. A good view can solve almost anything! The delay only took 3 hours and when we finally took off, just one engine wasn't working at full capacity. After re-landing and loading a different air craft, we finally made it to Miami for our transfer. It's a darn shame we only missed it by 4 minutes!
Thanks to the airline's hospitality though, we got meal vouchers and a stay in a hotel. I went to a place called Corona Restaurant or something like that for a bite to eat. I should have known not to eat sea food in a place I haven't been before. Food poisoning... Just like when I came back from Amsterdam. I wish I hadn't thrown up in front of the immigration people, because then I wouldn't be stuck all night in this quarantine white room till the morning typing on my phone with numb thumbs trying to get the message to my family and girl friend that I'm still alive. We shouldn't have canceled my calling/texting so soon.
I do have some good news though! I was not in a limo accident, the driver did not try to plant drugs on me, I was frisked, but not by a TOTAL creep, a baby did not throw up on my lap top, I was not sitting next to a 300 ib smelly guerrilla man, we did not take off with a broken engine, only a part in the engine was broken then fixed before taking off, I am not sick, locked up in a lonely room. But, we were delayed 3 hours, missed our connecting flight by 4 minutes and am now sitting in my comped hotel room typing on my phone because my cheap butt won't pay for Internet. So it hasn't been a complete disaster. Just wanted to put it in perspective.
I'll let you all know when I get to Ecuador! Soon enough!
Ciao,
Michael
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