Wednesday, September 26, 2018

The Return Trip from Hell Continues

Everyone has made it to the Cusco airport. Good thing we came early! The
lines were just plain crazy long!


Had a bit of a panic attack when we were trying to use the computer to get our luggage
tags. It kept saying it was too late to check in. What?! So we lined up to see a teller.
Just in time, as within minutes, the line was twice as long. We got our tags no problem.
It took a while to get through security. We are now sitting, waiting for our flight to
leave at 1:50. Yahoo! The airplane is up and flying!

The Air Canada booth in Lima doesn’t open until 11 pm. Seriously? We all sat in a
restaurant waiting and waiting. Luckily, Remi managed to check us in on our next flight
on the Air Canada app. One less thing to worry about! 11 o’clock rolls around so we
make our way to the booth to drop our bags. Remi and I got through first. Hooray!
We have our tickets! We are almost there!


We move out of the line to wait for the other group members. Beth, Marianne.
Good! Vesna, Sophie, Jodi good! Mel, Liz, Kaitlyn, good! Why are Jason and Tracey
in line so long? Heather and Paul where are they? And Judy?


Of course! Air Canada has overbooked the flight and there’s no room for them on it!
Tracy has a ticket but doesn’t want to leave Jason behind so she releases her ticket so
Judy can have it. Comes time to give it to Judy, guess what, gone. Now we have one
more person not on a flight!


Paul, Heather, Jason, Tracy, and Judy were placed on a flight with a different airline
going through the states. They will have two layovers but at least if they get stuck they
will be able to speak the language! I wish them luck!


As for us, our flight left on time at 2:40 am. I fell asleep right away before they even
closed the cabin doors. I woke up a few times thinking they said we were landing.


It’s now almost 11:30 am and we will be landing in Toronto. Another mad dash to
go through customs and catch our next flight. What could go wrong? Luckily, nothing
went wrong.


And home sweet home we made it. Peru was a fabulous experience! I would do it
all over in a heartbeat! Unfortunately, there are so many places I want to see...
Peru will have to wait.


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