Tuesday, March 10, 2015
39 hours
39 hours. That's how long we were in airports or airplanes before getting home. We got to the airport in Zanzibar almost 2 hours before our flight and waited in the domestic departure lounge forever. The flight over to Dar was really short; we never got over 5000ft. Our airline, Coastal Aviation, shuttled us over to the "main" terminal, where we basically repeated our exercise of a couple weeks ago: luggage storage (with the same guy as before, who remembered us); sitting up in the Flamingo Cafe (where we watched Cricket) for 2 hours while waiting for checkin time; then checking in and going up to the departure lounge where we waited another 45 or so minutes before boarding the big plane to Dubai. 5 and a half hours up to Dubai (and I actually slept for a couple hours on the flight despite the dude with really offensive BO sitting right in front of me). 3+ hours in Dubai waiting for our 2:50am flight to New York where Angela and I walked up and down the terminal at least 2 times waiting for our boarding process to start and I changed into my "travel pants" from my shorts. 14+ hours to New York where I don't think I slept much more than 2 or 3 hours. It was kind of cool because we raced the sunrise all the way to New York. We flew over Greenland and its glaciers and ice fields, which was really cool, before setting down at JFK a little late. We took advantage of Michele's Business Class chauffeur perk and had a car drive us over to LaGuardia for the final leg of our flight only to find that it was delayed by an hour. It figured. Finally landed in ATL and picked up by Ike's brother for the final drive back up to the house.
Thankfully, the house was just like we left it. Our 5 Guys dinner tasted so good I can't even say. It's all I can do right now to stay awake. Unfortunately, I have to go to work tomorrow after a chiropractor appointment and returning my rental lens.
And just like that another one of our adventures, this one the most amazing yet, I think, is over and real life starts again. Where are we going next year?
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