I Thought It Couldn't Be Done

I really thought that after everything I had been through with LAN Chile airlines, I had seen the worst, but I was oh so wrong.

The next morning at the hotel, I got up at 530 becuase nobody knew when the shuttle was supposed to come. My flight wasn't until 1030, but I wasn't taking ANY chances. I had been asking the previous night when we were getting picked up, but nobody knew and they said LAN wasn't answering their phones...typical. When I got to the lobby at 600 AM, there was a shuttle just leaving and the driver said he'd be right back. In fact, he said another shuttle would be there in 15 minutes. What a joke. This Australian couple and I sat there for over an hour with no word. Finally, we jumped into a cab and went there ourselves. I waited for several hours and boarded the plane. So far, so good.

I got into Bogota and went to find my bags. I figured that since I was taking an Avianca flight from Bogota to Medellin, I should be able to pick up the bags in that airport, take them through customs, recheck them to Medellin and be on my way. No bags. I start to semi-lose it and went to find a representative. He said they'd be in Medellin when I got there, but I knew better. Long story short, I still do not have my bags. It's really just unbelievable.

I finally have a visitor from home! John Boss, who grew up across the street from me has been here since Saturday night. We've been having a good time. On Saturday, I took him to the pool, where he fell in love about 5 times. Too bad he's engaged! Last night, we ate sushi at this killer Japanese restaurant a few blocks away from my house. It was fantastic. I also bought a martini set that we broke in before dinner. I can't decide which I liked better...martinis or sushi...tough call.

OK, I really need to stop screwing around on the computer. I've been doing it all day!

I will ask Kelly to post some of my BA pics tomorrow. Stay tuned...

Ben