5:30am - Thunder Bay International Airport; group check-in
The group in the Thunder Bay Airport
7am - "depart" for Minneapolis... or so we think!
8:30am - learn that the plane is broken and we will not be leaving for Minneapolis.
11:20am - depart on the 11am Bearskin flight for Ottawa via Sault Ste Marie and Sudbury. Sudbury airport has free internet, unlike Thunder Bay!
2:45pm - Thanks top our pilots, Allison and Steve, we arrive safely in Ottawa with all of our luggage (note this for later - this will become important as our story unfolds). Run across airport to catch our Air Canada flight to Boston, which we then have to wait ages for.
4:30pm - Fly to Boston. A fellow passenger thinks that we are a family going on vacation together. Let's hope that this is a sign of things to come!6pm - Arrive in Boston. We hear ourselves being paged and Sarah sprints across the airport to the Delta desk that we will be departing from. Receive our next set of boarding passes.
7pm - Depart for Amsterdam. Our patriotic flight attendants serve us an orange mousse decorated with the Dutch colours and a football. Long live the World Cup!
8am (Monday morning, GMT+1) - Arrive in Amsterdam. Cody has lost one bag; however we found Meagan and Walter (who flew from Toronto and were starting to worry when we didn't get off our flight from Minneapolis). To counteract possible Deep Vein Thrombosis, we sprint across the Amsterdam airport and barely make our flight.
10:30am - Depart in a very cramped airplane on our KLM flight for Nairobi.
7:30pm (GMT+2) - arrive in Nairobi as a group. Meagan collects her next boarding pass. 6 flights down, 1 left to go!
9pm - Depart from Nairobi on our Kenya Airways flight.
11pm (GMT+1) Arrive in Lusaka. Clear Immigration and Customs. Collect our baggage. Kate has lost both of her bags in order to keep Cody company. Sarah offers Kate a pair of clean quick-dry gitch! We are welcomed by Dru, a long-time friend of Ray and Eleanor, who is going to be our host at Lifesong School.
1am - Arrive at our guesthouse for showers (Diane - "Some of us never had hot showers, since I didn't realise that there was hot water until after my shower.") and beds!!!!!
Travel Summary:
Number of flights: 7 (3 for Meagan and Walter)
Number of airlines: 5
Number of lost bags: 3
Number of lst people: 0!
Total number of hours in transit: 37 1/2
Adventure?: Priceless!
Posted by: The team (typed diligently and patiently by Kate)
We did try to upload more pictures, but the internet speed is waaaay too slow tonight. We will try to add them later.
Oh my gosh! None of you are allowed to complain the next time you drive to Duluth!!!
ReplyDeleteLet the adventures unfold! Sounds like you are already having fun and looking at the silver lining in every cloud ( thank goodness for the quick dry gich)
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Yvonne
Hi Sarah! I tried to post earlier this week, but I don't see it, so I don't think it went through! Love watching your journey on this blog! I can't imagine how many wonderful experiences you're having, but I KNOW you are making such a positive impact on this beautiful community of people! I am also sure that you are taking away so many wonderful "gifts" from the local people as well! Breathe it all in and cherish each moment you have there! Love you and can't wait to share your memories with you over a glass of wine (and some stinky cheese!) Leigh
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