This trip, surprisingly, is looking really good so far.
GND
1) I was not charged the "departure tax" that many usually pay. It's 60 ECs or about $24
2) My checked bag was close to 70 lbs, 20 lbs over the limit...no charge.
3) My carryon was also wayyy over. Again, no problem.
4) My flight was only 5 minutes late. To anyone that's flown out of GND, that's ridiculous. 2 hours delayed in the standard.
5) My flight arrived to Trinidad 10 minutes earlier than scheduled.
TRINIDAD
1) Church's chicken.
2) My checked bag, again, super over. Again, no words.
3) My carryon was over, but they let me check in 2 bags, so again, no charge.
The only downside is that whenever I'm getting on a puddle jumper (think small prop planes), usually, I'm assigned seats next to either fun people or attractive females. The problem arises when the flight attendant comes over, tells the fun person/attractive female to get up and switch seats with the biggest/fattest/angriest person on the plane to "balance out the weight."
Is it karma? Is it my girlfriend who called the airlines ahead? Do I put that past her? Of course. ...
The abomination sitting next to me from GND --> POS (Trinidad) reminded me of my 5th grade gym teacher. She was big, and she was angry. She breathed heavily and noisily, and she was doing her puzzle book, which meant she had to stick her elbows out (her side fat didn't allow her to keep her elbows to herself) and push my tiny ass frame to the aisle. Why was she so angry? Quite possibly because the tiny ass asian kid next to her was taking over her 2nd seat.
Anywho, plans when returning home:
1) try not to die on the way home from JFK
2) order chinese food
3) shower
that's about it. I hope to find some time away from work to see a few people that'll be in nyc this summer.
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