Getting to Lima... almost

Monday Aug 4th 2008

7:10am- My mom, dad and I left for the airport in chicago
9:45 am- We find out there are major delays due to weather and my flight which was supposed to leave at 12:05 is on at least a two hour delay. I get bumped up to an earlier flight that is delayed only until 12:30 so i can make my 3:55 flight from Houston to lima.
12:30pm- Board my flight to Houston
1:45pm- We finally head to the runway after sitting in the plane for over an hour because of technical problems. We are informed that the flight time will be 2 hours and 7 minutes which would get us into Houston at 3:52 (3 min before my other plane leaves)
3:52pm- We land, i sprint up the plane before the seatbelt sign is turned off and sprint down the airport.
4:01pm- I find out they just closed the airplane door to lima so i have to stay the night in Houston.
4:15pm- I get food and hotel vouchers to spend the night. I had to figure out how to call Cecilia to tell her i missed my flight. I talked to her husband Eduardo and attemped to tell them I'd be there at the same time on tuesday. Hopefully we understood each other.
5:30pm- I have to wait outside in 97 degree weather to get a shuttle to Hilton North Houston
6:30pm- I get into my hotel room, turn on the TV and find out i probably wont be on a flight on tuesday because of Tropical Storm Edouard.
Day One= Epic Fail

Tuesday Aug 5th 2008

9:00am- I woke up, started to track the weather which isn't looking good for the day. There are 50+ mph wind gusts. It is being predicted that the storm will continue into wednesday.
12:00pm- Left for the airport. I dont know what the big deal about this tropical storm was it was just raining pretty much all day.
3:00pm- Met a guy name Guillermo at the airport who is from Lima and told me some do's and dont's of the city.
4:45pm- Out flight was delayed and we finally started boarding the plane.
11:45pm- We land. Immigracion and customs went fine and i got my baggage right away. There were about 500 people waiting outside the airport behind these fences with signs looking for different people but i found Cecilia and Enrique right away. It is about a 20-30 min car ride from the airport.
1:45am- Finally went to bed.