I thought it would be fun to start your weekend with something slightly irreverent. Something funny. Something bizarre. Something immature. But something very real and very serious.
On one of my several plane trips through South Africa, I came across an article in the in-flight magazine that made me raise an eyebrow and laugh. It referenced a video from Brazil that went viral. Watch it for yourself and see if you can determine what it’s about…
Whenever I travel afar one of the questions I am most frequently asked is, “How long does it take to travel there?” Naturally the answers differs depending on the destination, but for this recent trip to Africa, I decided to time it exactly. From the moment I left the house to the moment I step foot into my hotel room for the first time, I clocked how long it took to travel to South Africa. What are your guesses? Watch this YouTube Video to find the answer…
That’s my plane right there. I’ve traveled on enough trips that I have cashed in my frequent flier miles to purchase my own aircraft.
Actually, that’s not entirely accurate. While I do have a lot of miles (184,000 just on Delta), I don’t have my own airplane. But I like to pretend that I do. You see, I don’t especially enjoy flying in small aircraft. It’s not that they are unsafe it’s that:
Small planes have small seats
I can’t put my luggage in the overhead bin, which means I have to check it (and Delta broke my suitcase last time that happened with no compensation or apology)
I had a wonderful time in Chicago. Sadly, my last memory of the city was a not a great one. I was flying Delta out of Chicago’s Midway Airport. Rough weather was hitting the Northeast causing a significant flight delay out of New York’s LaGuardia airport. That’s where my plane was coming from.
Instead of leaving at 18:55, we didn’t leave until 22:30. The plane ride was only 90 minutes to Atlanta, but Atlanta is one hour ahead of Chicago. We exited the terminal at 1:30 in the morning. There were no more flights leaving to Orlando at that hour. Instead of sleeping in the terminal, I got a hotel room for the night.