Hey everyone, just a quick update on the flight out from LA to Mexico. well on my rant about how funny it would be for LA to have a bomb scare ... well it turns out that they indeed did have a bomb scare and they shut down the airport for over 3 hours just as we boarded our flight reroute to Mexico City and then onto Cancun. crazy stuff all round. we heard second hand that they actually arrested a bloke and it was a rather real event. glad we could get out on time.
The situation for the delayed flights was actually this, we arrived fully ahead of time in LA and began our auto check in that morning, only to find out that seat allocation was not given at that moment, we would later find out that for some stupid reason United Airlines does a secondary boarding and seat allocation at the departure lounge ....... real stupid.
Anyway we get through Customs ok, trek through and are still 1.5hrs away from fly time. Mark mentioned he needed something desperatly to drink before we hit the departure lounge, so we go off to get a bottle of water .... 15mins later, getting to the lounge, we hit the United counter and are told ..... "Sorry this flight is now overbooked and your one of 5 last to check in" you will now be forwarded on via other flights, we we're a tad pissed to be honest, but really took it well, we expected something in LA to go ass up.
Anyway now we find out this is now a usual process for US airlines, overbooking to cover people who don't turn up or miss flights, just to cover thier ass and "fill a plane". So we were left with compensation in the form of flight vouchers for $500 US and a delayed flight to Mexico City and same night connection to Cancun.
We finally arrived in Cancun at around 1AM, hopping off an airconditioned plane into 100% humidty.... never felt that before. literally swishing your hand in front of you produced wet hands. crazy. check in was cool, we notified our hotel ahead of the delay and we had a shuttle to check in and sleep. Next mourning we we're gone, out 5AM to hit our first Mexican bus to Cancun..... just for the curious, the public first class bus's are really cool, super easy and have got us to Palenque. so that begins the update. im currently in Tikal, swatting mozzies, drinking Fanta from a glass bottle. full update on Palenque and Tikal to follow. adios
(Photos coming in a day or two, cheers for your patience)
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Hi Shaun, yes I can just imagine the humidity! Can be very uncomfortable, and I have just heard that in California they are battling a heat-wave and major fires!!!! Enjoy Mexico and all it has to offer, because time is flying by so fast that it will be but a memory soon. Take care you two, much love
Wow California seems like its hitting brushfires for the summer, hopefully it won't affect our locations.
more soon, cyas
S.
Great Pictures.
Please try and bring me a toucan as well as a squirrel.
Hope you are both well and that you are being good.
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