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Almost there… Best laid plans

Even the best laid plans fall through. At least we had a backup plan.

We knew the connection was going to be tight. So we are currently shacked up in a Holiday Inn near the Port of Spain airport in Trinidad.

The worst part of the deal is not the airfare change fees or the extra night in a hotel away form the water. The worst part is either that we have a 6:30am flight or the fact that there is no bar in the general area. We talked to a nice cab driver before we left the airport so we at least had a heads up and grabbed a couple beers at the airport while waiting on the shuttle.

First night of vacation is in Trinidad. Overall an easy travel day, Austin to Houston to Trinidad. We had enough time to make the connection but by the time we made the Liat ticket counter out side of customs they had closed up the counter even though there was still 20 mins till departure. Oh-well, we are now on a direct flight in the weeee hours in the morning. I would have happily stayed at the airport bar all night but…….

Cheers, tomorrow we see the home away from home for the first time in 4+ months.

Greece bound

Early rise to be at the ferrydock at 8am. Taksi came on time and met us at the end of Alpha pier. Ferry ride was mundane for us but lots of others were not as lucky. Saw lots of sea sickness bags getting distributed.

Easy customs clearance. Asked about where our hotel was and it was in the old town of rhodes. It was sort of within walking distance,that and taxis were not allowed in the old town during the day. So a hike it was going to be with a less than spectacular google map print out.

Asked a couple of people, made a few wrong turns and still almost walked past it. Old town Rhodes is a city within a wall with cobblestone streets and stone walkways. Some girls were somehow making high heels work. Our room wasn’t ready but we could leave our bags there and off to find lunch.

Really cool town lots of alleyways but they were all tourist shops and some bar restaurants. We walked all over the place. Then our room was available so we went to put our bags in the room.

Room that word does not define an space that small. Two single beds and a cot and a bathroom with which is smaller than the one on the boat. We can make due and it is right in the middle of the town. There two cruiseships also in port so that probably explains a lot of the crowd.