Sunday 6 February 2011

What a crazy start!! (Perth, WA, Australia - 31/01)

We have to give the car back at 8h00, the plane is scheduled at 10h05 and
the check-in closes at 9h05
5h45: The alarm clock rings
7h00: At the post office opening to get our last mails, the lady does not
know ''Poste restante'' and we have to tell her to look again to find other
mails....
7h45: Stuck in the morning traffic-jam.
8h05: Arrived at the renting car parking in the international airport, but
we did not fill the fuel tank, the car company charges 3$/l...
8h10: On the way out to find petrol station, the way back is stuck in
traffic-jam again...
8h25: Filling the tank and paying the fuel as fast as possible thinking
about the traffic-jam ahead...
8h35: We shortcut the traffic-jam and arrived at the airport again and left
the keys...
8h45: We check-in the luggage. ''By Indonesian law, you can not have only a
one-way flight to Bali''... we explained our trip and it was finally ok.
9h15: The plane is not parked next to the gate...
10h15: The food is not here yet, we have to wait for it.
10h25: The plane is accelerating for take-off, then suddenly slow down and
take a curve, ''ladies and gentleman, the plane has a little computer
problem, we will try to have a quick fix''
10h35: ''We have to go back to the gate for engineer to fix the problem''
11h00: ''Engineer are saying it is a minor problem that will be fixed in 10
minutes'' Knowing the Australian easy going (that should be all right), we
start to wonder if we should leave the plane...
11h35: ''The plane is ready to go, we just have to wait for the car to push
us back'' We were hoping to change the plane, we are stuck on our seats.
11h50: The plane takes off, we are hyperventilating.
12h10: The plane reaches its cruising altitude, the pressure was too big, we
both cry...

1 comment:

  1. et bien vous qui êtes peureux de lavion vous avez dû vous régaler quel stresseless bigger avec l histoire de l essence en plus c était bien mal parti de bon matin

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