December 15, 2011

We Missed our Flight

We escaped a horrible 5 and a half hour traffic jam and just got to the airport. Unsuprisingly, all 5 of us missed our respective flights...

We passed wide stretches of water that look like 3 back-to-back olympic pools in a row, with city buses stuck in the mud. Since it's the rainy season, apparently a small river had overflowed, and in combination with the wet sand and the mud, and completely un-road worthy vehicles, it kept traffic at a standstill.

It's tragic and incredibly frustrating, fortunately we're all a bit loney at this point and that makes it entertaining...

1 comment:

Sahara Sarah said...

Wow, commenting on your blog takes me back to the day....

That must be a new record for airport travel time. Last time I was there it took 3 hours, but luckily the Air France few were caught in the same traffic jam. I saw muzungus walking abandoning their taxis and walking to the airport. Hope all is well cherie