This post is going to cover the trip down, for the most part. We (my parents and I) drove down to Toronto on Monday, Tuesday I picked up a digital camera (photos to come soon :) and Wednesday afternoon was my flight.

The flight itself was pretty good, we actually got in a few minutes early. I had some issues with baggage (both were overweight, had to buy a 3rd and pay for extra baggage, dammit). Got to see Hellboy on the flight down, yippee (please note the sarcasm). And, just for fun, I got to endure a (approximately) 5 year old literally scream at the top of her lungs on a couple of occasions for about 15 minutes at a time. Just for the hell of it, because she felt like it. Five year old girls have very piercing screams. Luckily I was in a window seat and didn’t have to be arrested when the plane landed – too many seats between us.

The Bogota airport was a zoo, since for some odd reason they schedule all of their flights to come in at the same time. Customs itself was easy, they didn’t care about me, baggage was a bit more of an adventure since I didn’t have any way to get my bags out, but it wasn’t too bad. They have porters who help you out. And conveniently, Robert and Megan Mimms had landed about an hour before me so Robert was sent in with a sign with my name on it to collect me. Worked out just fine for me :) Leaving the airport was interesting too, there were hundreds of people pressed up against the glass windows – I felt like a celebrity!

Check for more tomorrow…