The worst thing about traveling is the transportation part
of the trip. Long, tiring and unnecessary stress. What made this a lengthy
process was that I had to wake up at 5:30am for my flight, but on the same day
as daylight savings. I was so worried that my alarm would ring an hour late,
and that the clocks wouldn’t automatically change.
I woke up periodically through the night in panic that I
would miss my flight.
GOOD NEWS. I didn’t miss it. I had a stop over in Fort Lauderdale,
which wasn’t bad since the fight was only about 45 minutes with the same
layover time.
Arrival: the stress continued as I landed in Colombia and my
bag wasn’t at baggage claim. I saw the same suitcases going around and around,
but no sign of mine. The conveyer belt had stopped moving so no new bags were
coming. I started to feel slightly anxious; 45 minutes passed by, and I went to
a lady who worked there to ask but she didn’t speak English. I thought to
myself, GREAT, another problem -__-.
After about an hour, the conveyer belt started moving; I was
the happiest girl ever.
Martha (the bride) and her family came to pick me up from the
airport, and took me out to eat some lunch. The restaurant was called Colombia
Club; the food was amazing. I was able to eat the traditional Colombian food
[arepas, empanadas, arroz con pollo, fresh juice].
Hotel: WOW!! The hotel is beautiful, very nicely decorated
and lots to do. No others were in Colombia yet, so I was alone at the hotel. It
was time to order room service, hit up the spa, and just relax. I went into the
sauna, and Jacuzzi and it was so relaxing.
Turned out to be a great day after all.
At the top, the view was amazing!! You could see the entire
city, absolutely stunning. Since it was a tourist attraction, we ended up
meeting lots of foreigners from all around the world, it was like the United
Nations.
