Friday morning before leaving our bed and breakfast in London, I discovered that my shampoo exploded in my suitcase. I had to wash out two pair of pants and the shower bag where the shampoo had been stored. Fortunately, I brought plenty of plastic bags so I could wrap all the wet items up before throwing them back into the suitcase in order to catch our cab to the airport.
At the airport, I had to recheck my bag. Claudia and I also wanted to get seat assignments together. However, the British Airways clerk had a difficult time understanding how to assign our seating so that we could sit next to each other. Claudia was able to look at the screen for her and show her where the open seats were located.
Our next mission was to get coffee and breakfast. After breakfast, we went window shopping before we found our gate. When the flight was ready to board, we had to board a bus which would take us out to our plane. However, when I presented my boarding pass before getting on the bus the gate agent found out that my pass had the wrong name on it. Further research proved that the wrong name was put on my bag. Eventually, the clerk straightened out my boarding pass and wrote a note in the computer stating the bag was really mine in case I had problems claiming it in India. Of course, I was the last person aboard the last bus.
The flight went smoothly and I had no problem claiming my misnamed bag. However, I'm now not sure if I'm tired or awake, hungry or full. I'm sure jet lag will be with me for a few days. Stephen, our program manager, met us at the airport and arranged our transportation to our guest house. More about our arrival later. Now, it is 3:30am India time and we have to be up at 9:00am for breakfast. The laptop I'm using is available for us volunteers at the guesthouse. Going to try to rest...
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