Sunday, 27 May 2007

3am start, LA to Toronoto...


Our wake up call was at 3am this morning (yawn). Up, showered and downstairs to wait for the buses to turn up at 4am. We had breakfast packs compliments of Air NZ catering organised by Afi which were great.

When we got to LA airport at 4.30am (for our 7.00am flight, the Air Canada counters hadn't opened. They open at 5am. We had a TKD queue of 80 going all the way out onto the street (see photo above).
Then homeland security decided that we looked a bit dodgy and gave the 80 of us the full security treatment, ie wiping down our bags and handles looking for traces of bomb stuff and a full body frisk. Luckily I came through near the front of the queue then made my way up to the Air Canada lounge where I was able to get onto the net to get this report posted for you. I'm guessing many of the others are still coming through the process.
We're all looking forward to getting to Quebec City. Most are going to Toronto, then Montreal then 1/2 fly and 1/2 bus to Quebec City. Meanwhile one group of 15 are flying to Calgary then Montreal.
It's going to be a long day. Gotta go now... 10 minutes until our boarding call so I'd better go find the departure lounge.

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