Hitting the Heat
Wooof! We hit the heat! Touch down in Abidjan! Yea! We were worried about the security here, Marvin & Penny had warned us so much. Not such a big deal. We filled out the forms and sailed on through.
Then … to the luggage. Was there any small chance that it would come through? Or … days of claims and waiting?
We watched the luggage going round and round … nothing for us. Wait for another round … same bunch. sigh. Its going to be a rough one. Then, I noticed another carousal labeled with our flight number! Yea! I headed off to that one, leaving Leslie with our carry on luggage and a cart at the first carousal.
At this one there was an 8 year old collecting her families luggage and getting her younger sister to watch it. She was doing a good job too. I watched everything coming through. Nothing for us. Then a long line of new stuff. … sigh. Then the same old stuff again. …. give it up …
I went back to Leslie … to find her with ALL of our luggage!!!! Yea!!!! Free at last, free at last!! Great …. ok, you get the idea!
So we headed out to the parking lot to meet Marvin & Penny. It was a very, very happy reunion.
The drive back was an (beginning of) an eye-opener. Beautiful palm trees and luxury houses, mixed with slums and dumps that shouldn’t be lived in. Women carry heavy loads on their heads (apparently we haven’t seen anything yet), and men pushing massive carts of goods. … we aren’t in Kansas anymore (hey! I’ve never been in Kansas. Maybe its very much like this!)
Finally we arrived at our three week home.
Posted in The Really Big Trip by jimt with 1 comment.
Yay Leslie! Being a "when in Rome" kinda guy, you didn't make her carry the luggage on her head did you?
Twice blessed with two happy reunions, M&P and luggage. As MT said "Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society."