Not Where I Meant to Be

Hello. This blog will track my year-long plan to travel in South America doing volunteer work and figuring out what I want to be when I grow up. For now, just a short entry.

I should be on a plane to Bogotá, Colombia, but I missed my flight. I blame Ft Lauderdale - Hollywood International Airport. I feel downright tricked. You see, I had plenty of time to make my connection, but foolishly idled away my time watching a departures board for a gate assignment that never came. Basically Delta listed the flight without any gate information, while the real information could only be found in another terminal, listed by Avianca (the operator of the Delta flight). When I finally showed up, sweating and distressed, in what I'll call the "Avianca Terminal" (this despite any Avianca signage or personnel) the flight was still marked "On Time" although it had clearly "Departed."

So I sure was bummed to miss the plane, but the folks are Delta were very nice and got me all set up with a hotel and a flight for tomorrow. Apparently, this happens often. It does not seem like a hard problem to solve, but there you go.

I'm rather tired so I'm going to check out the Airport Hilton and maybe save any potential exploration of Ft Lauderdale until tomorrow morning (my flight out is tomorrow afternoon).