the journey

two things about traveling halfway around the world – especially to a country in which you have no experience: 1) make sure you are patient. for example, if the airline you are flying will take one look at your backpack and say it doesn’t meet its criteria for a carry on, be prepared to holla at them for a while. be prepared for them not to care. be prepared to unpack your entire carry-on and your friend’s in front of 100 people. be prepared to pay $220 for the pleasure. british airways = tools. 2) stick to the rules you were brought up with. for example, do not leave your passport at the special immigration office while you get your bags before you catch your connecting flight. No matter how many official-looking folks tell you to do so, do *not* let your passport out of your hand for one second. Otherwise, you may find yourself arguing with an immigration official (who thinks it’s not so cool that your friend is in Kenya without a passport or visa) that it was all a mistake, and that you just got confused as to how to get back to the special office.

otherwise, ba got emily and me safely to london, with surprisingly good meals: i was impressed with the ‘regular’ fare that the ‘regular’ passengers eat. it was better than some of the ‘special’ meals that my ideal airline, aingapore airlines, serves. props for that ba, props. we had a really nice 12 hour layover: nice because we saw a bunch of london with emily’s friends beck and szilvia. they were realllllly nice. i also bought cute shoes. guess i won’t go see the gorillas.