Easter Island Day 1

Today we woke up very early to catch a ride to the airport. Sarah, Kelly, Conne and Gert are all coming to Easter Island. This will be fun. We get to the airport and check in and head through security. Its a little unnerving because Kelly doesn´t know if he can get a seat on the plane. He never knows until the last minute. That is so anxiety provoking for me. I don´t know how he does it. We had to go through security and even board the plane before we knew if he had made it. This type of flying is to stressful for me.

Once on the plane, at the back of course our names are called on the overhead. We have to go and find a flight attendant. I thought they were going ot tell us that Kelly can´t come. We get up there and we get an upgrade. 1ST class all the way to Easter Island! WOO HOO! So we grab our stuff from the back of the plane and move up. I have never been in a nice first lass seat before. I was so excited. I had a big seat with a footrest a massage chair and movies and games to play. It was so much fun. I could spend a long time on a plane if I sat up here more often. We thought Kelly had somethign to do with our upgrade, but he claims he didn´t. He did make it on the plane and sat in the last row by the bathroom. But he was at least on the plane!

Once we got off the plane, after my 2 movies and half of a tv show, we were greeted a tthe airport and received pretty leis. We were then transported to our hotel. At the airport, while waiting for our luggage, there was a police officer and dog. It was fun to watch the dog. He was running on the conveyer belt and jumping over peoples bags. It was a different experience to watch.

Once we setteled into our hotel we went for a walk around the beach. Its Sunday and nothing is open. We ahd some lunch and walked on the beach. We met a couple from the plane and our hotel and had dinner with them while watching the sunset over the ocean. It was very nice. I am still having an issue with my throat though.

04/13/2008