Our day/travels began around 6 am on Sunday morning, as we got up to pack the few things you need in the morning and make a few more trips to Grandma’s house with the last of our personal items. By noon we were ready to go, only an hour later than the plan. As our flight wasn’t until 11:30 pm from Toronto we were not too worried about the time. A late delicious lunch and later Chinese take-out for supper with Sara’s sister Ceilidh in Oshawa which included a swim in her pool and a final CFL Riders game to pass the time until we had to head for the airport.
The trip to the airport was uneventful, but once we arrived everything we needed to do took extra time. The car rental was overcharged and they couldn’t adjust it because I rented at another location, one of our bags was so packed it split slightly and the check in people had us get it strapped to secure it, and I had to clear security twice to properly declare the money we were bringing with us. The good news was that we had no oversized/overweight bags and had no extra fees to pay. I must say that we were right at the max for all our bags and I think the flight check in person was a little lenient. Arriving at the airport with the full 3 hours before an international flight was worth it as we only had about 45 minutes before boarding after all the extra stuff we had to do. We saw a family miss their flight because they had got lost in the airport. We took advantage of the free Wi-fi to make final contact with our families before leaving Canada and switched out the SIM cards in our cell phones. Flying from Trinidad to Tobago was pretty smooth except no movies/tv were on offer and they kept the lights on most of the time. The boys only got about 3 hours of intermittent sleep on the 6 hour flight. Owen would move from sleeping on my shoulder to the guy on the other side of him. He was very nice not to get upset at this.
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| Heading to the Departure gates after arriving at T&T. |
The Port of Spain Airport in Trinidad and Tobago is much smaller than Pearson, thus it does not have the same amenities as a larger airport.
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| Keeping calm with a vending machine coffee...waiting to fly out of T&T PoS. |
Do not pass from the main airport through security early in the morning if you want a coffee and a snack as most shops past the guards are still not yet open. As we were next flying on a little commuter plane to Grenada we boarded on the Tarmac vice a ramp into the little plane.
This was our first hit of the Caribbean heat during Summer time and we wished we had changed into our shorts while we were waiting and it was not yet 7 am. The plane only about half full and we were hardly at cruising altitude before we started heading down again.
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| Looking awake at 7 am, but only 3 hours sleep in 24 hrs. |
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