Ok, I am finally here in Baires! I know that everybody has been waiting for this day and not just me... (Makes me wonder, were you all just trying to get rid of me?) Well, first things first: if none of you have ever had the chance to use a Spanish keyboard, I would strongly suggest that you don´t even bother and definitely don't try and cram in a 3,000 word paper in the night before using one of these bad boys. Granted, it has all the same letters, but none of the punctuation is in the right place! And for those of you that don´t know, I have this obsessive/compulsive thing about correct punctuation... even when texting. So yeah, I´m starting the day off with a bit of stress...
Anywho, so here are a couple of tips for those of you that have decided you want to follow me down here:
#1 - Get a storage locker. Selling all of your wordly posessions SUCKS! That and it makes cramming everything into the allowed number of bags difficult.
#2 - Make sure to take the same airline from your origination to your destination. I was told by a number of people I would have to pick up my bags in DC and then re-check them. Well, after sitting at the baggage carousel for a while I decided to ask the information people: "Oh no, you´re checked all the way through!"
#3 - Just go ahead and pay the extra $ for the upgraded Economy or Exit aisle seating. I, unfortunately, did not and got a window eat that somehow had a 'little extra' something in the way of a metal box underneath the seat in front of me. Thankfully I was next to this midget Japanese woman and was able to stretch my legs a bit over on her side.
#4 - Get the suitcase type bag for your luggage as opposed to the duffel bag/hiking pack type. You willl spend hours packing it just so and the inspections agents will inevitably want to see that thing on the very bottom of the bag. And no, they will not take the same care as you in repacking it, if they even repack at all...
#5 - Get the rolling cart for your bags. I don't care how tough and bad-ass you are, standing in line at customs with a coat on and your worldly posessions hanging from you (all 90+ lbs of it) gets heavy when you are standing in the line for Customs. Not to mention extremely hot in the middle of that herd of cattle.
And finally - Don't hesitate to hire a taxi! They'll take you right to your door as opposed to carting things around on the bus for multiple hours on end...
Don't forget to wash before eating...
Jumpn2nsanity
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