Roller coasters, clown horns, and dust
Thursday, June 5th, 2008Gina: Lima, Peru
We arrived safely in Lima Tuesday night after a very long day of plane rides. The TACA planes were very nice and clean. They played a movie and a tv show on shared screens and we even got a little omelet breakfast on the first flight to San Salvador that was surprisingly good. We both slept most of the flight, except for two occassions when roller coaster like turbulence woke us up. We´re both so cute–we each thought the other one was sleeping and didn´t want to wake them, so we both were freaked out for a while! I finally decided that Steve comforting me was more important than him sleeping, so I grabbed his hand and we cuddled in our seats. It was fine, just not a good way to be woken up on your first flight on a S. American airline that you´re not very familiar with. There was more turbulence later on, but this time we were awake and it was light outside. We literally watched the plane fly into a giant tower of a cloud. Personally, I think we should have taken evasive maneuvers, but I guess that´s not really practical. I got friendly with the guy beside me as we both grabbed for the armrest and briefly held hands. I felt like I was on the Phoenix at Knoebles Grove in Pennsylvania (an old wodden roller coaster), I literally flew out of my seat a little since my seatbelt was loosened. But, we got through the cloud safely and all was well.
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