Wednesday, October 28, 2015
I could not sleep last night, obviously anticipating the excitement of our departure today.
It's a perfect time to leave DC as it's a dreary, rainy day. The bus ride to Dulles in the pre-dawn hour seemed to drag along. An hour later, we finally arrived at Landmark Aviation, cleared the security check and were ready to board our 757.
The captain and crew greeted us as we climbed the steps into the cabin.
We have our own chef on board. After taking a look at the menu, this doesn't appear to be typical airline food.
When we reached our seats, a bag full of goodies awaited.
Our own personal down comforter, a pair of Bose Sound Reduction Earphones, National Geographic hats, P.J.'s, slippers and a toiletry kit as well as an assortment of National Geographic magazines.
We're settled in for our 7.5 hour flight to Lima, Peru, connecting to a charter flight for another hour and a half on to Cusco.
I could not sleep last night, obviously anticipating the excitement of our departure today.
It's a perfect time to leave DC as it's a dreary, rainy day. The bus ride to Dulles in the pre-dawn hour seemed to drag along. An hour later, we finally arrived at Landmark Aviation, cleared the security check and were ready to board our 757.
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| Welcome Aboard!! |
The captain and crew greeted us as we climbed the steps into the cabin.
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| From the Looks of the chef, the food should be good!! |
When we reached our seats, a bag full of goodies awaited.
Our own personal down comforter, a pair of Bose Sound Reduction Earphones, National Geographic hats, P.J.'s, slippers and a toiletry kit as well as an assortment of National Geographic magazines.
We're settled in for our 7.5 hour flight to Lima, Peru, connecting to a charter flight for another hour and a half on to Cusco.
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| Here's a track our flight from D.C. to Peru. |
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| Pat and I are settled in and ready to take off!!
The flight was a bit of a disappointment. For years, I've heard about the National Geographic Trip Around the World by Private Jet. I guess I was expecting roomier, more comfortable seats. The chef prepared great meal was excellent, but the service was terrible. Perhaps things will improve on the next leg of our journey.
Several episodes of "Blindspot" and a few chapters of the book, I Am Pilgrim, a lecture by one of National Geographic's explorers and a short nap later, we landed in Lima Peru. One word can describe what I saw of Lima from the airplane, light brown. Everything was light sand colored brown. All of the buildings, houses, streets, mountains, ... it all seemed to be the same color. We didn't get to explore the city as we were just connecting to our Cusco flight. But it didn't seem to be all that inviting. Totally brown.
We finally arrived in Cusco this evening after dark, so I couldn't get photos. But I'll have some tomorrow for sure.
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