alarums and excursions!

 

So, while sitting in the airport in Shanghai, I logged onto my email and found a message from Vinetta Jahal.  The driver they had sent to pick us up at the airport had come home without us.  Indigo Air said we were a ‘no show.  THAT would be because I somehow missed a day, and booked the flight from New Delhi to Dibrugarh a day early!  These multiple time Zones are VERY confusing!

SO—emailing Vinetta from Shanghai Airport while waiting to board the flight to New Delhi.  She3 checked with the airlines and found flights still available for the next day.  Tried numerous times to PHONE Vinetta but even with a human operator could not get through.  MORE  emails; never sure whether she got them..

Went back online from the netbook and booked another flight (for the correct day,, this time!)  But of course I couldn’t print the eticket.  Forwarded the NEW itinerary to Vinetta; don’t know if she got it….

Flew to New Delhi, another 7 + hour flight.  Arrived at around 2:40 am New Delhi time.  Went through the “border’, found our luggage, had to kind of go out of the airport to come in again through Departures…  Now about 4 am, way to early to check in for out 9:45 am flight to Dibrugarh.  Nevertheless, lacking a printed eticket we thought we better sort that out, so we went through the check in counter where I showed them the pdf the airline had emailed.  They gave us our boarding passes, but we have to bring  the luggage back later—way to early to check it.  Now it’s 6:30 am, in another half hour we’ll try to get rid of the luggage and go to the departure area—I can’t get an internet connection here.  May have to try to phone Vineeta when the hour is more civilized; hopefully from inside India the number will work!

Roberta, Barb kissed an elephant like you told her:

 

 

More later—we are finally on track (I hope!)