My flight out of Medellin was for late in the day, after 6pm, so I booked a taxi for 3 and headed out to see something new on my last day. The Botanical Gardens. I drained my poor Metro Card. I had to add $1000 pesos (25 cents) just to get back to the hotel!
Seems I didn't take than many photos in the Gardens.
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| I think there is a bird in there |
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| this time I am 95% sure there is a bird |
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| bird? |
And that was it for Medellin. I flew back to Bogotá and stayed in a hotel near the airport. I took a taxi to the grocery store to buy some coffee. four bags, two kilos!
Here are some photos coming into Bogota at sunset.
The next morning, I took the free shuttle and I got to the airport well in time. I made the fatal mistake of checking my hand luggage instead of taking it as carry on.
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| here is my bag, being loaded! sideways |
Uneventful flight. I had three hours in Montreal and I still had $45 worth of food vouchers!
As we landed in Montreal, I started to get texts from Air Canada. First one, your flight from Montreal to Vancouver (scheduled for 6pm) is cancelled. Next one. still working on it. third one: we have rescheduled you for a 4pm flight. I landed at 3! And had to go through customs! I would have made it if I didn't have to wait for my freaking checked bag!
Anyway, I didn't make it so now Air Canada had to put me up in a hotel yet again. And give me more food vouchers.
This time was better. It wasn't two in the morning and they actually had an Air Canada staff member there to ask where to go. And the free shuttle was running. So, annoying as it all is, they did feed and house me and I had scheduled some 'mishap' time so I didn't miss any work.
Anyway, I'm home now and all is well. The end.
