Worn Out at the SFO Airport
Posted on October 6, 2009 by Ching under Travel.
We were all very tired when we arrived at the San Francisco airport, but we weren’t quite done. We flew from Wichita to Denver, Denver to San Francisco, San Francisco to Hong Kong, and then finally Hong Kong to Cebu. The San Francisco to Hong Kong leg of the trip was the longest.
I was really impressed with Cathay Pacific, though. The customer service was great. They gave us moist towellettes before all our meals (they served dinner and breakfast). The food was not bad either. Okay, dinner was good but breakfast was kind of yucky. Although, they gave you beverages and snacks whenever you wanted. All you had to do was ask.
In fight entertainment was great, too. We had hundreds of movies to choose from, hundreds of TV shows, thousands of CDs for our listening pleasure and they even had games that you could play!
The journey from Wichita to Cebu was pretty uneventful. Other than the lost luggage and being completely exhausted, we made it without any hitches.
Stay tuned for more updates.
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Lost Baggage Woes
Posted on October 5, 2009 by Ching under Travel.
I shouldn’t have joked about losing our carry on luggage because I think ended up jinxing us. Mom’s check-in luggage (the one and only one we checked in) actually ended up getting lost. We checked the bag in Wichita and it was supposed to be checked in straight to Cebu.
When we arrived in San Francisco, we found out that the overhead luggage bins of the Cathay Pacific planes going to and from Hong Kong, San Francisco and Cebu are smaller than regular overhead bins. The Cathay Pacific rep at the SFO airport made us check in our carry on bags. This made us a bit uncomfortable because we were worried that the airline might lose them. Our carry ons have all of our clothes and necessities, without which our trip would be completely messed up.
Anyway, our carry ons actually arrived in Cebu without any problems. What ended up getting lost was mom’s bag that was checked in Wichita. Cathay Pacific has been fantastic during this whole trip so we are blaming the fiasco on United. After all, United breaks guitars. LOL.
We were bummed at first because most of mom’s pasalubongs were in that bag. However, we found out yesterday that the airline found the lost luggage and are shipping it Tito Cyrus’ address in Dumaguete per mom’s request. It ended up working out better, actually.
If mom’s enormous check in luggage hadn’t been lost we would’ve had to lug it with us on our trip from Cebu to Bohol and then from Bohol to Negros. As it was, our carry on bags barely fit in the trunk of the taxi cab that took us from the Mactan airport in Cebu to the pier. If we would have had mom’s bag, we would have been really cramped in the cab and also in Tita Neneng’s car on the trip to Tanjay from the Dumaguete pier.
The airline’s losing that bag turned out to be a blessing in disguise. LOL.
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Music for the Road
Posted on October 2, 2009 by Ching under Life.
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Central Visayas Weather
Posted on October 1, 2009 by Ching under Life.
It looks like it’s going to be pretty rainy during our trip. Yikes. I guess this is what we get for traveling to the Philippines during monsoon season. Blech. [ Note to self: Travel in May next time. ]
The weather is in metric so the temperatures are in Celsius instead of Fahrenheit. The weather is a constant 85F to 90F degrees so it’s going to be pretty hot and humid during our trip. And, did I mention rainy? Yeah, it will be pretty rainy. =P
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Our Carry Ons
Posted on October 1, 2009 by Ching under Life.
If found, please return to us. You know who they belong to. LOL.
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