Honolulu
Just got in this afternoon -- we were scheduled to depart Seattle at 10:00AM but that flight was delayed two hours. The ticket agent offered to transfer us to the 8:05AM flight -- there were seats available and, as we got there at 6:00AM, there was time to arrange for the swap.
Just...
Their computers would not allow us to switch -- the clerk cited a security issue. Finally, at around 7:15AM, we got a pair of hand-written boarding passes and made the dash to the security check-point.
With my artificial hip, clearing this takes about twenty minutes and our gate was the next to the last one along that wing of the airport. We got on the airplane at 7:50AM and the plane was scheduled to take off at 8:05AM.
We ran into her parents at the airport (our party is 11 adults and kids) and proceeded to the hotel bar -- anyway, a couple Mai-Tai's later, life is good...
Heading out to Pearl Harbor tomorrow -- Jen's Mom and Dad have traveled extensively but never been to Hawai'i and then flying off to Kauai on Wednesday.
Called the store and it's in the high 30's and raining heavily.
The Internet at the Hotel is free and fast. Very cool!
Last night, the $15/24hr Internet "access" (SeaTac DoubleTree) was just a nudge above dialup -- I ran
speedtest and it came out at 0.18MBPs up and download with 700ms latency.
Here (Outrigger, Waikiki) it is 3.4Mb/s with 10ms latency -- for free internet...
Comments are back on again.
Posted by DaveH at January 4, 2010 6:24 PM