As the title indicates, I am safely home. Some might be happy to know that I have returned with all of the possessions with which I started out 10 days ago. Yes, I navigated a trip through South America, safely and successfully, only to return home to a quiet house and fading memories. Of course, I was saddled by even more flight delays on the return trip. While no planes were taken out of service, my first leg arrived late in Miami which caused me to miss my second leg to SF which meant — you guessed it — more time in my favorite airport! Six hours passed relatively quickly, however, and provided time to finish two books (short ones), peruse the latest edition of Esquire and muddle my way through most of an article on General Semantics by Korzybski. Good stuff.
It feels good to be home and the adjustment has seemed fairly seamless. Perhaps all of the time spent in airports on the return journey made the jump from Third World to First a bit easier. And time in airports I did spend, almost 70 hours out of my 10 day trip, including domestic flights within Peru. I’m really trying not to think about just how much wasted time in artificial transit environments that figure represents. Suffice to say the trip was worth it, and I may never fly American Airlines again. I’ve never had worse travel luck than this trip, but I feel vidincated by the truly amazing experience of Machu Picchu. I know, I know, I owe you all some pictures and some commentary. It is on the way but, unfortunately, it is getting late, I’m pretty beat, and my return to work is on the other side of this night’s sleep. And so, with that sobering thought in mind, I shall say good night.
glad to hear that you are safely back home. i’ve been loving hearing about your trip and am looking forward to the pix of Machu Piccu…only a few months before i’ll be there myself
Larry – Glad you’re home safe and sound. It’s a good thing you always have books to read when you travel. I’m stocking up on books for our trip to Denver next week. Talk to you soon, Love Mom