Day 1 Journey and Arrival

 

I must admit there is always something special about KLM.  It usually makes travelling so much pleasure but on this occasion it was made frustrating by an over zealous check in clerk.  My bag was under weight but my wife’s, as one would expect, over weight by1.5 kilos, however the combined weight was less than the 46 kilos (2 x 23 kg) allowed.  To top it all she wanted excess baggage charge of £87 so we elected to transfer clothes from my wife’s bag to mine. So we then queued up again but now it was only half a kilo too heavy so we left again to find a quiet corner to transfer half kilo. I also registered  a complaint with the manager that I thought the clerk were totally out of order   The third time and after an hour since we arrived the weight on our bags was acceptable.

 

The 12 hour journey passed with out incident apart from the long period of turbulence that made going to the toilet impossible. Enrique, had not only arranged a meal but the local Mariachies came to serenade us.