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Friday, February 25, 2011

Off to Iguazu: The Nightmare at the Airport


What should have been an easy flight up to Iquazu Falls turned into a nightmare half day. We walked into the domestic airport and found 1,000s of people in turmoil.  All flights were closed and the only explanation was a weather delay, but there was no bad weather outside.
We stood in lines for over 3 hours to get to a ticket counter.  All announcements were in Spanish and we had no clue.  An Asian woman in line just ahead of us passed out and we along with several other passengers jumped ahead of her.  This caused a lot of Spanish women to get wrought up, yelling, gesturing and shooting us dirty looks. 
We got ticketed and upstairs was a bit calmer, but nothing moved. It took 6 hours from arrival at the airport until take-off.  We did get to Iguazu Falls after lunch and it turned out to be well worth the chaos. At the end of the day, Jim and I were quite proud of ourselves that we had managed through what was one of the worst airport experiences we had ever had.
Sorry, but no photos to mark chaos.



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