Long Haul

Even with the wonders of trans-continental flights, it is just a LONG LONG haul no matter what.  It is getting a LOT easier as our kids get older, but after a night flight from Kuala Lumpur with a connection in Delhi, we had a long layover where our kids absolutely crashed.  Thankfully, they had some reclining chairs in Delhi where most of our family was able to get a bit of sleep.  They were sure groggy!

(Shhh. . . supposedly we are not allowed to take pictures inside the airport.)  We encountered the absolute inanity and hilarity of Indian bureaucracy in the airport as the transfer desk had us laughing out loud at the absurdity of the situation.  With 10-12 people standing around, none of them were able to help us with our boarding pass.  So it was a long wait as passport numbers were written down by hand and baggage claim details written on carbon paper and passed from one guy who is in charge of checking to another person in charge of stamping to another in charge of certifying.  Wow.

But how wonderful to finish the trip, land and be with family. . .once the trip was over!