Even the best laid plans fall through. At least we had a backup plan.

We knew the connection was going to be tight. So we are currently shacked up in a Holiday Inn near the Port of Spain airport in Trinidad.

The worst part of the deal is not the airfare change fees or the extra night in a hotel away form the water. The worst part is either that we have a 6:30am flight or the fact that there is no bar in the general area. We talked to a nice cab driver before we left the airport so we at least had a heads up and grabbed a couple beers at the airport while waiting on the shuttle.

First night of vacation is in Trinidad. Overall an easy travel day, Austin to Houston to Trinidad. We had enough time to make the connection but by the time we made the Liat ticket counter out side of customs they had closed up the counter even though there was still 20 mins till departure. Oh-well, we are now on a direct flight in the weeee hours in the morning. I would have happily stayed at the airport bar all night but…….

Cheers, tomorrow we see the home away from home for the first time in 4+ months.