Yesterday evening, Luis gave me the news that we don’t yet have a reservation for travel from our next destination (Cartegena) back to our international departure which is scheduled for Monday the 10th. I´ll spare the details but basically what I found is that Colombia has achieved so’called “First World” status when it comes to airline reservation systems. (There’s a reason I no longer work on aviation-related computer systems: they all became terrible about 10 years ago.) That means unless you don’t mind ignoring the pain of a full-fare price, then you’ll spend hours clicking through 10 different websites hunting for a bargain.
I turned the problem over to Luis this morning and had him buy a pair of tickets on the #1 (uber high-priced) Colombian airline Avianca which we’ll use on Sunday afternoon. (I’ll spare another detail: the actual price paid…)
Ah it would be so nice if it were possible to plan all contingencies and make all plans ahead of a trip. Making new arrangements during a trip, when it becomes last-minute by definition, takes part of the fun out of a trip.
Now I’m hoping we can at least reach Cartegena before dusk today.