Peru Day .5

 At 4:00 am, the lights of Lima, Peru in the distance look like a blanket of shimmering stars, almost pretty enough to make you slightly less unhappy about being up at 4:00 am. Which I am because of a cumulative 8 hours of flight delays between Washington and Peru. The delays were caused by, depending on who I asked, unexpected weather either last night or this morning, in either Florida or Boston, crew shortages caused by weather or just generic weather. “Weather” is the magic word that removes any responsibility of an airline to provide compensation.

On the bright side, it provided the the chance for me to enjoy a $17 veggie wrap from the airport snack bar while we were sitting at the gate waiting for other planes to take off before us. As they explained, the planes that are on time get to leave first so that they can maintain their “on-time” stats. Planes like mine, which were already hours late, don’t get penalized for being even more late. The pilot got on the intercom and said that he would do everything he could to “make up for some lost time.” Which I’m pretty sure the laws of nature prohibit when a two-hour flight leaves four hours late.

Now that I have that out of my system, on with the trip.