HOU Jun 2011

It was an eventful trip, one of the most among my duty travels.

Firstly, i had issues with the eticket and eventually had a make an additional trip to the airport to have the colleagues there issued.

Thereafter, HOU which had not rained for 4 months starting having downpours. But to the locals, it is actually a relief.

Then, the local manager while driving to another destination to view offices sratched another car. It was a new car apparently bought this year. Luckily no one got hurt but some time was wasted on that.

Lastly, when i was happily ready to take the flight home, i was told that there was a small crack on the aircraft- co-pilot window screen. Initially the delay was till midnight but later my colleague informed that the parts will come from Atlanta and couldnt arrive on time. So the departure will be the next day at noon.

Arggg but that time i was already stuck at the airport office and couldnt go anywhere.. Hotels were also fully booked becos of a soccer match in Houston. They had a hard time looking for hotels to accomodate the 160+ passengers. Others were put on Continental, Qatar flights as they have connecting flights to catch.

As for me, the local manager and his wife put me up for the night. I even had dinner at the house. They were hospitable and made me feel at home. But i would really prefer to be at a hotel, more at ease.

So from the above incidents, it was truly an experience. I hope the project forward would be smooth.