Alright so getting a maximum of two hours of sleep last night, I arrive at the BWI airport by 6:30 for my 8:30 flight to Montego Bay, Jamaica. Flight goes fine and I spent the time talking to a Jamaican woman next to me who loved sharing stories about working on a sugar cane plantation in the 50's. So after we landed in Montego I had to sit on the plane for 55 minutes. The air conditioning unit was broken so they brought in an additional auxillary unit- also broken. Third time is a charm right? The third auxillary unit produced hot air. It got so hot in the plane that the windows fogged up on the inside and everyone truly believed we had died and gone to hell. So after the awful wait we flew from Montego Bay to Kingston...a smashing 20 minute ride. We landed in Kingston and had to sit on the plane for an additional 30 minutes-once again no air conditioning. When we were allowed to get off the plane, the airport had a 'special route' for students at St. George's. Get this...those awful people made us walk the entire length of the Kingston Airport, stand in a line to go through security, walk back to our original plane, and then go back towards security again- once again without any air conditioning. So my third plane was saturated with SGU students and parents ready to fly down to Grenada, but first we had to sit in the plane for an hour and a half -once again without air conditioning- because of baggage mixups.
FINALLY I am in Grenada!! Only to stand in line for another three hours-once again without air conditioning- for immigration and customs. So after 16 hours of sweating and waiting I am finally out of the airport atmosphere and managed to track down my dorm room. It took me 7 minutes to unpack and 'decorate' my room- I will take some pictures in the morning when the light is better. Tomorrow I register and will take a tour of the facilities. <3
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