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I made it back to the US in one piece after my month long work adventure in Costa Rica. If I have a choice again, I'm never making another international connection through Houston. I came within 30 seconds of missing my connecting flight last night. That was not a pleasant experience at all.
We were only delayed about 10 minutes leaving Costa Rica, but once I got off the plane in Houston to get to my connection, the events at the airport took almost an hour.
A 15 minute walk from the arrival gate to incoming immigration. A 15-20 minute line to get through immigration. Picking up my suitcase to re-check it for my next flight hardly took anything. Another 10 minute line for yet another full security check like you get when you first get to an airport. The longest part, getting from the terminal where I arrived to the terminal where my flight was leaving. After the time that had passed, I had less than 10 minutes to get to the gate where the connection was leaving from. There were 5 or 6 of that ended up sprinting the last 1000ft or so as they were closing the door to the jet way. Thankfully we made it.
On the way to Houston, I had a window seat so I took a few more pictures from an out the window view of the plane. My flickr photo set is complete and up to date now with all I took while I was in Costa Rica. I'm thinking of converting this to a collection and making different sets for easier viewing. I might do that later this week once I catch up on everything.
My Costa Rica Photos Set
We were only delayed about 10 minutes leaving Costa Rica, but once I got off the plane in Houston to get to my connection, the events at the airport took almost an hour.
A 15 minute walk from the arrival gate to incoming immigration. A 15-20 minute line to get through immigration. Picking up my suitcase to re-check it for my next flight hardly took anything. Another 10 minute line for yet another full security check like you get when you first get to an airport. The longest part, getting from the terminal where I arrived to the terminal where my flight was leaving. After the time that had passed, I had less than 10 minutes to get to the gate where the connection was leaving from. There were 5 or 6 of that ended up sprinting the last 1000ft or so as they were closing the door to the jet way. Thankfully we made it.
On the way to Houston, I had a window seat so I took a few more pictures from an out the window view of the plane. My flickr photo set is complete and up to date now with all I took while I was in Costa Rica. I'm thinking of converting this to a collection and making different sets for easier viewing. I might do that later this week once I catch up on everything.
My Costa Rica Photos Set