Oh! Crash! Ufff! - exclamations at the beginning of the day :P
February 8, 2009
had luck the flight was delayed from original 7:20 to 7:35. These 15min were a bless!!!
The alarm rang really early, but I managed to get up. Well, I was thinking it's 5:30am, so I had plenty of time to go to the airport and catch my 7:20am flight. Flying between Puerto Rico and the USA is like a domestic flight, so... Anyway, I was just brushing my teeth, when I heard Francisco was knocking at the door. He just said: "Yadi, hurry up! it's 6:40am!" OH!! I didn't understand what was going on. Then I thought, well maybe Jess didn't set up the Puerto Rican time. Puerto Rico is 1 hour ahead than the USA... Nevermind, it was pointless to start thinking what went wrong. Just hurry up and do everything as fast as possible.
Now, the Crash!:
Fortunately I left everything ready last night. So it didn't take us long to leave the hotel.
It was rainy... I guess Puerto Rico was sad the Meet Up was over :(
Last but not least, Ufff!:
I arrived to the counter. It was empty. It was 7am! The girl told me to hurry up, they were about starting ot board the plane. Thanks! and I started to run. Going through security was easy, the officer was really helpful too since he noticed I was about missing my flight. Finally I was looking for my gate. The past hour was a complete chaos... but I succeded! They were starting to call the passengers, ufff. I made it! I'd arrive to FLL about 9:30am. Right now I was thinking about the people I'd meet there, but couldn't stop thinking about Francisco and the TB car. Ok, remember to call him when I was in FLL. Now I'd relax and enjoy the flight and last views of beautiful Puerto Rico. :)
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International airport in San Juan area, Puerto Rico - SJU
Usually when you arrive from the States to Puerto Rico, you will arrive to the SJU airport, which is near San Juan, but it's located in Carolina.
This airport isn't big, which makes things easier. Since Puerto Rico is part of the USA - for some things like this - if you clear customs in the USA, you don't have to do it here. It'd be like a domestic flight inside the country.
The baggage claim area is in the lower level and once you collect your luggage, keep on walking to the doors.
Outside the airport there are some restaurants like Wendy's, Buffalo Wings, etc. So, if you don't want to stay at the airport and eat there, just cross the street and find more options.
One of the things I like the most here is that you get a really nice view of San Juan and the bay when you are about landing.
This airport isn't big, which makes things easier. Since Puerto Rico is part of the USA - for some things like this - if you clear customs in the USA, you don't have to do it here. It'd be like a domestic flight inside the country.
The baggage claim area is in the lower level and once you collect your luggage, keep on walking to the doors.
Outside the airport there are some restaurants like Wendy's, Buffalo Wings, etc. So, if you don't want to stay at the airport and eat there, just cross the street and find more options.
One of the things I like the most here is that you get a really nice view of San Juan and the bay when you are about landing.
arriving to San Juan
map of SJU terminals
