Tazmania and Lizard, Fri Dec 23, 2022
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Morning Coffee
Drugstore robot
For Jeanette, a large Ficus tree
Hecka big cruise ship
Kathi showing off her new, pretty shirt while we get breakfast
Breakfast at Coast Roast Coffee on the Esplanade
Awesome kid's play pool next to the beach
CNS airport
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Pilots showing their Christmas spirit in Cairns
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Finally on the plane bound for SYD
No pictures from Sydney airport, onward to Honolulu
2022/12/23 Fri CNS 2:25pm-2h55m->SYD layover 3h20m Quantas QF 925
SYD 9:40pm-9h55m->HNL layover 2h05m Hawaiian HA 452
HNL 12:40pm-5h40m->PDX 8:20pm Hawaiian HA 26 AUS$3827.88
Oh No!! Cancellation hell
Conditions in PDX caused the cancellation of our last leg...
Chris left Kathi to recover the bag that we had just checked through after customs while he went to stand in the customer service line with several hundred other people.
After 3 hours in line, we spent 40 minutes talking to an agent, and finally chose a flight to SFO that was scheduled to depart in 1 hour.
Ultimately, that flight took off about an hour late and we got to SFO at 1:30am. From there we took an Uber to Michelle's house in Palo Alto.
Total travel time from leaving the hotel in Cairns to arriving in Palo Alto was 25 1/2 hours. At least we get to visit with Kathi's family for Christmas Eve.
Chris booked a rental car for 10:00am on Christmas day so we can drive ~650 miles north to home in Vancouver, hopefully to spend the tail end of Christmas with
our kids.
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Meanwhile this is what Nicky and Olivier are doing today.
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Baggage hell beginning in HNL
Travel resolution
So here's what really happened
2022/12/23 Fri CNS 2:25pm-2h55m->SYD 7:20pm layover 3h20m Quantas QF 925
SYD 9:40pm-9h55m->HNL 5:35am layover 12h05m Hawaiian HA 452
HNL 5:50pm-5h40m->SFO 1:30am United UA 558 +$70 baggage fees charged by United even though already paid to Hawaiian
$50 Uber SFO to Palo Alto
$45 Uber Palo Alto to SJC
$420 rental car SJC to PDX
$150 gas
about $700 and an extra 51 hours to finally get home
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