Take me to Djibouti!

After waiting in line for what seemed like forever, we were finally checked in with 30 minutes to spare before the flight was supposed to depart. Thinking that we were late, we rushed through security (FYI – nothing like the US) and found seats at the gate to wait.

You know…there’s a song by Tom Petty and Eddie Vedder…The Waiting…he says “The waiting is the hardest part”. 

We waited for our cab to arrive. We waited in line to check-in. And now we were waiting for our plane. For. A. Long. Time.

At 8:30AM (1 hour after our flight was supposed to depart), a representative came through and said they had breakfast for us while we waited. Breakfast consisted of some stale/not very sweet/not very good bread and orange soda. We were told the flight would leave at 10AM, so Whitney and I opted out of the “complimentary breakfast”, and headed for the food court in the airport. There I had an omelet sandwich (I really should have taken a picture) which had three huge pieces of bread (kinda like a Big-Mac) and probably 4-5 eggs. It was massive!

After finishing breakfast, we went back to the gate to wait. No sign of our plane. They were calling passengers for other flights, but the flight to Lalibela was not mentioned! At one point, the Ethiopian Airline representative walked through the crowds and announced that the plane to Djibouti was ready to board. Whitney and I decided that we would be happy with going to Djibouti for the weekend instead of hanging around the airport for much longer!

Around noon they came around and announced that a complimentary lunch was available. It wasn’t bread and soda, but since Whitney and I were still full we passed on lunch and opted for cold beverages instead.

Finally, around 1:30 PM we were allowed to board the plant to Lalibela (which was also going to Gondar and Axum). We were finally on our way!