Saturday, May 22, 2010

My Travel Experience to Gibraltar


My travel experience to a beautiful country of Gibraltar. I left Manila last 15 November 2009 on my flight with Cathay Pacific flight CX 900 to Hongkong. I arrived Hongkong on the same day around 1440h LT. I stayed at Hongkong Airport for nine ( 9 ) hours waiting for my next flight with Cathay Pacific flight CX 251 bound to London Heathrow airport. At around 2355h LT, we left Hongkong airport. The flight is smooth and I'm enjoying eating foods and the good beverages they offered and most enjoyable the various in flight movies and good music. I thanked God he gave us a fine weather.
On the 16th November 2009 we arrived supposedly at 0500h LT. But due to heavy traffic the flight delayed for 30 minutes to land on London Heathrow airport. At last the plane landed on London Heathrow airport safely. Well, I wait again for ten (10) hrs for my next flight bound to my last destination port of Gibraltar it is quiet exhausting for long hours of waiting. Travelling alone was fine. Anyway, I have books with me entitled "Simplify and Create Abundance" and "How To Live A Life of Miracles" by the bestselling author Bo Sanchez. After waiting for 10 long hours at London Heathrow Airport, the British Airways announced the flight of British Airways flight BA 490 to Gibraltar is cancelled due to bad weather. Well, yeah what else to happen. I thanked British Airways they offered us a good place to stay and nice food in "Renaissance London Heathrow Hotel". Wow! I'm such a lucky guy to stay for 1 night in one of huge hotel in London the "Renaissance London Heathrow Hotel". On the 17th of November 2009 I check out in "Renaissance London Heathrow Hotel" and back to London Heathrow Airport. Luckily, I'm on board British Airways flight BA 490. Unfortunately, guess what? When I arrived In Gibraltar airport to claim my baggage I don't see any them. I don't mind it, my agent pick me up and bring to my Vessel assignment without my baggage and at last, for 1 week I received it and without any damage and missing stuff. Can you imagine for 1 week I don't have a working clothes? That's another story. Another thing is, how about the other passengers who are not assigned to work here in Gibraltar, can they claim their missing baggage? Because, I have companion a Seafarer's also and they assigned to ocean going vessel we've meet at the London Heathrow Airport. Well, I hope they can claim their baggage. Six ( 6 ) months is passed and my contract was terminated and I'm waiting for my reliever. But due to British Airways cabin crew dispute and the flights are cancelled I'm hoping for the best to go home to my native country the Philippines.
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