coke on the tarmac

we've heard alot of stories about south american airlines, about how having a bunch of rabid bats carrying you to your destination is far safer than flying planes. so far these horror stories are purely anecdotal, but what we've experienced first hand here are mainly logistical problems of flight delays, flight cancellations, bad service and the like.

our flight from lima to cuzco was just an example. our scheduled flight was at 1015 hours, and we only boarded the plane at 1205 hours. not only that, we had to wait on the tarmac for another hour because the the runways at cuzco's airport was being cleaned? what, some dog didn't clean up after itself? and when we finally arrived at cuzco, we waited another 30 minutes at the tarmac because there weren't enough space at the airport! anyhow, before i risk sounding like a typical singaporean (gasps!), i'd have to say we really didn't feel much of the waiting because being the chatterboxes that we are, we whiled the time away yakking about the latest in pimple cream technology, barney the dinosaur and everything else under the sun.

the cuplrit for our "misery"

pedro could have had a few meals while waiting, this was one of them

taca airlines (transportes aereos del continente americano), despite some unexpected delays, are one of the better regional airlines and it comes recommended by some locals. rather good service despite the delay because they opened up the "mini bar" whilst we were taking up space on the tarmac before take off. am always satisfied with some coke, the drink, so no complains here.