Rain, Rain, Go Away!
Come again another day !
Had this popular rhyme could become true due to a miracle,the inconvenience turning into an experience for me at the Dallas Fort worth international airport in US could have never happened.
Really, it is a sorry state of an incidence as well as incident for the passengers with immediate,urgent and prior appointments, engagements, persons with health issues, infants etc.
A couple of days before my departure from India, my son living at the opposite of the globe casually said, " Amma, I remember you are going to US through Dallas, Texas.The news is that the state of Texas is in floods." Busy with the travel priorities ,what he conveyed was least assimilated by me and brushed aside.
The first leg of the journey, departing at 4.10 AM from Chennai and flying for 4 hrs. and 30 minutes to Doha, Qatar was fine. Hamad international Airport, Doha whose expansion work is going on for more than 10 years seems to be an airport of world class, well connected to many destinations through a wide network of airlines.The service both by the Qatar Airways and the airport deserves to be recorded.
After a transit of nearly 2 hours at the airport, embarked on the long mission of 15 hours plus to Dallas.On many an occasion discussing my travel to US,letting out my ordeals to be encountered on board for several hours, despite my optimism had no check.Fortunately,time seemed to have taken wings! My long time desire of watching the movie of my favourite star, Kathi, was fulfilled.There were nearly 10 Tamil Movies downloaded in the mini TV.
To my joy, the fight landed at Dallas,the port of entry, at 3.30 PM, Local Time, 30 minutes prior to the schedule.The immigration took nearly 1 hour followed by the collection of baggage, Customs check, rechecking of the baggage to the American Airlines domestic flight to Kansas City and the Security Check up. Completing all these formalities, had a sigh of relief at 5.30 PM at the gate to board the domestic, final and third flight to Kansas City,from where my daughter's residence at Overland Park is a 30 minutes drive.The gates of the all the terminals at the Dallas airport are well served by the Sky link, only with a bare minimum to walk to reach the gate.I remember even at the Chicago O,hare airport, the passengers have to walk a long way depending on their gates, after alighting the train at the entrance of the Terminal.
With more than 3 hours to board the flight, walking through the several corridors to while away the time, had the least thought that this airport is going to be my haven for more than 15 hours!
Come again another day !
Had this popular rhyme could become true due to a miracle,the inconvenience turning into an experience for me at the Dallas Fort worth international airport in US could have never happened.
Really, it is a sorry state of an incidence as well as incident for the passengers with immediate,urgent and prior appointments, engagements, persons with health issues, infants etc.
A couple of days before my departure from India, my son living at the opposite of the globe casually said, " Amma, I remember you are going to US through Dallas, Texas.The news is that the state of Texas is in floods." Busy with the travel priorities ,what he conveyed was least assimilated by me and brushed aside.
The first leg of the journey, departing at 4.10 AM from Chennai and flying for 4 hrs. and 30 minutes to Doha, Qatar was fine. Hamad international Airport, Doha whose expansion work is going on for more than 10 years seems to be an airport of world class, well connected to many destinations through a wide network of airlines.The service both by the Qatar Airways and the airport deserves to be recorded.
After a transit of nearly 2 hours at the airport, embarked on the long mission of 15 hours plus to Dallas.On many an occasion discussing my travel to US,letting out my ordeals to be encountered on board for several hours, despite my optimism had no check.Fortunately,time seemed to have taken wings! My long time desire of watching the movie of my favourite star, Kathi, was fulfilled.There were nearly 10 Tamil Movies downloaded in the mini TV.
To my joy, the fight landed at Dallas,the port of entry, at 3.30 PM, Local Time, 30 minutes prior to the schedule.The immigration took nearly 1 hour followed by the collection of baggage, Customs check, rechecking of the baggage to the American Airlines domestic flight to Kansas City and the Security Check up. Completing all these formalities, had a sigh of relief at 5.30 PM at the gate to board the domestic, final and third flight to Kansas City,from where my daughter's residence at Overland Park is a 30 minutes drive.The gates of the all the terminals at the Dallas airport are well served by the Sky link, only with a bare minimum to walk to reach the gate.I remember even at the Chicago O,hare airport, the passengers have to walk a long way depending on their gates, after alighting the train at the entrance of the Terminal.
With more than 3 hours to board the flight, walking through the several corridors to while away the time, had the least thought that this airport is going to be my haven for more than 15 hours!
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