Ok now... now... I step out of the flight to head to the Terminal 5. I had a connecting flight to get at 10:40AM. Now flight lands at 9:10AM. I get off the flight and get into the bus that was to take us to the Terminal at around 9:40AM. My boarding pass says gate B42 for my connecting flight to SFO. I thought the Terminal is gonna be 'rite around the corner' types. And no points for guessing I was grossly wrong.
It was a 15 minute ride to the Terminal. Now starts panic time. Time is 9:45AM and I have exactly 55 mins to get onto the plane. Ofcourse, flights gate close by 10:20AM. :O :O OMG!! I enter Terminal 5 expecting a quick dash to my next flight. Yup I was wrong :D. I enter the terminal and it says Flight connections to my right hand side. I look up to see a nice huge escalator. And I thot it was painfully slow as I was panicking like crazy!! Who wud wanna miss a flight??
I run up a huge escalator along with a few others who had the same flight to catch. But, I can be sure about one thing. They somehow got to the flight much before me. :( Im sure this aint their first time!!! But, I was the guy who was running the fastest. I see a huge queue for connecting flights and no one was in a hurry. So, I did wat we do best. Ran out of the queue and went rite in front. There was an airport official who saw the flight timing and guided me to the Zone D - Baggage drop zone. I was issued a new boarding pass there and I thot I get to the gate now. And now the time is 10:00AM.
I again run up a painfully slow escalator holding on to my cabin bag and head to a place where they did the security check. Yaaay ... Yipppeeeee now where the hell is gate B42. [*VV thinks... it must be somewhere 'rnd here]. OH NO U DON'T VV. It was all wrong. I stare at a Ferrari and an Audi on display at LHR for a minute. Ok now the time is 10:10AM. 10:11AM and I run to find where B42 is. "Head down 2 floors and get to the center." I heave a sigh of relief. Ok it wont take me 10 mins to do tat, or so I think. But, something suggested I should run. I run at a crazy pace and get to the center. Only to meet an underground rail tat says ---> To gates B&C. OMG!! I think I am gonna miss my flight. 10:15AM I am inside the little train thingy. Gladly, it was more like a dash and I was out by around 10:20AM at gate B.
Doesnt end so easily. B42 meant I have to find the gate number 42 in B. :O!! OMG. Run run run.... I see the tallest and slowest escalator rite in front. I run the fastest I ever think I can. I think I would have beaten Usain Bolt at that speed!!! Ask him to run up tat escalator with 10kgs of cabin bag and another 5kgs in the form of a lap top bag on the back. I wud have beaten him hands down. And now it says B42 and time is 10:30AM. I head there and there is a mini security check kinda thing there.
Finally, I get onto the aerobridge tat led to the flight tat was to take me and a whole bunch of others to SFO city. I find my seat and put my cabin bag 'up there' and shut it. I sit down and belt up and look at the time in my watch. It is 10:35AM.
The flight begins to taxi in just a few moments. I Sighed loooooooooudly this time and I was really relieved. Now .....who could imagine you could sweat till u drip at 1 degree centigrade??? :-s
End of part 3....
Man did I need rest or wat!!! Coming up the last and final part of my Journey to the West!! :)
It was a 15 minute ride to the Terminal. Now starts panic time. Time is 9:45AM and I have exactly 55 mins to get onto the plane. Ofcourse, flights gate close by 10:20AM. :O :O OMG!! I enter Terminal 5 expecting a quick dash to my next flight. Yup I was wrong :D. I enter the terminal and it says Flight connections to my right hand side. I look up to see a nice huge escalator. And I thot it was painfully slow as I was panicking like crazy!! Who wud wanna miss a flight??
I run up a huge escalator along with a few others who had the same flight to catch. But, I can be sure about one thing. They somehow got to the flight much before me. :( Im sure this aint their first time!!! But, I was the guy who was running the fastest. I see a huge queue for connecting flights and no one was in a hurry. So, I did wat we do best. Ran out of the queue and went rite in front. There was an airport official who saw the flight timing and guided me to the Zone D - Baggage drop zone. I was issued a new boarding pass there and I thot I get to the gate now. And now the time is 10:00AM.
I again run up a painfully slow escalator holding on to my cabin bag and head to a place where they did the security check. Yaaay ... Yipppeeeee now where the hell is gate B42. [*VV thinks... it must be somewhere 'rnd here]. OH NO U DON'T VV. It was all wrong. I stare at a Ferrari and an Audi on display at LHR for a minute. Ok now the time is 10:10AM. 10:11AM and I run to find where B42 is. "Head down 2 floors and get to the center." I heave a sigh of relief. Ok it wont take me 10 mins to do tat, or so I think. But, something suggested I should run. I run at a crazy pace and get to the center. Only to meet an underground rail tat says ---> To gates B&C. OMG!! I think I am gonna miss my flight. 10:15AM I am inside the little train thingy. Gladly, it was more like a dash and I was out by around 10:20AM at gate B.
Doesnt end so easily. B42 meant I have to find the gate number 42 in B. :O!! OMG. Run run run.... I see the tallest and slowest escalator rite in front. I run the fastest I ever think I can. I think I would have beaten Usain Bolt at that speed!!! Ask him to run up tat escalator with 10kgs of cabin bag and another 5kgs in the form of a lap top bag on the back. I wud have beaten him hands down. And now it says B42 and time is 10:30AM. I head there and there is a mini security check kinda thing there.
Finally, I get onto the aerobridge tat led to the flight tat was to take me and a whole bunch of others to SFO city. I find my seat and put my cabin bag 'up there' and shut it. I sit down and belt up and look at the time in my watch. It is 10:35AM.
The flight begins to taxi in just a few moments. I Sighed loooooooooudly this time and I was really relieved. Now .....who could imagine you could sweat till u drip at 1 degree centigrade??? :-s
End of part 3....
Man did I need rest or wat!!! Coming up the last and final part of my Journey to the West!! :)
am sure after that record breaking escalator run with the bags, u must have lost some KGs.:D
ReplyDeleteman prav... u got me spot on :D!! I came to SFO and jumped rite onto a weighing machine,...and there it goes..... 2 kgs lesser :D! :P
ReplyDeletedoubt, what happened to the weighing machine after that?
ReplyDeletethe weighin machin is still in my house ...workin perfectly da..... its 'heavy' duty :P !! hehe....
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