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ER to Oaxaca has turned into a 12-hour travel day
we're Lloyd and Mandy we're digital Nomads currently traveling the world in search of
Summer to call home we're currently exploring the incredible country of Mexico and today we
found ourselves on a completely unexpected adventure thank you we got to the airport
about 40 minutes before our flight was supposed to leave we actually got an email saying from Volaris
which is The Airliner flying with never flown with them before that said we have to be here no
no less than 15 minutes before the flight leaves we got to the check-in counter and
the guy said we need to go straight to the gate it's closed and we had our luggage and
we're like but we don't we have our luggage we can't go to to the gate we had no boarding
passes and you said just go so we went and of course the security asked us for boarding
passes and we didn't have boarding passes so we told us to go back to the check-in
and then they told us we're too late it closes 45 minutes before the flight we can't go we can't get
on the flight but I said that you told us we have to be here 15 minutes before the flight not 45
minutes before the flight I showed them the email so luckily they put us on a flight to Mexico City
and then we have about a six or seven hour layover in Mexico City then we're flying to Oaxaca tonight
this is officially the first time ever we've missed the flight that's pretty good average
we've been traveling for almost a full year and this is the first time I think that's pretty good
yeah at least I can sort of confidently say it's not our fault what do you think
now one soy milk we found it at the airport oh rare
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12 hours
of Mexico City now we're gonna get something to eat and figure out what we're gonna do for
the next eight hours spontaneous Mexico City trip we've got two choices we can
wait in the airport because it's a safe Choice before we can get an Uber somewhere downtown
our other camera stopped working so we're kind of considering going and trying to find a camera
store to buy a new one yeah but it's a bit risky I don't want to miss two flights today yeah
we just passed the exact spot and I fell asleep on the floor when we first arrived here from the
Philippines um not my best moment that was probably the worst travel day we've ever had
it was like 30 hours of travel and then a plane was Collide and then we got into Mexico like
1am and I was like 11 pm and we couldn't get into our hotel and my leg was infected
oh and then she had a stomach parasite this is so bad much better spirits today
all right we got an Uber we're going to the closest shopping mall looked like it might
have next door that sells cameras but I don't know it's really hard to figure out I'm hungry though
Santa chewies I've never had chilies before what's alive I've never had it either I don't think
but I have a weird obsession with it just because of Michael Scott on the office and Lloyd's had
this weird thing about wanting to come here since we've been in Mexico didn't realize I
had all these American chains here until we got to Cancun and the like chillies and um IHOP you
love it yeah lots of American chains around oh we went to Olive Garden in Cancun Oh Olive Garden
it lived up to all the hype it didn't really no all right that wasn't great pretty much just I
bowl a corn chips for breakfast oh Chili's is meant to be good it wasn't
that good no [ __ ] house should have gone to IHOP in your pancakes now I feel sick
trying to find somewhere that sells cameras but we don't know where it sells cameras
I don't think we're gonna have any luck finding a camera store here
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expecting to see Mexico City today cool City the weather is really beautiful it's not too
hot just jumped in an Uber we're gonna see if we can track down the camera that we want we're
hoping to get the Canon g7x Mark III we've had the Mark II before and it was awesome we had it
for four years and it was really good camera we just wanted the Mark III because it has external
audio option with it the audio was just not that great with the Mark II it wasn't bad but
um we definitely need the external audio so hopefully we can find that today and not miss
our connecting flight too you actually filmed our first travel video well Mandy did four years ago
on the Canon g7x Mark II yeah that's right
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hi can I do something um we're looking for the Canon g7x marker 3 g7x
I don't know like we tried three camera stores we found one store
that had the g7x Mark III that we wanted I want to get some water
but it's charging double the price is what it's available on Amazon so
uh we're gonna keep looking we've got to go get our flight pretty soon
how many camera shots are there everybody know like six camera shops
Mexico City is so cool I'm so excited to come back here soon
properly explore it looks absolutely awesome
no luck on the new camera but we did get a little tour of
Alaska city which was awesome yeah I wasn't expecting to be here today no I love how
spontaneous this was hopefully we don't miss our next flight I do
I was just doing just a few I do too sort of had that feeling but maybe
we're manifesting it by saying that but just because I lost mixtures from extra
it seems like domestic flights that are later in the day are always not on time
together
well you called it just got an email from Volaris at the translator I don't know how late it is yet
let's just hope it's still it's still coming today otherwise we're spending the night in Mexico City
resume
right there
we've got about an hour to fly course and it doesn't actually say it's delayed yet um
we're just going to be here having a beer we weren't gonna drink today but then life
happened so yeah when you're stuck in an airport food essentially all day it comes to tell me
two hours delay so it's now five o'clock it's about 12 hours from
when we left our hotel in Merida we're now got another probably two hour wait
for our flight we're on our third beer I don't know how many we're gonna have
um I've had a feeling it's gonna be delayed but yeah but it's an adventure hopefully we make it
there tonight as long as we make it there so the waitress asked us where we're going and we said
Oaxaca and we're asking her about the gay number because it doesn't say the gate number until like
30 minutes before your flight and because we said we're going to the hawk and she finally
just laughed and said I'm sure you'll be there in a few hours and that's when I went and asked the
information desk and he said yeah it's delayed two hours yeah this must be a regular thing just like
we said usually these afternoon flights I feel like around five o'clock the after work flights
where it's just because all the plates before it were backed up already and we're already late so
now this one's just accumulated all the lateness from the flights before so so far Volaris not
being the greatest would I recommend flying the virus probably not but I fly with them again yeah
if I had a lot of money I probably wouldn't but we will yeah in fact I think we've got another flight
also the reception closes at 10 30 in Oaxaca so we need to get there before then I didn't
know that we should be getting there around nine at the moment if the Fire gets away any
further we might have a little bit of an issue of having nowhere to stay tonight on top of all this
all right we have a plane that's going to leave apparently oh hopefully it was a bit confusing
a bit confusing not fully sure it's going to but you have to go to the volara's desk and ask
them what time it's leaving and he didn't really give me a definitive answer it says 7 15 on the
thing and I said how long until it's boarding you said 15 minutes and he said head to the gate and I
said do we have time to get something to eat and he said head to the gate so it's either leaving
him he said yes head to the gate you have time to get food but yesterday I think so I don't know
I'm still laughing at the fact that some guy stepped
on a sauce packet and it exploded all the way
in room when he sucks
these are the worst airplane pockets
what are you supposed to do with that
what are you supposed to do with it it's useless
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after all that now we've got to wait to line up for a taxi and
we have about an hour and 15 minutes until reception closes at the hotel
so last challenge hopefully we have somewhere
thank you
we left at five this morning didn't we that was the longest 90 minute flight
ever but after everything the check-in here was awesome yeah I had the right room for us
we got free breakfast she said we're free yoga tomorrow if we want everything else just went
to ship I think it just shows like we get a lot of these travel days where everything just goes wrong
but it's about your attitude like today usually I think I'd be really annoyed and upset
but if you can't control it there's no point getting annoyed about is it I definitely got over
it when we had to line up for the taxi um that was my Breaking Point um didn't understand why that
was the setup why people can't just grab their own taxi like everywhere else in the world um
but we made it we're okay and the fact that I get free yoga tomorrow clearly I need it
um it's all good we're gonna head to bed