Triple Whammy

We are in Mexico City tonight for two nights.  We flew from  Sydney to SanFrancisco (SFO) and had to transfer to a domestic flight to Mexico City.  Such a thing is to be avoided as you have to clear immigration (45 minutes in the queue), collect your luggage, re-check it, and find the gate for your next flight.  All sounds ok until you try to do it at SFO.  Crappy signage, - well no signage for the airport as a whole - and you have to go through a security check before you enter any group of gates.  We found ourselves in the wrong group and were there an hour before we realised our mistake.  So through another lot of security to get to the F-G gates.  We could catch our breath in the lounge for an hour or so, and then got on the flight to Mexico City, for two nights at the airport hotel.

This morning, we woke up at 10:30am and I was hit with a triple whammy - jet-lag, fatigue and altitude.  Business class makes for a comfortable flight, with the best chance of sleep, but it doesn't change the time zones.  As for altitude, Mexico City is 2240m - not dangerous, but enough to be felt, and growing up in Longreach does not prepare you for altitude!  I felt like throwing up - which is my usual reaction to altitude.  It didn't actually happen, but I went back to the room and slept till 3pm.  In addition, the humidity is about 15-20%, so we have to manage our water supply, especially as you cannot drink the tap water.  And the pollution is awful - who needs filters?!

Tonight we checked  where we have to go tomorrow for our flight to Los Michos - which is by the sea.  There we are met by the travel company - looking forward to that!

We noticed that at check-in, "active military personnel" get priority boarding.  One lady added 'and we thank them for their service".  ScoMo and Dutton would be right at home!

Despite all the grumbles, I did get some pics, which I will post next - internet speed permitting.