Stuck

My friend and I were stranded in Mexico City airport for 12 hrs on our way back to the United States from Guatemala. Apparently I had no idea the lay over was 12 hrs long when I booked the flight, stupid me. The chairs at the airport were so awkwardly placed it was almost impossible to sleep. I took a nap with the chair arms stabbing into my chest and me curled up in a fetal position. The currency exchange place was closed, so we had no pesos to buy food, we were running out of water, and there was no water fountain. I was so relieved when I was able to connect to this ghetto ass internet at the airport, it was definitely making the entire ordeal a lot more bearable, despite the fact that the signal was extremely low and the speed was at a turtle crawling speed and it disconnected practically every 10 mins. Just when we thought things couldn't get any worse, the airport security guard came and kicked us out. Apparently we are not allowed in the waiting area at the gates between 1am and 4am. My friend and I were stranded with no place to go, no money for anything, it was pretty tragic. We wandered around the airport trying to figure out where we were suppose to go, but nobody spoke English, and my friend's Spanish was meager at best. Finally we decided to just sit on the ground by the baggage claim are like two hobos. My friend's water bottle was empty, and mine was almost empty, it was like we were in the freakin desert. He pulled out a bag of potato chips from his bag, looked at it longingly, and then put it back in his bag. Eating the chips would satiate our hunger for a little while, but it would hasten our dying thirst. What a dilemma. Somehow I found everything to be extremely hilarious, and I just sat there and laughed hysterically while my friend was having a little life crisis and looking totally defeated. The situation was pretty tragic and sad. After walking around the airport for around an hr, we finally found where we were suppose to be waiting for our connecting flight. Actual flight time took only 7 hrs, but with the lay over, it took us around 20 hrs to get back to the states. Krzy shit.

I will blog about Guatemala soon. So many things has happened, I feel like I have a lot to say, but I feel like I need time to collect my thoughts to make sense and meaning out of this experience.

Things I am glad to have back:
internet
hot showers
able to sit on the toilet without having to cover it in toilet paper first
drinking tap water
having ice in my drinks
getting seconds for meals
nice soft bed
clean clothes