Guus Bosman

Yeah, that wasn't such a good idea to buy my ticket last minute: when I arrived at the airport very early in the morning I was selected for extra security checks.

I've had suh checks before. Especially if you're a guy traveling alone, with a one-way ticket, bought very early before the flight departs, they always catch you and print a "SSSS" ticket: extra checks. I've had such checks before, but not at 5.45 o'clock and it didn't make me very happy. First I couldn't check in at the curb, second my bag had to be scanned. Turns out the scanning machine was broken so they did a manual check of my bag that took ages.

So when I arrived at the gate I had no time to get either Starbucks or breakfast... not good. I had a middle seat, sandwiched between two friendly but large people... not the best flight I've ever had.

It's good to be here, making much better progress than ever possible remotely. Tomorrow there is a deadline for my document, so there's quite some work to be done.

Another bright note: the tropical storm Emily is not affecting the island and is passing it far south. The Dutch islands of Bonaire, Curacao and Aruba will be affected though.