May 1, 2 and 3 – Flight to São Paulo and home

From Barreirinhas, Brazil to Las Vegas:  5 flights over 4 days:

April 30:  From Barreirinhas to São Luis.

This flight was originally on May 1, connecting to the flight to São Paulo.  But maintenance on the Barreirinhas Airport prevented us from taking an early enough flight.

May 1:  From São Luis to São Paulo

The airport here in São Luis is pretty small and not very busy so we where checked in and through security in no time at all.  The flight to São Paulo was uneventful.  Our checked pieces of luggage were the first two onto the luggage belt so we were out of there very quickly. 

We caught a shuttle to the hotel and were settled in by about 3:00. 

May 2:  From São Paulo to Panama City

We spent most of Tuesday working on travel plans, the blog, photos and reading.  A very quiet day. 

We have a reservation for two nights here at the airport hotel.  However, we are flying out Wednesday morning at about 1:00am so we will be out of here by about 10:30 tonight to go to the airport.  It’s going to be a long flight back as we have a short layover in Panama City and another in Los Angeles.  One of the big drawbacks of long-distance international travel.  But we are flying business class so at least we should be comfortable and might even be able to get a bit of sleep.   

May 3:  From Panama City to Los Angeles, then from Los Angeles to Las Vegas.

As soon as the plane took off we both reclined our seats into beds and tried to get to sleep.  Amazingly, we both slept most of the way to Panama City.  We were both woken up by the pilots announcement that we were landing.  Thanks goodness.  We rarely are able to sleep but this long nap should help us both.  

We had a short layover so headed directly to our gate.  We both had a bit of breakfast/lunch on the plane, then Mary took a nap.  Not as long as on the previous leg but at least it was a bit more sleep.  

We had about 3 hours in Los Angeles, got checked in and hung out at the gate.  Jessica picked us up from the Vegas airport and we were at the condo about 6:00pm.  We had both eaten enough on the plane so we skipped dinner and went to bed.  Tomorrow morning we will order food so that we can get back to normal.