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OAT Trip Leader Announced

We received an email from our Trip Leader, Carlos Juarez. Carlos is from Mesoamerica which is close to Tikal. In Carlos’ letter, he mentioned that the airlines are experiencing issues with lost luggage and highly recommend that we “cross pack” our clothes. Not a good sign.

I am sure that our luggage will be fine. We plan on packing a couple of days worth of clothes in our Laptop/Camera Backpacks just in case. I am sure that there will be a Jorge Carlos Pena (aka JC Penny) somewhere Central America in case our luggage gets seriously delayed.

 

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The day of departure is getting closer and closer. I have four more days of work. Well, that is a lie, I do have to work next Monday for about three hours to tie up some loose ends. I then go to my dentist appointment and get wrenched on for about an hour since I am getting a root plane. Those of you who do not know what a root plane is, basically it is a deep cleaning that requires nova cane. Not looking forward to this. The worst part is, I have to get the second half done after we come back from our trip.

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