So the tickets have been bought!! I will leave October 17th at 18:35 from Newark, arrive in Brussels at 7:50 in the morning their time on the 18th, then I will leave Brussels at 11:25 and get into Freetown at 18:05 local time after a stopover in Dakar, Senegal (19.5 hours). Coming back its the same itinerary backwards but into JFK instead of Newark, leaving on January 17th and getting in on the 18th at 12:40 in the afternoon (21.5 hours). This is a great set up as well. I had been budgeting $2000 for the flight and the visa, but got this flight for
$1497, giddy up!! Then on top of that, I spent $65 for $1 million worth of travel insurance -
for three months in post-conflict West Africa!!! What!?!? Talk about a steal, I think the website's marketing strategy was figuring more like people doing one or two week european vacations rather than three months in Africa!! But even with the insurance I'm at $1562.33. The visa is $140, thats $1702, $300 under budget. I can get my backpack now and even still be a bit under budget!!
The big plus for the trip as well is that there won't be any American carriers!! Now before you start calling names... no baggage limits and better food!! I will be flying on Jet Airways, which is Indian, which means CURRY!! A favorite of mine... and then Air Brussels which at least means real food - not chemicals flavored to taste like food like the American carries have!! :p
And who of course who do I have to blame for this
horrible scenario!?!? Well Mr. C. Gregory Fehrmann, travel agent extraordinaire!! Of course after we got past Greg's incessant desire to plan flights around getting to as many airports as humanly possible, we were fine. He did come up with one from Westchester County, NY, to Washington D.C, to Montreal, to Munich (big plus for him), then Brussels, and then to Freetown with the stop in Dakar. !?!? Yeah, I didn't take that one...
But anyway, the dates are set, its time to start moving forward... :)
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