THE JOURNEY STARTS

WEDNESDAY
My flight was scheduled for 10:20 p.m.Wednesday September 16th.
I reached the airport by 8:00 p.m. and started checking in. My wife, Margaret was at the airport with a few friends to bid me farewell.
The Plane left Entebbe airport at 10:20 p.m and it was going to be a journey of 7 hours to Amsterdam.
Un like the last trip, this time i was not tensed up, may be i was getting used. I was just excited and anticipating great things. I was just full of joy! It was a safe trip.
We reached Amsterdam in the morning at 5:30 a.m. Thursday September 17th. Amstedam is one hour behind Ugandan time.
Amsterdam was very cold.
We waited here for 5 hours before boarding a Delta airline to the US. via Minneapolis. We left Amsterdam at 10:40 a.m.
It was a long journey crossing over the Atlantic Ocean. It took 8 hours to reach Minneapolis. We reached Minneapolis at 12:50 p.m.
US is 8 hours behind Ugandan time and 7 hours behind Amsterdam time.
By now i was already getting tired, the journey had so far taken 20 hours.
It took us more than 2 hours to go through the security detail.
America is very strict with reignforcing the law. They are a hospitable country but very sensitive with the security of their people and country. Therefore they must be sure where you are coming from, where are you going, whom are going to stay with and what have you come to do. It was unfortunate that two planes landed at the same time and therefore it was going to take longer to clear the big queues. My next plane would be leaving for Oklahoma city at 2:20 p.m.
By the time i went through baggage check and run to the gate of my next plane, it was 2:25 p.m, 5 minutes after my plane had left.
I had to wait for 5 more hours at Minneapolis for the next plane to OKC, that was scheduled to leave at 7:15. Good enough some one helped me with a phone and iwas able to inform Jeff that i would reach late.
We boarded a small NW plane and left for Oklahoma at 7:30 p.m. By 9:30 p.m we had reached Oklahoma city airport.
I was so happy to find Jeff and Whitney waiting for me at the airport. It was great to meet again after one year.
We drove to Elk city. We reached Elk City after Mid-night. I couldn't imagine that the whole journey had taken 32 hours!!!
By the time we reached, the only thing i was thinking of was a pillow where to lay my head.
I will tell you what happened next...later on... Watch this space...
Special thanks to all friends, who have supported me on this trip. May God abundantly bless you!