Houston to Dominica - 10/8/03

I decided to keep a journal of all my travel experiences that I have on this journey since there will be so many first. I have never traveled outside of the United States. And while I'm not literally outside of the United States (Puerto Rico is a territory of the U.S. Customs isn't required here and travel is as easy as traveling in the U.S). The only difference is here many people don't speak English and Spanish is every where. The Airport has Spanish first and English second. I went to Burger king and had to order in Spanish. The hotel guy speaks English?kind of. I was nervous about using my Spanish but I'm quickly remembering it. This wasn't as hard as I thought. Although I haven't made it back to the airport yet. I still have a flight to catch to Dominica. I will get up early tomorrow and walk over to the beach (across the No. 26) and take some pictures. I have to schedule my taxi ride back to the airport tomorrow and then I'm on my WAY. I'm glad that I scheduled this trip. I think I'm going to take some pictures of my room. One or two so people can see where I stayed. Probably early to bed as well. So that I can be up early tomorrow to go poke around. My flight was pretty uneventful. A married couple was beside me. She laid on him in fear during take off and landing. I had a scary moment. The plane has a screen that shows our progress and a location on the map. It told us we were going to San Jose lol. I got worried. Checked my ticket. It was funny to see that we had to fly around Cuba. This is an adventure. I'm enjoying it. The real adventure starts tomorrow. Traveling alone sucks. I'll clarify more later. Off to shower now.