stuck_in_cuba@hotmail.com

I'm starting to think that I should register all the stuck_in_* addresses just in case of these eventualities. For those that know of the Australian fiasco, it wasn't quite as bad as that but nearly as stupid...

I was meant to be in Guatemala now, chilling on a lake before starting my spanish course tomorrow, however fate (or more acurately the Cuban system) was against me. I got to the airport well in advance, knowing how much queuing goes on around here, and checked in with plenty of time to spare so sat down with a coffee to do some swatting up on the country.
Just as I was packing up to go through to departures the nice man that checked me in found me and the conversation went something as follows:

cuban: 'you plane has left'
me: 'sorry?"
cuban: 'you have missed you flight'
me: 'no I haven't'
cuban: 'thats it on the runway'
me: 'bugger'
me: 'but its still got an hour to go before it leaves!!'
cuban: 'no, the clocks changed last night and we haven't updated the ones in the airport yet'
me: 'raaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh'

and so on...

I tried to book another flight, but the ones that are running are completly full, so I'm stuck around here until thursday when I'm going to pretty much chain myself to the f*cking plane so it can't leave without me this time.

oh well, not as bad as my friend who just spent the last 2 days in jail for trying to repremand a guy who stole his wallet, and wasn't allowed to call anyone to give him bail...

(and yes there were probably anouncments, but they're never for you are they?!)

going to drink rum now, and lots of it