The Odyssey of Travel
I would go to the Philippines way more often if it weren't for the travel. To be frank, the traveling part sucks. It starts with our location in the rural Midwest where there are no direct flights to anywhere but a few major airport hubs. If one considers the time spent driving to the "local" airport ninety minutes away and getting there a couple hours ahead of time to get checked in and through security followed by a layover of anywhere from one to several hours at the nearest major hub, it becomes quicker to just drive to the major hub. So we started our trip by driving 5 hours to Chicago Midway where we caught a flight to Los Angeles and from there, another directly to Manila. Having flown on a dozen different airlines, I am a big proponent of flying on any airline carrier that isn't based in America. U.S. airlines are just terrible compared to just about any international airline company I have ever flown. The seats are crammed tighter together and the service i...