102. La la la la la America

Wednesday, 3 April 2019

Dalla, Texas, USA

Still have manflu. In case you hadn’t sent your TLC.

And many of you haven’t.

Sniff.

Can’t go through airport security at Chihuahua. As the immigration officer hasn’t turned up yet. Have to wait half an hour before he gets out of bed.

Bags x-rayed. They need to do a search. They’re looking for a syringe. Don’t have a syringe.

Asked if I have a syringe.

Tell them no.

Oh. OK, then. Thanks. Off you go.

Obviously look trustworthy.

Expecting a secondary bag search at the gate as flying to the USA.

But no. Nothing. Which surprises given the opportunity for drug smuggling.

Quick 2hr flight over the border. Can tell we’re flying over Texas by the vast swathe of oil fields. Quite a site. The land is riddled with sandy coloured access roads to sandy coloured well pads. Looks like a printed circuit board.

Arrive Dallas.

Wahoo.

At last.

La la la la la America.

Expecting long queues to get through immigration but through in 30mins. Even have to ask for my passport to be stamped as they don’t do that any more. Apparently.

Pick up hire car. After a lot of faffing, find a car that is suitable. Am sold an upgrade to a Range Rover Sport. A car I know I can fit in. But it’s the smaller Velar he’s trying to persuade me is the same group. Think not sunshine. Eventually revert back to the group I actually hired and on my way.

Arrive at the Omni Dallas Hotel (https://www.omnihotels.com/hotels/dallas) and checked in by a young black kid who insists on doing a fist bump as he hands over my room key card.

Never done a fist bump before.

Bloody millennials.

Now this is a spot of luxury. At last. No more wildlife in my room like lizards and mollygrobbles.

Big picture window in my 18^th floor room overlooks downtown and the surrounding countryside. Remarkable how flat it is and reminds me of the flat lands of Winnipeg in Manitoba.

Well, dear reader, may have had a much needed curry, a few beers and Drambuies to celebrate making it this far.

The hard part is over.

Now for some fun!

And here’s the thing.

Have nothing planned. Have no idea where I’m going.

Playing it by ear day to day.

Life is for living.

SO..where would you like me to go and visit? This is your chance to really travel by proxy and tell me where to go. Somewhere you’d like to go and see but can’t.