last minute!
Posted on September 8, 2011 @ 10:16 am by massimo | Filed under: africa,art,bargain,blog,fashion,flights,fun,holidays,illustration,kenya,lamu,people,travel,wordpress

I am quite an organized fellow when it comes to plan my trips. Since I’m going to be “on the road” usually for long, I always try to arrange as many details as I can before leaving: booking in advance is a must for me. Off course many people simply let their customary life-style go on: late deal holydays is a perfect choice! I know that a last minute rush to get organized can be fun and exhilarating and, I have to say, I experienced this special frenzy a few times when booking my flights as little as 24 hours before travelling! I suppose that my last last-minute flight happened a couple of years ago, while departing the pictoresque Manda airfield (Kenya). Actually my first plan included a bus trip to Mombasa. I would left the island within a week so spending a few days more by the beach. Travelling by bus in Africa is a time consuming process, everybody knows, a bit demanding too but quite enjoyable to me. Yet some sudden news from home made my plans changed: I had to hurry, in order to attend to my exhibition opening that had been anticipated. Fortunately enough the local air carrier had a vacancy on their Nairobi flight next day. A lovely and imponderable last minute chance which made me feel suddenly happy and brazenly lucky! The day after I found out that the plane was not exactly crowded: perhaps ten passengers all in all, and, among them a lovely red hair woman I had met a few days before…
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Last minute preparation for a long trip may be thrill for some people, but this thrill can cost a lot in terms of time, appointment and money.