Arrival to Tanzania

Checking baggage in Amsterdam was quite an ordeal. The weight restrictions for check-in luggage was 23 kilos and for carry-on was a 1 bag limit that was not to weigh over 12 kilos. We were just under the absolute maximum for all our check-in. 3 bags were 22kilos and 1 was 21.5. The cost for additional bags was 105 pounds. The ticket agent was not impressed that these bags were full of donations for AID orphans and street children.

YIKES!!!!
Well lets do the math.
2 extra bags would cost 210 pounds or $450.00
What were we going to do? First of all we moved our 300 pounds of luggage to the side so the anxious people waiting in line at 5 o’clock in the morning can check-in…..then we consolidated 4.5 kilos of the luggage in the underweight luggage, packed Maggie’s extra carry on into my larger extra piece of carry on which left us standing in line with lots of disgruntled people paying over $200.00 for our black bag of donations for TunaHAKI

After all is said and done we are feeling positive about what we are doing and looking forward to our arrival in Kilimanjaro which is just about 30 minutes from know.