From Trinidad to New York

Our last day in Trinidad was spent packing and resting. We went to Bruce’s place and had a lovely Chinese takeaway with his daughter Aileen and her girls.
Then at 8:30pm we said a sad farewell to Gladys and Ernest and headed to the Caribbean Airways lounge to wait for our 12:10am flight to JFK NYC. We finally got to hear a lone steel band playing which was amazing.
The lunge was very modern - but not many food options. However we were able to get work done before boarding the flight at 11:30. Jasin had an X on his boarding pass so he got stopped on every security check - including as he boarded the plane.
What was great was the we got upgraded to business which I bid for - and were in row 4.
The flight was comfy but bumpy and it was hard to sleep - but we made it - arriving at 5am.Read more