Delhi Delay

This Monday is the buddha's birthday and a public holiday so we are off to Cebu (Philippines) for the weekend. It's a little bit indulgent but Mark has clocked up so many miles in the past month (beijing, singapore, bali and India) a veritable diamond of a footprint, that we decided would be a nice family break.
Mark's been in India all week and was due back tonight. Earlier today I received a call from Mark - he'd missed his flight back to HK. In fact he had surpassed any previous records for poor timekeeping and arrived at Delhi airport at the time his flight was actually taking off. Beats even the time that he arrived at his friend Kerry's wedding, where he was giving her away, just as the ceremony finished.
Sod's law there isn't another flight back to HK till 11pm tonight (about now) and so he'll arrive back in HK at 7am tomorrow morning. Our flight leaves at 8.50am so we'll see how truly efficient HK airport is. It will also be interesting to see how much clout his diamond club status on Cathay will count for (free buggy ride to get to the gate in time?) when it comes down to the wire. Frankly he's flying Air India (not great track record for anything) so I am not counting on him making the flight and making a late arrival on Sunday having been routed via Manila.
All will be revealed in a few days time. Not quite the relaxing break we had envisaged.
Poor Mark, I do have sympathy. Last time I went to the Philippines on business I arrived at the airport to fly home only to find that I had got my dates mixed up and was on the next days flight instead. Fortunately they managed to squeeze me on but only told me about 5 minutes before flight due to leave so was a mad dash to the gate which also involved a big row with the customs guys who tried to confiscate all my potions even though decanted into 100 ml tubs. Oh the joys of international travel.