The first real test of expeditioners courage and persistence came unexpectedly from an innocent direction. The adventurers agreed at the last Taco meeting on the final dates of the trip so the flight tickets could be obtained. But the series of coincident events complicated it more than anyone thought.
It all began with sudden failure of internet connection at El Fredovito’s hacienda. As the expeditioners could not meet personally, El Fredovito established emergency connection from the nearest tavern. Magically, he took control of Miguel’s and Madonarra’s computers and successfully bargained the tickets with French company called Govolo for a very convenient price (as usual when El Fredovito negotiates). They all soon received confirmation that the tickets were booked.
What a surprise in the morning when another email came. Govolo informed that transaction was not finished and asked for identification numbers of other credit cards to be sent by email. That’s when the adventurers took the first suspicion. Still it could have been just French illogical way of doing business.
But they decided to check it anyway. New doubtful facts emerged. Govolo had no single phone number in the whole company, its bank looked like it does not exist and there were some rumors about cheated customers in the past. It was time for a swift action. The expeditioners temporarily blocked all internet transactions on their cards.
After a few days, El Fredovito found a new tickets for about the same price from a more trustful company called Travel Papa. This time everything went smoothly so the tickets are finally in their hands.
May the Maya be with you! :)
Miguel Hudeiro holding the flight ticket.
