prawaas-warnan: pune te redmond

kasa basa ghai gadbadit mi 9th chya ratri CSIA ("Chhatrapati Shivaji" International Airport), Mumbai to JFK ("John F Kennedy") Airport, New York ya Delta Airlines chya flight madhe basalo!
ekandar flight chi capacity arnd kiti hoti te mahit nahi (barich hoti :D) pan tyat ekun population chya 80% Indians hote ani tyat 80% Gujju hote...
Sumare 15 taas flight madhe ghalawayache asalyaane mi time pass karayala weg-wegali sadhane shodhat hoto..pan durdaiwaane plane madhe BAGHANYA sarakhe (:p) kahihi navate...(air hostess mhatary a hotya hey wgale sangayala nakoch) tyamule "The Mighty Heart", "Hey Baby" ani "Chuck n Larry..." hya movies baghun wel ghalawala..
Tyatach ek Satyam madhil hydrabaadi mulaga bhetala to pan Seattle la (microsoft madhech) chalala hota.. mala watale bara bakara sapadala bore karayala.. pan ithehi bad luck...tyachi flight Newyork to Seattle lagech eka tasaat hoti.. ani mala matr 6 taas airport war ghalawayache hote...
Flight sakali 7 a.m. ET, eastern time (5.30 p.m. IST) wajata New York la pochalyawar Immigration clearance, baggage claim wagaire atopanyaat 2 taas gele…welet ghotala nako mhanun mi ghadyal adjust kele. tyanantar New York airport war thode hindawe mhantale mhanun ek exit gate madhun baher padalo.. ani lagechach bajuchya entry gate madhun parat aat alo.. (thanks to chilled air outside!)..
mag jara mokale pane (yenare-jaanare or to be specific yenarya-janarya) passengers baghat basawe mhantale tar ek Indian uncle bajula basale ani mag tyanni mothi cassette takali.. jara welane tyanchya bolnyawarun kalale ki te gele 15 yrs US madhe rahat hote ani ata tech mazya “C”(for company) madhil Johnsons acnt che client hote .. tyanchi ti rataal kahani sampawanyasathi mi tithun kalti ghetali ani waiting room madhe jaun TV baghat basalo…
TV war Tornado (US madhil wadale) mule flights cancel hot ahet ase dakhwat hote.. thodyach welat (mhanje arnd 1.25 p.m.) mazya JFK to Cincinnati flight chi wel zali.. ek-did tasaachi domestic flight hoti ani chotese 80 seater viman hote… Plane udalya war kahi welatach wede wakade halayala lagale…ani ardhya tasaatach paus ani joracha wara suru zalay ashi ek bhiti dayak announcement zali.. 1-2 porinna chakkar, lahan mulanchi radaarad wagaire purn hoi paryant plane sukharup pane Cincinnati la pohochale dekhil…
tithun mage ka taasachya break nantar Seattle la flight hote..ithe departure gate hey arrival gate pasun khoooooop lamb hote.. tyamule pochaylawar lagechach Seattle chya flight chi wel (4.50 p.m. ET) zali….
flight madhe basalyawar mala kalale ki hi flight arnd 4 n half hrs chi ahe, mhanje arnd 9.30 honar pochanyas. ani mi tar mitrala 6.30 la airport la bolawale hote..bombala… mhanje ithe pan bad luck kharaab??? Hach v4 karat karat zop kadhi lagali te kalalech nahi…Seattle la land karat ahot hya announcement nech jaag ali… baggage claim karayala belt pashi gelo tar ek bag kami….airlines kade enquiry kelywar kalale ki bagne connecting flight miss keli! Ani ata dusrya flightne yet ahe!...
tevdyaat ek mitr mala shodhat ala.. mi ghadyaala bghitale tar mazya ghadyaalaat 9.30 wajale hote.. pan airport chya ghadyalaat 6.30 wajale hote!!!! Mag mala kalale ithe Pacific time ahe, ani americet Eastern, Central, Mountain and Pacific Time ase char zones ahet!!
Arnd 20 minutes chya drive ne Redmond madhil, Mitraychya apartment madhe gelywar adhi ghari phone kela mag jara gharacha khau, gawachya gappa, mitranchya athawani.... karun zalya.. ani mag ratri 2 wajata adawe zalo….
Ani tevdhyaat darawarachi bell wajali….
Missing bag deliver karayala agent ala hota!

Asha tarhene 3 flightschya kantalwanya prawasachi kahani sufal sampurn!!!