Courier

I like to think I get around on this planet.  In fact I'm pretty sure I've got the whole travel thing down, but nothing tops how things travel when a person sends something internationally by courier.  Tracking a package as it makes its way from one side of the planet to another is an itinerary that would exhaust even the most experienced international traveller.  Take for instance anything I shipped from India(when I lived there) to Canada.  First it travels locally to the nearest large centre for clearance.  Then it flies to Europe to some other large place and is cleared.  From there it goes to a smaller centre for additional clearance before it's flown to a large city in the U.S.  From that large city it goes to a smaller city in a different state, then to a large city in Canada, over to a small centre in a small city, and finally on to its final destination.  It's not much different when something is shipped from Canada.  An example, if you wish.  I've finally decided to go for it and begin taking classes online for my Masters of Arts.  There are textbooks and reading packages involved which are being couriered to me in Colombia from Edmonton.  First the shipment was collected and processed in Edmonton, when it was then flown to Calgary.  That kind of makes sense.  From there it went to Cincinnati, Miami and some obscure place I've never heard of.  It is now, at this writing in Panama.  From there who knows where it will go before it ends up in Colombia and finally in my hot little hands.  And I thought going home was complicated.  I know I won't be complaining about visiting airports any time soon given how much travelling this package will have done.  Speaking of travelling, though, while I'm here.  I recently went to Belize for a short holiday.  Four airports later I finally arrived at my destination.  Seems no one here knows where Belize is, but then few people in Belize know where this is either, so guess we're even.  Until next time I'm travelling (not to be confused with time travel which would probably be much faster and no airports to hang out in), I guess I'll move myself to do something worthwhile.