Stuck in Washington DC

I have spent the past 12 months dreaming about being in beautiful Buenos Aires so, you can imagine my excitment when I arrived at San Francisco airport ready to board my Buenos Aires bound flight. You can also imagine my disappointment when I discovered that my flight had been cancelled due to the ash clouds from a volcano in neighbouring country Chile. I was told to get a flight to Washington DC and get the next available flight ot Buenos Aries. I frantically ran through San Francisco airport only to discover when I reached the gate that the flight had been overbooked. So, was I to remain in San Francisco airport awaiting my flight? Or was i going to Washington DC to await my flight there?

After a long and grim wait at the gate, I found out that I was one of the ''lucky'' passengers that would be boarding the flight to Washington. Five hours, no in-flight entertainment, no in-flight meal and I finally arrived in the capital of the US of A, where I was told that the next flight to Buenos Aries was 10am the following morning. United airlines being the five star airline that they are, offered no compensation, advice or kind words on the matter.

I checked myself into the airport hotel costing rather more than my daily $25 traveller budget, in the hope that I would sleep off some of my Hong Kong-San Fran jeltlag and prepare myself for another depressing 12 hour flight with United Airlines. As nice as it was to stay in a clean air-conditioned room, king-sized bed, cinema-sized TV and a bathroom larger than my entire apartment, I was hoping to spend my second night of my travels in a fun-filled, spanish speaking Argentinian hostel. Here's hoping thats where I spend my next night...