Santa Catarina Arch in Antigua. Photo RetireEarlyLifestyle.com By Akasha Kaderli, RetireEarlyLifestyle.com Special to the Financial Independence Hub I was really tuckered out after a month-long stay visiting my family in California and was looking forward to an easy flight home to Guatemala. Billy (that angel of mine!) was waiting for me in Antigua and had arranged for our private driver to meet me at the Guatemala City airport about an hour away and bring me to our hotel. Traffic was smooth riding over Highway 17 from Santa Cruz to San Jose Airport this Tuesday morning and I arrived in plenty of time to go through TSA pre-check security and catch my flight. Everything was going as I expected, and once I boarded the plane and settled into my seat, I ate one of the sandwiches I had packed to get me through the long day of travel ahead. Just a moment please I didn’t even blink twice when the airline pilot said we would be having some repairs done to the fuel gauge before we left the hanger.…