Dear All,
Wow, I can’t believe how fast the year has gone! It felt like only a few months ago we were at Kelli and Jackson’s wedding super excited because we had finally found a venue and date for a wedding AND decided on our amazing honeymoon destination. Our wedding in October was an absolutely magical day and we loved sharing it with you all xox
Dan and I have always spoken of places we would love to visit, India was always my dream, and Antartica was Dan’s dream. I was definitely hesitant about going to Antartica when dan bought it up, partly because he has this crazy idea about walking to the South Pole, pfffft, that was never going to happen! Partly because only fitness freak loonies would attempt walking that far…and that’s definitely not us. We met somewhere in the middle and are spending our honeymoon trekking in Patagonia, visiting Antartica and then going on to Iquazu falls and Rio De Janeiro at the end so I get a little beach baking time.
As I’m writing were flying somewhere over the Pacific Ocean, only 2.5 hours till we arrive in Santiago, Chile. The flight is 12 hours long…blurgh. However, QANTAS is AMAZING!!! Dan and I have always flown budget airlines…from dodgy air china, air Vietnam, Jetstar, Easyjet..etc, etc, we were use to and generally accepting of horrible plane food, slightly annoyed flight attendants, midget sized seats and zero entertainment. Flying QANTAS this flight though has definitely made us reconsider our choice when flying, particularly when flying long distances. 1st amazing service: we have tv screens in our seats, hehe, I feel like an excited 12 year old writing that, but having a huge choice of movies and tv’s has helped pass the time. I watched ‘ruby sparks’ and dan watched the ‘housos’ movie, although he turned it off half way because he was worried that people walking pass would judge him for watching such shit….and there was a serious amount of boob.2nd amazing service: the food! It started with a lunch; pasta, salad, roll and a cookies and cream mousse, all delicious. Dan asked for a bundy and coke and the flight attendant bought back half a cup, enough for about 3 drinks…and we didn’t have to pay! Since then we have been spoilt with regular drink stops (don’t worry mum, no coke or peanuts for me) including Cadbury hot chocolate with a marshmellow! Mini pizza’s and my favourite Weiss icecream bars! Yay, I think before we land we are having breakfast as well.
We left Sydney at 11:30 Saturday 22nd Dec and after 12 hours flying will arrive in Santiago at 9:40am Saturday 22nd Dec…eeew. We have a connecting flight at 2:45pm from Santiago to Buenos Aires, Argentina, where we will spend the night and then fly the next day down to Ushuaia. Our trek in Patagonia begins on the 24th December.
Hugs and Kisses,
Jess and Dan xo
Dear friends,
I have joined Jess and Dan on their adventure, who wouldn’t say yes to a free trip in their backpack! It will be a relaxing break for me as there is a horrible blonde dog at their new house in Mount Evelyn. I hate her, she stole me from the book shelf and buried me in the garden. I spent 2 days half buried!
From Ernie
