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Steve and El go Latino Here we go, two little kiwis off to discover the South of America for 3 months. Come along for the ride.....

Disaster at the Airport

NEW ZEALAND | Friday, 4 September 2009 | Views [541] | Comments [2]

Well not at all really but we were just about to board our first plane to Santiago, Chile when Steve went to take his sleeping pill to knock himself out because hes not the worlds best flyer, only to find they werent there!  Emptied the whole bag out twice then just had to bite the bullet and hop on..... Flight went really well except for a crazy landing into Argentina on our second flight.  That was one sleepless night. 

The drive from the airport to our hostel was CRAZY.  14 lane highways, no indication and horns a blasting.  Was apparantly one big merge - no sticking to your lane necessary.

Got picked up by a Hostel shuttle with a bunch of Brazilians and a Singaporean.  Met some great people, everyones really friendly.

Staying in a beautiful old hostel full of character, even an old iron lift.

Sorry but we havent been able to dowload photos yet as the connections are different.  Will keep trying.  Took a walk through the city centre today.  The funniest thing was a massive carcas of meat lying in the middle of the footpath with people just walking around it and ignoring it.  Looked like the ribcage of a massive beast. 

So big and busy and FOREIGN.  Going for a walk to get some lunch now.  Need to try out some spanish :-)

Lots of love

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Hey Steve & El, sounds like a great trip so far, awesome to hear about not finding the sleeping pills and the horn blasting....just like India. Look forward to reading your updates.

Dave

  Dave Jump Sep 4, 2009 5:16 PM

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Nice to hear you landed safely :) - had the same problem on the way back from the UK so know what you went through Steve!

Sounds like an awesome place - please add the addresses of the places you stay so we can Google Earth you :).

Lots of love, Ben + Greta xxx

  Ben and Greta Sep 7, 2009 9:06 PM

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