21 hours after driving away from our Brisbane home on Monday morning, we had a rude welcome back to Chile. Judy had packed a few snack nuts in her cabin bag and forgot to declare them. We were made to endure an awful couple hours filling out forms and paying an $80 fine (I'm calling Judy "Schappelle" for the next few days as punishment).
But worse than the fine was the discovery that our friend, who had driven all the way down from the coast to pick us up, thought that we had missed the plane and started home. With the wonderful provision of mobile phones, we caught her just 30minutes away and she returned for us.
The pictures are of us waiting for her outside the terminal in Santiago's 6 degree cold, with the snow draped Andes mountains behind.
We had a lovely drive back to our old coastal home and the wonderful luxury of a bath and a good sleep. Chile is 14 hours behind Brisbane. We look forward to seeing our old town today (Tuesday) and having some authentic Chilean cuisine for lunch.
Chao amigos.
2 comments:
Nitwits! Go the Chilean paperwork, hey?? I am so jealous! Wish I was there.Love Liz.
It's strange to be 'the other way round'. I'm used to reading your comments from the other side of the trip. One thing about your rude intro is that it can all just get better from here! Love from Stafford Hts.
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