FUN-travel: Santiago, Chile to Buenos Aires, Argentina
March 7, 2013 by Susan Clarke
The ABC’s of Chile
A = Awesome
B = Bummer
C = Celebration
Tehai Area
- 7:15 – wakeup to full sun w/clouds over the Andes
- A – good coffee
- 11:00 – shuttle to airport
- 1:35 – flight departs
- Air Canada is code share w/LAN – Star Alliance member – United card gets us into lounge
- B – plane late so we hurry & wait
- C – get upgrades to biz class
- A – only 2 hr flight
- 3:30 arrive – only takes 75 mins to get through customs
- Taxi takes 1 hr to downtown – flat rate $40 outside of terminal (more expensive inside)
- A – 5:45 – back to Urban Recoleta Suites & taxi driver knows where it is
- 8:00 – dinner back to Fervor – white salmon, creamed spinach, grilled mushrooms VG
FF – (FUN-fact) – 90% of all volcanic activity on earth occurs in the ocean. It is estimated to contain some 10,000 volcanoes, of which at least 1,133 are active, and concentrated in a tiny patch of the South Pacific, not much bigger than New York State.
Rano Raraku