Hangin there elizabeth
Sunday started out at 355am alarm, shower, zip up and check out od hotel. 25000 peso trip to airport ...19000 from airport to hotel!? $50 vs $40. LAN airlines, good trip at 6am to end od earth over Andes mtns. Beautiful mtn range but kept thinking if we crashed they'd never find us ... Ever! But not a bad place to end up. Amazing mtns. Chilly in chile about 50 degrees. Two hour shuttle to hotel north of airport so not exactly down as far south as possible. SINGULAR hotel. Other shuttle passengers no shows but waited til last ones out. Windy! Yikes. Should have packed better. Sheep and cows. Nothing enroute to hotel. Seriously nothing. Andes mtns very impressive.
Hotel is amazing. Hidden gem. So impressed. Dad met me at registration. Had my doubts initially but wow. And of course its loaded with TA furniture everywhere you look. Dad is taking photos non stop. View from room is awesome ... Mtns and water. Signed up for boat tour on Monday and hotel tour which is an old meat packing and processing facility. Spa is beautiful. Bar is impressive. Restaurant is gorgeous. Not walking distance to anywhere.
Lunch of steak and. Risotto in dining room....mellow afternoon. Need to walk off lunch after dads nap! Dinner 8 or later chile time!
Observations: very few obese people seen in Santiago. Amazing.
Cars: toyota, chevy, subarsu, peugot, dodge .. Not merc or Lexus.
Churches everywhere
Saw a couple last night each pushing stroller, he had guitar slung over shoulder. I thought they might be going to party. Well later after leaving dinner at restaurant I saw them busking outside outdoor tables with him playing guitar and her on some reed instrument! Poor little kids where props .. She pushed with one hand and played her flute thing with the other.
So in Lower chile now. Very isolated but actually Internet connection is good. Dad had no Internet when fishing! And he survived! Sounds like he had good trip from what I've been told.
Hang in there Elizabeth!
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