Because We Can

This post was never published in 2019, just saw it and decided that better late than never was the way to go. On January 1, 2024 we are leaving on another extended overseas trip, will be trying to post daily during it.

With our luggage taken away last night we didn't have much to pack this morning, just a few items to go into our day packs. The view from outside on our balcony showed we were docked at the pier in Punta Arenas beside another Antarctic expedition ship, The Megellan Explorer. Baggage being loaded for transport to the airport where it will be checked for us, meaning we will just have to pick it up at baggage claim when we arrived at the airport in Santiago. Breakfast was served early, though it didn't matter for us as we were in the last group to depart the ship which would be at 10 o'clock. Linda knew how to pass the time as she waited from 8 o'clock when we had to vacate our room until we left the ship two hours later. I took advantage of the time to write another blog post, having uploaded the photos during the night. Posting the photos at night had worked great, except for when we were in extremely rough seas when they simply didn't go up, like...

We arrived this morning in Santiago via that overnight flight on Delta from Atlanta. Of course the amount of time for sleeping was as usual, a little bit less than the hours of the flight. First there was a hot towel that was served everybody, then a Bellini and finally the meal and drinks. That of course they had to come through and clean up everything from the meal which meant that we had lost about two hours off of our 9+ hours of flight time. In the morning all the lights came on which was followed by a small breakfast an hour and a half before we arrived at Santiago. So subtracting 3 1/2 hours from the nine-hour flight didn't leave much time for sleep. Nobody ever said traveling overseas was easy. There have been huge ongoing demonstrations against the government particularly their president. Chile was to host the APEC conference just about now. Because of the demonstrations Chile pulled out of hosting this very important economic conference. Speaking of demonstr...