Well you all have seen the pics from the plane and so forth.. but what you guys didnt realise is the length it took!!!!Well i left at about midnight on thursday night and got to canberra at about 6am then waited for the plane to sydney and got there at roughly 7am.. then got transferred to the international airport and waited for my flight to Santiago via Auckland.. that flight left at 10am and got to auckland at about 4pm NZ time 7 hours in total.. then we left at 5pm for Santiago and got there at 1pm local time the flight was a gruelling 12 hours.. watched 4 movies and played ALL the games and even watched an episode of friends.. GRRR long flights!!!.. it was on this flight that i experienced the part of the flight where night and day are seen together..
and this alone makes the boring flight worthwhile.. let alone the fact that i was on my way to see my very large family!!!.. ok.. got to santiago and i had to go through customs and pay $30USD
to enter the country.. and get my luggage and go to the domestic terminal to catch my last flight to concepcion.. only a 45minute flight.. better than the 6 hour bus ride.. anyways.. did all the luggage thing and i had 3 hours to kill in the airport.. so i browsed the shop and bought FOOD.. even the airport food was to my liking.. hahahahah.. love the food here... then i caught my flight landed in concepcion and there she was.. MY MUMMY!!!!!!! i was happier than a pig in mud.. very excoited.. and off we went to Curanilahue.. 2.5 hour drive.. by this stage my backside was somewhat sore from all the sitting down i was experiencing.. but the ride home went rather quick as we talked and talked and talked.. so in total i´d say it was around 32hours from Perth to Curanilahue.. somewhat long but totally worth it!!!!!
In the air
Curanilahue
Near the internet cafe
the 'clean' river
highschool cafeteria by the river..
Massiel and Me... it was COLD!!!!!!!
Going to school... my cousin Karina.. Gabriel and Uncle Mingo
A nice sunny day in Curanilahue
One of the many hills in Curanilahue
'La Mano' (the hand)... it reads.. my hands maybe rough but there´s bread on my table
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Well tony, great to hear a full coverage and in depth evaluation of your trip. Cheers mate, looking forward to another Monday night, in my wife basher singlet, & footy shorts. Spoon.
Hey little Chile :-)
Good to hear all is going well, nice to see you with your family hey, i know how good that must feel!
Looks cold over there... When i think of South America i think warm all the time, yeah a little sheltered i know, still gotta do ALOT more travelling of my own ;-)I am doing AWESOME, just went to Makinbudin this weekend, nice to get away into the fresh country air. Check my Blog for the photies. It was so cool hey, Country folk sure know how to be hospitable. God also blessed us with the most AMAZING sky show of shooting stars on the Sunday night, i wish i could have captured a few of them on camera!
But anyway we can have a BIG catch up when you get back, im sure there will be alot to tell :-)
Missing you
Ciao Ciao Amigo
Love Dizzy D
sergy! missing you heaps and its really awesome seeing the sights of Chile although its giving me the travel bug even more because South America is next on my list of 'places to see'. Can't wait to see you and hear all about it
Miss you!
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