Stuck In Santiago
The wild card mission to Hugo Island went well, the instrument was repaired and is now happily whirring and buzzing away; surely this is cause for free coffee or catered sandwiches for the heroes in Denver who worked so hard to make all of this happen, thanks Morale Committee! Weather was good for the northbound cruise and the seas didn’t get rough until we got out of the Drake Passage (WTF?).
With the planets aligned properly, I was actually done a day early; a first! I’ve arrived in South America in plenty of time to make my flights which leaves me killing time in Santiago, Chile. I took it pretty easy my first day – camped out at the hotel until temperatures cooled off a bit in the evening and then I went wandering around a bit, foraging for food and beer. I really haven’t got any idea how to spend today, though I reckon I’ll go find the funicular and check that out – I’m not paying another night’s hotel rate at the Sheraton so perhaps I’ll either go find a hostel or just stay up late and head to the airport as I have an early A.M. departure for Lima and then Guayaquil.
I don’t anticipate anything too exciting happening for the next couple of days, and Santiago seems fairly unremarkable. I’ll update if any of that changes.
I did manage to upload some photos from the northbound cruise.
Will @ October 29, 2009
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