A long flight into Santiago on LAN - with a brief look at Auckland airport. Truly cattle class. On my left, 3 Chilean women in their mid-forties. Strong faces with traces of Indian ancestry, hearty voices and overflowing luggage (from their overhead lockers, in front of them, beside them). They struck a good rapport with an amused flight crew - hectoring them like errant schoolboys (and girls). On my right - across the aisle - a Deuschlander who was bicycling around the world. It certainly seemed to have given him an appetite - he asked for a second meal and finished both off in minutes. Next to him, a 30-something Argentine woman with a typically handsome South American face, on her way home from HK. Arturo Benitez is like any other airport. When we flew in,
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