I am in Santiago, Chile. I have never before been to Santiago, Chile. I feel faintly nervous, but not actually excited. That's a strange thing, surely? Perhaps because all I have done so far is endure the 30-something hour transit from Perth-Sydney-Auckland-Santiago, check into the hostel, crash, sleep fitfully due to my body thinking it is the middle of the day, wake up this morning and bum around the hostel. I haven't actually set foot into Santiago, Chile, except walking to a taxi and then walking from the taxi to the hostel. So I suppose it's not surprising that I'm not yet excited about being in Santiago, Chile. All the flights were delayed, for various reasons (cleaners didn't show up on time. Plane showed up late). By the time we got to Auckland I thought they
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