CHILE By Hafeez Malik "A good traveler has no fixed plans," said Lao Tzu, a philosopher of ancient China. I wish I could travel this way but alas I am bound to squeeze my annual tours within summer vacations else I would lose all my teaching assignments. This summer, I covered Chile. On June 28th, 2008, I flew from Karachi, Pakistan. With three plane changeovers at Dubai, London and Atlanta, I reached Santiago, the capital city of Chile. It took me 43 hours including 29 hours of flying time causing me great fatigue and weakness. I had collected all my useful tips through the internet and proceeded accordingly once I cleared immigration and customs. I looked for a sign “TurBus” airport shuttle. On finding it, I reached its counter with a printout of my hostel reservation
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