I made it. My back was very sore (bulging/borderline herniated disc, it's not clear just what is going on). But I made it.
Extremely long line in immigration/customs. The Santiago airport has two peak load times, early morn and late evening. The morning is bad. Four or five large flights all arrive within 20 mins of each other. And there are 8 functioning passport control stations. We're talking about 1,000 plus people all waiting for some very calm and placid public officials here. Took an hour to have immigration control person spend all of 20 seconds on my passport. Ugh.
Then stood outside a door that was only about 50 meters from the door where my taxi driver was standing, with a sign with my name on it. A bad equilibrium, for another 30 minutes.
Still, I made it, and now the EYM are going out for a coffee and pastry. Then, 2 pm we are heading for Cafe Tiramisu for some very nice pizza.
Tomorrow, lunch with el Decano.
Extremely long line in immigration/customs. The Santiago airport has two peak load times, early morn and late evening. The morning is bad. Four or five large flights all arrive within 20 mins of each other. And there are 8 functioning passport control stations. We're talking about 1,000 plus people all waiting for some very calm and placid public officials here. Took an hour to have immigration control person spend all of 20 seconds on my passport. Ugh.
Then stood outside a door that was only about 50 meters from the door where my taxi driver was standing, with a sign with my name on it. A bad equilibrium, for another 30 minutes.
Still, I made it, and now the EYM are going out for a coffee and pastry. Then, 2 pm we are heading for Cafe Tiramisu for some very nice pizza.
Tomorrow, lunch with el Decano.
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