Almost There

A short update from the bus station in Santiago...

It´s  a full two day adventure, traveling from Montauk to Pucon, Chile. Early Thursday morning I took a bus from Montauk to NYC, and from there a train to Newark airport. My flight to Panama City was the bumbiest I´ve ever been on, but we made it safely and on time. My flight to Santiago wasn´t supposed to leave until noon the next day, and I planned to sleep in the airport. After explaining my situation to an immigration officer, he let me sneak through the check station to retrieve my bag, and then sneak back up to the gates, where he said the seats were more comfortable. I found a spot with a few other travelers who seemed to be set up for the night, then stretched out and slept. It was hot, 77 degrees outside, and the lights glared. Sometime in the night a security guard woke me up wanting to see my documentation so they could keep track of sleepers. He was much nicer when he found out I could understand and speak Spanish. 

The flight the next morning was delayed. I never figured out exactly why. I think the Captain showed up late. But the delay ate up my short connection time between between landing in Santiago and the departure of my bus for Pucon. Aftter pleading with the bus driver to wait thirty seconds while my ticket printed, I watched the bus pull away. It´s the height of summer here and I´m sticky with travel and city grime. I´m in Santiago now, waiting for a later bus which I bought a ticket for. We´ll board at 11 pm and then drive through the night to Pucon, arriving at 9 30 tomorrow morning.

I´m looking forward to being done with travel and finally getting to Antilco, seeing the Bosses and hitting the trail.

Luego