Jeanette and Pat go to South America

After the total relaxation of Patagonia, we had to say goodbye. Yesterday we had a minivan ride starting at 630am to Punta Arenas of 7 hours - the first 120km or so to Puerto Natales is all still unpaved.

Then an airport stay of 3 hours, where we tried again to report our stolen luggage. They told us we must make the report in Santiago. We flew to Santiago via Puerto Montt, all up 4 hours or so of flying. The luggage office was closed and they told us we must make the report in Lima.

We stayed at the Crowne Plaza Hotel - very nice and a really good price with corporate discount. This morning at 610am we got a taxi back to the airport and flew here to Lima. We went to report our stolen luggage. You guessed it - they said we must make a report in Santiago! We dug in at this stage, and have filled in a piece of paper which has been faxed to Santiago.

We are about to leave now to go to Cuzco. We have both experimented with the altitude medicine we got from the Travel Doctor, and we don´t think it agrees with either of us - we´ll let you know how we get on with altitude sickness if any.

About to start Part 2 of our adventures - the Inca Trail!