24 March, Home!
We started this trip with what, at the
time, felt like a major disaster. But, within a day we were back on track with credit
cards cancelled and Emergency Passports, allowing us to continue on our journey,
somewhat richer for the experience.
However! On our second last morning in
Chile, we were doing some research on the next leg, travelling to the lakeside
city of Bariloche in Argentina, when a few comments in blogs we were reading
alerted us to a potential problem with our Emergency Passports. Some quick
research online and a few frantic phone calls to consular services in Australia
and Buenos Aires confirmed the fact that Australians travelling on Emergency
Passports require a visa to enter Argentina - a visa which can take up to a
month to be issued.
So here we sit, home after only 10 days of
what was to be an almost 2 month trip. Our exit from South America was fairly
easily organised. Flights were quickly sorted with Flight Centre, (we always
book with Flight Centre after getting them to price match) bus tickets and
overnight stops booked for the long haul back up the Chilean coast. As a final
treat we booked two nights in the Santiago Airport Holiday Inn, just 1 minute’s
walk from the terminal. For two days we made like Tom Hanks in The Terminal availing ourselves of all
the services an international airport and a four star hotel have on offer.
A final comment for all would-be world
wanderers. Never leave home without travel insurance!
And of course we will be back!
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