Somewhere in the Pacific – March 8, 2010
Thursday, March 4 to Saturday, March 6 were somewhat nerve wracking as we had 5 flights on 3 different airlines cancelled. On Sunday we were finally scheduled on an Air Canada flight leaving Toronto at midnight. Although an hour late departing we did get airborne and flew directly to Buenos Aires, Argentina. There we landed but were not allowed off the plane. By the time we landed in Santiago, Chile we had been in our economy seats for 16 hours. However, a mixture of sleeping pills and bad French wine had made the time pass more quickly than I would have thought possible.
At Santiago the terminal is still closed so we were processed through a series of tents and eventually found our bus to Valparais.jpg)
o. A two-hour ride through the Casablanca Valley showed us no signs of the earthquake, although people at lunch today talked about feeling aftershocks in their hotel beds in Santiago on Saturday night.
Our ship was supposed to depart at 6:00 p.m. Sunday. However it was kicked out of the port at 3:00 p.m. so that ships carrying relief supplies could unload. The Insignia (our ship) sat out in the Bay and waited for 60 Canadians to arrive on our plane from Toronto. We were tendered from Port to the Insignia and boarded at around 8:30; tired, hungry and no doubt smelling like a compost bin. However, as the Dining Room was soon to close we headed straight there. A wonderful 5-course meal along with a good bottle of Carmenere Reserva made life seem worth living. We then left our balcony doors opened and slept soundly to the roar of the sea. I managed to make breakfast but Betty only got up in time for lunch.
We were supposed to dock at Coquimbo this morning and then have a tour of the Tabali Winery. However, because the Insignia had to wait for the delinquent Canadians last night it skipped that stop. We will now be at sea for 3 days before reaching Peru where we will be in port for 3 days. We have organized tours for all 3 days in Peru.
Thursday, March 4 to Saturday, March 6 were somewhat nerve wracking as we had 5 flights on 3 different airlines cancelled. On Sunday we were finally scheduled on an Air Canada flight leaving Toronto at midnight. Although an hour late departing we did get airborne and flew directly to Buenos Aires, Argentina. There we landed but were not allowed off the plane. By the time we landed in Santiago, Chile we had been in our economy seats for 16 hours. However, a mixture of sleeping pills and bad French wine had made the time pass more quickly than I would have thought possible.
At Santiago the terminal is still closed so we were processed through a series of tents and eventually found our bus to Valparais
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o. A two-hour ride through the Casablanca Valley showed us no signs of the earthquake, although people at lunch today talked about feeling aftershocks in their hotel beds in Santiago on Saturday night.Our ship was supposed to depart at 6:00 p.m. Sunday. However it was kicked out of the port at 3:00 p.m. so that ships carrying relief supplies could unload. The Insignia (our ship) sat out in the Bay and waited for 60 Canadians to arrive on our plane from Toronto. We were tendered from Port to the Insignia and boarded at around 8:30; tired, hungry and no doubt smelling like a compost bin. However, as the Dining Room was soon to close we headed straight there. A wonderful 5-course meal along with a good bottle of Carmenere Reserva made life seem worth living. We then left our balcony doors opened and slept soundly to the roar of the sea. I managed to make breakfast but Betty only got up in time for lunch.
We were supposed to dock at Coquimbo this morning and then have a tour of the Tabali Winery. However, because the Insignia had to wait for the delinquent Canadians last night it skipped that stop. We will now be at sea for 3 days before reaching Peru where we will be in port for 3 days. We have organized tours for all 3 days in Peru.
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