Our last day was a free day. We had arranged to meet Stella's niece, Inez, who was going to take us shopping. Inez speaks no english and we speak little spanish - the start to a VERY interesting day out (just as well I had my dictionary!). We had a successful tour of the shops, made a few purchases. Met up with some of the group for lunch - last chance at Lemon Meringue tarta! We were able to stay in our rooms until 5pm when the bus picked us up and took us to Montevideo airport. The first photo is taken from our seat on the bus - can you guess what it is? It's a petrol station - on the side of the road! How's that for a quick fill? Traffic snarls - who cares???Had fun at Montevideo airport trying to spend our last pesos.
David took this photo from our window - the view of the Andes Mountains was breath taking! So big - it seemed to take forever to fly over them! LAN flew us to Santiago, and a short time later we were enroute to Auckland. Upon landing in NZ, David and I moved very quickly to the Qantas club lounge to enjoy a hot shower and freshen up! About 40 minutes later, we were flying to Sydney. By this time, some of us were feeling unwell with sinus problems..... landing in Sydney and then having to take off again and land in Brisbane was excruciating! Obviously it was time to come home! 31 hours of flying - but it was worth it!
Sadly, this is the end of my adventure - stay tuned - hopefully there'll be more!
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