Arriving in Chile

We briefly saw the Chilean cities of Iquique and Antofagasto as the flight from Bolivia stopped in both places. We saw more of Iquique because we had to get off the plane there to go through Immigration, but we didn't go through Customs until Santiago. As expected, Santiago is cold and wet. We don't plan on spending a lot of time here because we are not city people, and we want to see some of the more spectacular parts of Chile like the Atacama Desert and the Lake District.

We are staying with my friend Marcela's mother. She is a spectacular host, just like her daughter. Chileans eat a lot later than we are accustomed to. Lunch starts around 2 and dinner around 9. Lucky for us they have a tradition of onces a late afternoon tea. We didn't make it to dinner because we were so tired from getting up in the middle of the night to make our flight.