I made it to Chile after several flight delays, but nothing major. The curious thing is that all of the Chileans agree that it's an hour ahead of EST, but the clocks on the planes did not. Luckily, we had a long enough layover in Santiago that losing an hour was not a problem.
Speaking of the Santiago airport...
I wish I would have realized I should be taking pictures, but I was too tired this morning (perhaps when I get there next week). The airport is a bit of shambles from the recent earthquakes. We got off the plane in the normal jet-bridge, but we passed some rooms that just looked like they were under construction. The ceiling was missing tiles in some places. Then we tried to get to departures to get the flight to La Serena. I had read earlier this month that the airport was utilizing outdoor spaces to avoid the unstable structures. This is true. The national flights were kept entirely outside in tents. There were desks for check-in, security screenings, ticket sales...everything. Vendors even moved stalls outside. It was impressively efficient, but it makes me wonder what the rest of Santiago looks like since the airport is northeast of the city.
La Serena looks completely unaffected. We got here, showered, and napped. We went out for dinner and I had my beloved papas duquesas. I could have just eaten those (fried mashed potato balls) and had strawberry juice for dinner. Tomorrow we will be wandering around the city.
We head up to the mountain on Thursday. I'm looking forward to observing.
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