After arriving @ LAX, we had to scoot down to the Avancia Airline ticket counter and confirm check in to Bogata and Santiago. While in the line up, we started talking to a nice guy who is flying to Guayaquil, Equador. We explain our plans of heading north and flying through Guayaquil on our way to the Galapagos and he invites us to stay the night. As we need a room for our layover, we graciously accept Tony's hospitality. The rest of the check in was great too. Starting to notice the culture difference and having to use more or my very limited Spanish.
Total flying mileage 7078 Miles. Flying time 18hrs 34 miles Including time zone changes, we arrived @ 4:30 am Santiago time. This was too early for the local buses and the buses to Valparaiso, which start operation @ 6am. Totally out of our comfort zone in regard to our Spanish, we have help by a taxi guy to get Chilean pesos out of an ATM. Now we are obigated tos use his service to deliver us to the bus station (10 minute ride) for $10.000 pesos ($20 USD) or $55.000 pesos to drive us 110 kms to Valparaiso. Doing the math while being quite stressed, the latter was the better deal.
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