The easy hop to Madrid reminds me of my day job too much to be excited, but then boarding the LATAM flight to Santiago de Chile made me start to feel I am actually on a different journey this time. My change of approach was also confirmed, when I tried to board the wrong flight to Santiago. I haven’t done that for years and had a quick panic and prayer that the correct flight gate was not too far to “jog”. I’m sure I should start Strava logging all these flight transfers and my fitness might go up on file as well as in my head. (What does Sara say – If its not on Strava it didn’t happen?)

So now I’m sitting in relative comfort in Santiago airport after a flight which took almost 14hrs. The usual Immigration, Baggage customs and re check in done. The view crossing the Andes was impressive. As were the electronic blinds which confirmed I was on a new Boeing Dreamliner. Impressive plane!

I have a few hours to kill and manage to finish the budget files for next year which was one of the must do jobs left on my list. You’re never too far away from the day job, but tonight I will be in Punta Arenas and have different priorities for a couple of weeks.

I’m looking forward to the next leg of this trip, where I will be flying with the mountains on the left of the plane for the whole trip.  I should have planned ahead and reserved a window seat. An error I have corrected for the return leg. I might be getting a bit friendly to whoever has that window seat.