The day started early as we had to be packed and gone from the ship by
about 8:30 am. SO after breakfast we said a quick goodbye to the rest
of the group and others we had met on the ship and headed off to the
buses. They dropped us and our luggage at a place where we could store
our bags for the day and then Gary and I headed off for a walk up and
down the main street looking for coffee. Unfortunately most places
didin't open until 10 am so we had a bit of a wait. We then had a
relaxing coffee and a bite to eat and connected up to the wifi to
check messages and say hello to the folks back home.
We then checked in on our respective hotels to make sure we were
booked and that was all good, so it was a walk back to the luggage
store with a detour around the port to have a look at the docked
cruise ships. There were six all up including ours, which would be
restocked and ready to leave on another trip by 6 pm this arvo. The
weather was once again superb with blue skies and a temperature of
around 15 deg C. I went back to the hotel and checked in properly and
then got myself organised and had a bit of an afternoon snooze.
Unfortunately the room was very hot with no way to control the
temperature so I ended up openning a window to make it less stuffy.
Around 3'ish I went for a wander up the main street for a look in the
gift shops but most of it was so tacky, I didn't end up buying
anything, so it was back to the hotel to read a book. I was getting
hungry around 7'ish, so it was back up to the main street where I
found an all you can eat Argentinian BBQ place (300 pesos, roughly
US$15), unfortunately it wasn't open until 8 pm, so I went for a walk
down to the harbour. Four of the cruise ships had already left and one
big, very fancy one was in the process of leaving, so I sat and
watched that for awhile. The BBQ place was very good and I made sure I
obeyed my general rule of having so much main course that you don't
have room for dessert. Back at the hotel I repacked my bags and got
ready for the plane trips home.
The next day I would be checking out at 10 am, catching a taxi to the
airport, then hopping on a plane after lunch for a three and a half
hour flight back to Buenos Aires, then about six hours in the air port
lounge before heading off on a 13.5 hour flight to Auckland. Then
another four hours in the Auckland airport lounge before the final
three and a half hour flight to Brisbane. So with the time difference
I'll leave Friday lunch time and get into Brisbane roughly Sunday
lunch time. Not looking forward to this.
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