The longest day

This one is written in retrospect..... We left Christchurch at 11am on 25th May and left Auckland after a short transit at 4.40pm on 25th May. We then landed in Santiago, Chile at 12 noon on 25th May and then left for Lima at 8pm on25th May, arriving in Cusco after a transit in Lima at 8am on 26th May. So, although it sounds like the trip took less then 24 hours, we spent close to 30 plus hours in airports and transit lounges.... it was absolute crap.

All in all, the trip went well. Kev, the Kiwi had a couple of moments napping in lounges and eating the odd lolly snack.



Kev occasionally got used as a pillow and no hard feelings were felt by any party... especially Ingrid.

Ingrid also decided to have ice cream at 1 am in the morning after a very difficult process getting through customs immigration with the MAAP supplies (more on that in the next post).

Apparently, Lima has been infested with swine flu very severely and there were health officers dressed in full infectious disease gear outside eash plane handing out these pamphlets.... I don´t think you can see what it say but it goes along the lines of, ´´If you have cough, sore throat or fever please see your doctor.... sneeze into your elbow...blah blah blah´´ and we had to declare if we were experiencing any symptoms or not. So, a rather intense passage through Peruvian immigration.