As you can see, we are at Auckland airport. Much dramas yesterday when we got to Sydney. Long story short - we had a flight cancelled. Were supposed to fly LAN airlines to Santiago with brief setdown in Auckland. The first flight was cancelled and Qantas flew the first leg, now we have a 6 hour layover in Auckland, so we will get into Lima 6 hours late. Check-in was chaos!!! Had to check in twice Qantas and LAN - almost 2 hours . . . It is going to be an ...

Well, here goes . . . My first entry . . . Has been suggested by a friend to start the blog with . . . Packing! Agh! How do you fit the wardrobe and chemist shop in one bag each? Not possible! We will experience all seasons in 10 weeks, so, will need to take a coat, beanie, gloves, thermals, swimmers, and everything in between. After choosing carefully and sparingly, bags were weighed, then promptly unpacked and items removed . . . then packed again. So...