We made it. Sitting here in Buenos Aires now. As for the trip here, well Salt Lake City. Snow. Cold. Lots of very large people. Turns out I was on a different flight from Salt Lake City to Atlanta from the rest of the group. I got to enjoy the hospitality of the SLC airport even more than everyone else.
On to Atlanta. It was about 3 hours to Atlanta. Sat next to a couple of people who only spoke French. No parle vous francais. Got in some good reading time though. Landed in Atlanta just before dark and caught a really beautiful sunset. Atlanta airport is now officially the coolest airport I have been to. It is huge and has a subway train to service the different concourses of the airport. I went for a walk along the international concourse to see all the interesting people on their way to far away places. I walked past a terminal of young american soldiers off to Iraq. It was pretty surreal actually, especially with the election in progress. Craziest part is they are all just a bunch of 18 year old kids.
Well moving on. Got on the plane headed for Buenos Aires. The long haul. at about the 8th hour got to catch a really cool lightning storm somewhere over the amazon. I’ve never seen lightning from above the clouds. Really amazing. Shortly after sunrise were were here. Landed in Buenos Aires.
The airport and customs were a breeze. Got outside and had a bus waiting for us. The temp was 34 degrees and the wind was blowing. SO nice. Driving here is absolutely crazy. The highways are 5 lanes a side minimum and people are loco. We drove through some pretty dumpy areas and made it to downtown right in front of the Hotel. We survived.
