Brad and I are back at blogging and now in South America! We arrived in Argentina after a 24 hour journey! Our flight took off from YVR at 6am and landed at LAX at about 8:30am. Our next flight didn't leave LAX until 1:50pm so we had time to kill. They are renovating LAX so that it is less lame... And let me tell you - it is getting very nice! Our favourite terminal was #5.
After about an hour and a half of puttering around the terminals, we realized that our next flight was in a different new international terminal that we had to go outside to get to! We high tailed it over there and had to go through security again but made it to our next gate with tons to time to spare!
Our next flight was supposed to be direct to Santiago, Chile, but we found out that it actually stopped in Lima!! We didn't have to get off the plane, which is apparently why it wasn't explicitly noted. Lame none the less!
The plane we were on though was great though!! Tons of free food and wine and movies! We left LAX at 1:50pm PST and arrived in Santiago at 4:00am PST ish. At that point we finally found our gate to our final destination!
We boarded our plane to Buenos Aires and had a nap while we got there. I woke up at one point and was acutely aware of how bright it was in the plane. I quickly realized that we were flying over the Andes. It was AMAZING! The picture doesn't do it justice. 
We arrived in Buenos Aires at 10:20am local time - which would put it at about 27 hours since we had left our place in Vancouver. We had a driver scheduled to pick us up for simplicity's sake. After the drive from the airport to our hotel I have a new appreciation for how some people drive. Squeezing your small car between two semi trucks while ignoring the lines on the road is truly an art.
Finally arriving (somewhat safely) at our hotel we were told it would be another 2-3 hours before our room would be ready! Sorry nap - you will have to wait. We went out to explore the San Telmo neighbourhood in the rain until our room was ready. Our first impression was great - even in the rain! We went to a covered antiques market where one store had 3 antique 3D cameras (this one is for you uncle Dan!). 
We were also so impressed by the extensive street art.(more to come later!)
We finally got into our room and were able to enjoy some much needed rest!! Welcome to Argentina!!! We are so excited!
Awesome!
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