We finally left
Santiago at 1am. By this time, I had lost my sense of humour and built a lot of
extra character. I slept most of the way to Sao Paulo where we stayed on the
aircraft while it refuelled, and passengers got off and others got on. When we
got to Rio, we had to change terminals; thankfully, we did not need to collect
our luggage and re-check it though. it was quite a hike though, which probably
did us good.
After only
another two hours of flying we made it to Salvador. Catching a taxi was easy,
trying to make our driver understand where we wanted to go was another story.
However, we eventually made it. Check in at the hotel was another comedy as
they wanted to put Steve and I in the same room! It was only after they handed
me one key, that the error was discovered. Thankfully, a second room had been booked,
and I was soon unpacking, showering, and having a nana nap, in my own room.
We had arranged
to meet with Jane and the others who were staying in the hotel next door later
in the afternoon and went for a short walk to the congress venue which was
across the car park and not too far away. It was, however, quite warm in
Salvador at that time of year and coming from winter in Canberra, it was a bit
of a shock.
My room in the Mercure Salvador Bahia
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