Off again on another adventure!
Flight to Sydney at 9:25am, uneventful. Airport was super busy because of school holidays.
Flight to Santiago 12:30pm. Arrival in Santiago 12:10pm the same day! ah the magic of time travel!
We are flying Premium Economy on this route, after scoring some cheap seats. Previous long hauls in cattle class is enough to make me want the luxury of that few extra inches of foot space. Enjoyed it so much and well worth the extra few hundred it cost. We had the back row so didn't have anyone behind to kick seats or be annoyed by reclining. Or don't they do that in PE?
We had just an hour and half to swap planes in Santiago and fly to San Paolo, capital of Brazil. No reciprosity tax this time round but next time we come here we will need to pay around $115 US. No immigration as we were transferring to another international flight. Plane was 2 x 3 seats so back to being squished.
Another change of planes and then it's off to Manaus in the Brazilian Amazon. Another LATAM 2 x 3. Also full like the last one. The flight before was held up by some missing passengers. We were glad to see they didn't make it in the end. They must have been calling them for at least 20 mins. We arrived finally around 11:30pm local time. Manaus is 14 hours behind Brisbane - so it will have been about 1:30pm Wednesday (if I have calculated correctly) back home.
We were regretting not organising transfer with Cosmos but in the end, getting a taxi was quite painless. There are counters inside the airport where you can book and pay by credit card; or you go outside for cash. The taxis aren't marked but the drivers all seemed to have shirts with the various companies' logos. There are fixed prices to the hotels. It was 75 Reais for us.
The Tropical Manaus is in a complex of hotels on the banks of the Rio Negro. It is huge! So glad that our room wasn't in one of the long wings. We still had a long walk down the corridor to it. Breakfast room/restaurant are on the same floor - handy. The rooms are paired - with one enormous timber entry portico for the pair (two separate doors). The room is big - two double beds and a big bathroom. An an air con that makes it nice and cool. The public areas are much warmer.
It was great to have a shower (plenty of hot water) and fall onto our beds.
Flight to Sydney at 9:25am, uneventful. Airport was super busy because of school holidays.
Flight to Santiago 12:30pm. Arrival in Santiago 12:10pm the same day! ah the magic of time travel!
We are flying Premium Economy on this route, after scoring some cheap seats. Previous long hauls in cattle class is enough to make me want the luxury of that few extra inches of foot space. Enjoyed it so much and well worth the extra few hundred it cost. We had the back row so didn't have anyone behind to kick seats or be annoyed by reclining. Or don't they do that in PE?
We had just an hour and half to swap planes in Santiago and fly to San Paolo, capital of Brazil. No reciprosity tax this time round but next time we come here we will need to pay around $115 US. No immigration as we were transferring to another international flight. Plane was 2 x 3 seats so back to being squished.
Another change of planes and then it's off to Manaus in the Brazilian Amazon. Another LATAM 2 x 3. Also full like the last one. The flight before was held up by some missing passengers. We were glad to see they didn't make it in the end. They must have been calling them for at least 20 mins. We arrived finally around 11:30pm local time. Manaus is 14 hours behind Brisbane - so it will have been about 1:30pm Wednesday (if I have calculated correctly) back home.
We were regretting not organising transfer with Cosmos but in the end, getting a taxi was quite painless. There are counters inside the airport where you can book and pay by credit card; or you go outside for cash. The taxis aren't marked but the drivers all seemed to have shirts with the various companies' logos. There are fixed prices to the hotels. It was 75 Reais for us.
The Tropical Manaus is in a complex of hotels on the banks of the Rio Negro. It is huge! So glad that our room wasn't in one of the long wings. We still had a long walk down the corridor to it. Breakfast room/restaurant are on the same floor - handy. The rooms are paired - with one enormous timber entry portico for the pair (two separate doors). The room is big - two double beds and a big bathroom. An an air con that makes it nice and cool. The public areas are much warmer.
It was great to have a shower (plenty of hot water) and fall onto our beds.
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