TAM Lounge Guarulhos Airport Sao
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TAM Lounge, Guarulhos Airport, Sao Paulo.
Waking 04.20 I…
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… landing 06.18.
Straight to the lounge…
… and as a transit passenger, no immigration and customs. Online and e-flurrying.
09.49 2C, LAN 757 Sao Paulo > Santiago.
Boarding c.08.20 I…
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On-board catching-up on computing, although the in-flight power does not.
14.56 LAN Lounge, Santiago.
Landing c. 13.15. Into the lounge…
… free, once again, from immigration and customs. What is the difficulty in US airports to provide transit lounges?
E-furying.
20.44 Casa Nuestra Senora Del Transito,
Franklin Villanueva y Maza, (5517) Lunlunta – Maipú.
To the gate c. 15.10…
Taking off c. 16.10…
Landing c. 17.00. Immigration exceptionally slow: one officer for residents, one for foreigners, with thumb-printing and photo-ing. Once through the customs check, Hernan and The Mighty Bull of Mendoza were waiting. We waited in turn for Sandra, Marisol and Vinka, wending their own slow way through immigration.
Into the MightyBullMobile…
… arriving here c. 18.15 I…
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Twenty-nine hours and forty-five minutes door-to-door.
Dinner at 19.30 with 64 around the table, one late-arrive from Buenos Aires tonight.
Various favourite House Rules were suggested, a warning offered against continuing participation with a full refund available from Director Nunez and his Creatures.
Tom suggested a new House Rule: no laughing.
The formal Inaugural Meeting will be tomorrow morning.
This evening: Sandra will meet with the Intro Team – no guitar, just bring your bodies.
Kitchen meeting with Tom after clean-up.