Blog No. 349 - Gettinng to the Falkland Islands - 30 March 2026
Blog 349 – Getting to the Falkland Islands – 30 March 2026 **** Sam and me at Sydney Airport just before we caught the plane to Santiago, Chile on Wednesday 28th of January 2026 **** The skyline of Santiago, Chile as seen from the roof of the W Hotel on Thursday 29th of January 2026. **** Another photo of the Santiago skyline as seen from the roof of the W Hotel on Thursday 29 January 2026. The building you see with a triangular roof is the Mandarin Oriental hotel. Note the persistent smog that engulfs the photo. Santiago is located high in the Andes mountains and the Andes are nearly always coated in smog. surrounded by a thick curtain of dirty smog. **** This is part of the Santiago Centro Costanera Building in Santiago. It is the tallest building in South America. Centro Costanera was too tall for me to be able to fit all of the building into one photo. Photo taken Friday 30 January 2026. **** Sam and I on top of the Gran Torre building on Friday ...
