Trip report 1-Arrival

Thrs. April 7 ~ 5:40 a.m.

I am presently about one hour from setting foot on Argentine soil. Rather surprisingly, the Aerolineas Argentinas flight has been much more comfortable than anticipated. The Airbus 340 plane is new and clean, and no one is sitting next to me. With the assistance of some Nyquil I was able to get a moderate amount of sleep, and the food (dinner & breakfast) was actually pretty decent. Plus I woke up in time to catch the last half of one of the schlockiest movies of the past year, "National Treasure."

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The plane just landed. I have US$900 strapped to my calf (in a fit of pre-trip anxiety, I was too paranoid about using ATMs and, coupled with a poor capacity to budget in the abstract, decided to take cash with me. When I ultimately needed to use them late in the trip, the ATMs worked fine of course). It is still dark outside. The adventure hereby officially begins.