Upon arriving in Denver we sprinted to the help desk and were put last minute on a flight that was due to take off in about 10 minutes. We then sprinted to the gate and slipped in right before the doors closed. We sat down comfortably into our seats, but little did we know the complications had just begun. We sat down, then we sat some more, and continued sitting with no plane movement. It turns out that the Denver airport had been swallowed whole by a thunderstorm. After a few hours and getting on and off the plane a few times, we gave in and went back to the airline to reschedule our flight.
Our new flight path would turn our 19 hour plane trip into a 27 hour trip which would have us stopping in Bogota, Colombia. Unfortunately a storm system had popped up in Houston as well, so we decided that beggars couldn't be choosers. We sucked it up, grabbed some food, and waited out the storm.
After a cramped flight we made it to Bogota and Fernando sprawled out and got some much needed sleep. We grabbed some Dunkin' Donuts and got ready for our next flight while taking turns to walk around and look at the interesting shops in the Bogota airport. We later were excited to figure out that the Bogota El Dorado airport is the site of the show Alerta Aeropuerto. :) <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6C01TasZlUY>
After a calm flight from Bogota we finally arrived in Santiago. It was rainy and cloudy but we were greeted at the airport by Fernando's dad and Fernando's dachshund Nico. We then drove to his house and crashed after our marathon trip.
Nico was pretty tired too.
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