南美洲最后一天 The Last Day in South America

2022年12月4日,星期日,南美洲之旅第十八天 – Day 18 of the South America Trip

这次短暂的南美洲预告片之旅就这么快结束了,当时叫做预告片之旅是因为到达的城市比较少,所以这次旅游酷似试探之旅,如果喜欢南美洲,再计划回到这里。现在的感觉也许这是第一次也是最后一次来这里旅行。

我俩晚上10点多的飞机回美国,今天基本上有大半天的时间,我俩把行李寄存在了民宿大楼的前台,选择了再去一次瓦尔帕莱索,看看那些上次去没看到的墙绘。

Our short South American teaser trip has come to an end so quickly. Initially, we called the trip a teaser because we were traveling to relatively few countries in South America, so this trip would be our first. Well, to be honest, South America was not our favorite place to visit. So, maybe this will be our first and our last trip to South America.

Our return flight to the United States was at 10pm from Santiago. It turned out to be a very long day! After checking out of the apartment, we left our luggage at the reception desk downstairs and planned to head back to Valparaiso for the day to again explore the wall murals.

这里没有流浪猫的问题,倒是有很多流浪狗,但是流浪狗看起来很凶 – There is no problem of stray cats here, but there were many stray dogs – the stray dogs looked fierce!
今天坐了这个缆车, 每人100比索 – We took this funicular today, 100 peso per person
感觉快接近90度了 – It feels close to a 90 degrees incline
午饭的饭店 – Our lunch restaurant called, “Casalegre”
芝士焗一个贝类 – Razor Clams baked with Parmesan Cheese
牛排和Mote – A really delicious Steak with a creamy Mote, a wheat grain which was also found in the sweet drink we had (see: Drinks in Santiago 圣地亚哥的鸡尾酒)

在瓦尔帕莱索逛到下午3点多,做公交车回到民宿取行李,打Uber去比尼亚德尔马的大巴车站,没想到Turbus的到圣地亚哥机场的大巴票都售罄了,只好买了Pullman公司的,票价是20,000比索,比Turbus的贵了9,000。

We explored Valparaiso until about 3pm and then returned to the apartment to pick up our luggage from the reception, and take an Uber to the bus station. At the bus terminal, we were surprised to find that the Turbus’s bus tickets to Santiago were all sold out! Luckily we found another company called Pullman with availability and the fare was only 9,000 Pesos more expensive than Turbus.

这个公交司机把他的车装饰的很非富多彩 – This bus driver decorates his car with lots of color
买大巴车票的队伍 – Buying tickets for Santiago Airport
Pullman的大巴,这班大巴其实不直达机场,要到Pajaritos站转乘另外一个到机场的大巴 – Pullman’s bus, like Turbus you need to transfer at the Pajaritos terminal for to the airport
没想到我俩的“下等商务舱”还可以去这个俱乐部歇歇脚,里面竟然提供食物,甜点和酒水 – We were surprised to learn we can use this free club to rest before the flight – they have food, desserts and drinks, but there was a silly line to get in.
另外一件好久没见到的事情就是飞到美国的航班竟然要人工检查带上飞机的行李,10年前从中国飞到美国的时候,有过一次这样的经历 – Another thing that I hadn’t seen for a long time when flying back to the United States is the manual check of luggage just before boarding the plane. When I flew from China to the US 10 years ago, I remember this step.

飞了9个小时40多分钟,平稳地到达了达拉斯,要在这里等下一班飞机。我现在就在这里写这篇游记,吃我在比尼亚德尔马买的又大又甜的樱桃。

After flying for 9 hours and 40 minutes, we arrived at the Dallas airport, where we waited for the next flight home. We sat at the gate and finished writing our travel notes while eating the big and sweet cherries I had bought in Vina Del Mar.

这次旅游买的冰箱贴,好像忘了买圣地亚哥的了 – The refrigerator magnets we bought during this trip.

顺利地到家了,十八天的旅游似乎眨眼间就结束了,某人建议写一个小的南美洲旅游总结,好吧,休息一下,趁着这几天还没开始新的工作把它完成。

We arrived home smoothly, and our 18-day trip seemed to be over in the blink of an eye. Someone suggested we write a small summary of the trip to South America. Well ok, I’ll take a break and finish it in the next few days before starting my new job next week!

3 thoughts on “南美洲最后一天 The Last Day in South America”

  1. I wouldn’t like stray dogs, especially fierce ones. Cats are interesting and calming.
    I’m glad you found a way to the airport, that would have put me in a panic!
    What do they do on a manual check of your luggage before boarding? What is the purpose?
    Your airplane dinner and breakfast looked reasonable, was it tasty?
    Will someone write the small summary or will you?!!!
    While reading your blog of SA I got the feeling that I wouldn’t want to visit. I had the opposite reaction on your other travels.
    Thank you for sharing this blog.

    1. not sure what they were checking. the food was ok, i didnt eat much. we both will do the summary. thank you for reading our blog!

  2. 一转眼就到了回家的日子。
    缆车看着很陡。害怕。
    那个公家车里面的挂件很热闹,好玩。
    墙绘值得再看!
    这是一次美好的旅行,可能美食没有以往的多,品尝不同的口味,看着多姿多彩的世界,就是一种享受。也感谢一同分享!足不出户看到那么美的墙绘和不同的风土人情。
    回来投入到新的工作中,继续期待下一季环球之旅。

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