This day was almost to frustrating to recount. I mean really grim. I still have bad back pain from bicycling the other day that I can´t shake off which is contributing to the foul mood. The weather sucked too. I spent 5 hours working on a plane reservation. Sky Air is $200 cheaper than LAN. However, foreigners cannot use credit cards with Sky Air, only PayPal. Paypal put a security block on my account presumably because I am in Chile. It took a 45 minute Skype call from my iPhone while pirating wifi in front of a closed restaurant, sitting on a curb, in the rain. They lifted the block. I again tried to book a flight online, but kept getting error messages. Argggh. I don´t know which company the problem is with. Again, beacuse of the holiday on Saturday, everything was closed on Sunday. Drat! I went to a locutorio to call Sky Air, after 30 minutes, I learned nothing new, but had to listen to the worst hold music ever. Think Phillip Glass. I got so pissed off that I accidentally ripped the phone out of the wall. Oops.
Having made no progress, I was really close to tears (of frustration). I sat down and sketched out an itinerary for Punta Arenas, Puerto Natales, and the Torres circuit using info I found on the internet and info from fellow travellers. I then contacted a travel agent named Marisol (www.aonikenk.com) who came highly recommended by friends. Things get very busy down south and I have been having mounting concerns that I will not have a place to sleep or eat. Marisol e-mailed me back that it shouldn´t be a problem. I felt a little better.
Realizing that I couldn´t accomplish anything else, I took more anti-inflamatories and hopped on a bus to visit the German village of Frutillar. It was good to get out and go somewhere. Photo is of the opera house in Frutillar.
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