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Dear Fellow Earthlings,

At 5 minutes before midnight my plane landed in Lima, Peru. Since I was going on to Santiago, Chile, I and quite a few other Santiago bound people were obliged to stay on the plane as it was refueled and as a bunch of people came in and cleaned the interior. The LAN (LATAM AIRLINES GROUP) flight attendants were a bunch of bossy, surly people. I never want to fly with them again if I can help it. When we got to Santiago I had plenty of time to make my flight connections – but everything was unorganized, nobody was helpful, and I MISSED MY FLIGHT. When I spoke with someone from LAN, I learned I will not be able to fly out till NEXT Saturday! By chance, I met a couple (Jasper and Matt) who work at a hotel in the Falklands – and they too had missed the flight to the Falklands. Unbelievable! I have to stay in Santiago, Chile for a whole week before I can get another flight to the Falklands. So I took a taxi (along with Jasper and Matt) and checked in at a Marriott Hotel with ridiculously high rates. I slept a couple of hours and used a hair dryer to dry my sole shirt. Jasper called me at 1:30 p.m. and I agreed to meet with her and Matt in my hotel room at 6:30 to talk about “the situation” in the Falklands. They gave me the names of some people I need to contact when I get to the Falklands. Also they filled me in on how to act when I get to the Falklands. I have six days in Santiago. During that time I will work on my Jingles projects and get ready to head for the Falklands from Santiago next Saturday – along with Jasper and Matt. By the way, Matt was kind enough to loan me an extra shirt, for I had only the shirt on my back.

Steve Walker

Earthsaver and Jingles Creator

© 2013 Steve Walker, The Jingles-The Japan Foundation for English Pronunciation, Summit Enterprises.