Being talking about it for years, the preparation started 6 months earlier when I bought the ticket. I started to get questions like - Don't you afraid? You are going alone? Is it safe? Are you sure, South America? Isn't it under military government? Well, I can go on. The truth is I never really think that much or that far. I just know I want to go there, so I bought a huge insurance and prepare my will. There is no turning back!
Fearless, not really. But there seems to be a calling within, like the un-controllable demon and it will surface after life is too peaceful for a while. Well, it forces me to learn everytime I go on a journey.
On Feb 27 2010, Chile experienced one of the worse earthquake. Many friends asked me, are you still going? I said -Yes. It is a trip that will not be cancelled. On Mar 28, 2010, I boarded the mid night flight heading to Buenos Aires. The flight was suppossed to take ~26hours and transiting in Johannesburg and Cape Town before arriving Buenos Aires, but it hits a turbulence on Myanmar airspace. When we arrived at Johannesburg, we were told that the turbulence had dented the tail and we will be grounded till further notice.
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| MH201 747 - Johannesburg, Apr 2010. |
That shows life is never as planned. We ended up spending 8 long hours delay in Johannesburg and by the time we arrived in Buenos Aires Ezeiza International Airport at 11pm, this had became the longest flight journey in my life, ~36hours!
It was middle of the night, I felt the breeze in the ride from the airport to the city as it smell very much autumn, the season I like best. I was so tired but Mar 28 ended with a sense of hopes.
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