If at first you don't succeed...try, try again!

We had quite the time getting back to Santiago today! Young had purchased tickets for the 3 of us to take the bus back to Santiago; it is about a 90 minute drive. We were scheduled to leave at 6:40 pm. Well, we somehow managed to miss the bus. It should not have been a big deal since there are lots of buses leaving for Santiago. Yet because of the busyness with everyone on vacation, we were not able to get tickets until 11 pm. Ok...no problem. So we all go back to the truck, load all our luggage, drive back to his friends apartment, unload everything and take it inside. We walked around Vina for a while until it was time for us to leave again.

Take 2

We reload, drive to the station, unload, and walk to the bus. After waiting quite a while for the bus, the guys asked where the Santiago bus was. They said it had left. The drive has put the wrong city on the front and had not bothered to change it. He just left, and we were stuck! The next bus was not leaving until 5:40 am. So...we walk back to the truck, reload, drive to the apartment, unload, and bring our stuff back upstairs. Young's friend mom and sister were blowing up air mattresses in the parking lot for everyone to sleep on when we returned. We had to then carry them upstairs. I'm not sure if we were just tired or what but trying to get the air mattresses, our luggage, and all the people in the elevator turned out to be one of the most hilarious things I have ever seen. Oh...the poor lady in the elevator with us.

Take 3

After sleeping a couple hours, we reloaded our luggage and headed for the bus. And...we made it! Yeah! Only 11 hours after our first attempt. :) We slept pretty much the whole way home, then got off the bus and headed for the Metro to make the final leg to Young's apartment. Well, 7 am is prime rush hour in the subway! It was quite a chore to get our luggage and stuff on the train with increasingly more people getting on. But we eventually made it and gratefully arrived at Young's apartment.

A funicular
The beach at Renaca