Saturday 28 January
For our last day in the Falklands the weather was perfect - blue skies, no wind and 20 degrees centigrade. Unfortunately the ground handling at Mount Pleasant airport left something to be desired. Granted it is a RAF base but even so the FI branch of HMRC did make a meal of collecting the Departure Tax and stamping passports. No wonder we went to the airport at 1100 for a 1500 flight!
Arriving in Chile Immigration seemed somewhat more organised and we were soon through and in a taxi en route to the Hotel Ilaia. It has good reviews on TripAdvisor and lies 4 blocks back from the main drag so pretty convenient.
Dinner was at the recommended La Marmite restaurant and very good.
For our last day in the Falklands the weather was perfect - blue skies, no wind and 20 degrees centigrade. Unfortunately the ground handling at Mount Pleasant airport left something to be desired. Granted it is a RAF base but even so the FI branch of HMRC did make a meal of collecting the Departure Tax and stamping passports. No wonder we went to the airport at 1100 for a 1500 flight!
Arriving in Chile Immigration seemed somewhat more organised and we were soon through and in a taxi en route to the Hotel Ilaia. It has good reviews on TripAdvisor and lies 4 blocks back from the main drag so pretty convenient.
Dinner was at the recommended La Marmite restaurant and very good.