The Start

Mikonkatu, Helsinki

This is where my journey to Chile begins. To be honest I don't even realize that I'm actually leaving and not going to see my dear Suomi-faces in a while. I haven't set any certain goals for things I need to do or see during my trip. There's still a couple of tiny missions I wish to accomplish:

1. To discover Chile and other South American countries.
2. Learn to speak Spanish.
3. Enjoy Life.
(4. To keep this documentation updated ;))

I suppose it can't be too hard..

Now everything starts to be ready for the take off. At the moment I'm with my friend Pia, who is also my future flat mate, travel buddy and a very wonderful person. When we arrive to Santiago we are supposed to meet another Finnish friend Laura (also a great companion!), who is also going to be our flat mate. Laura took a flight already on Monday, so she has been there now couple of days. We are supposed to meet her in front of our house - we really hope that Laura will turn up there, because we haven't heard any single thing about her yet (and that's a bit frightening). She left already on Monday, so she has been there for couple of days now.

Now is the time for the final panicky kind of packing. Our flight is leaving at 5 PM and we have to be at the airport 3-4 hours before, since they have said it's going to be crashing rush hours at the airport. Our travel time is more or less 20 hours.

Bye Bye Finland, Welcome Chile. Here I come!