Day -2 Mandarin Oriental Hotel Santiago

I arrived at 10am at Santiago airport. I met a really lovely couple Alan and Sue in the Passport Control queue. There were just 5 of us who transferred with Hurtigruten to the Mandarin Oriental Hotel. And about another 15 with ROL cruises. Sadly our rooms weren't ready until 2:30pm. It is a beautiful hotel full of beautiful people and we kind of destroyed the ambience of the place with all our bulky down jackets and clumpy walking shoes. One lady in the lift looked me up and down and said "you must be with the Antarctic crowd" - how did she guess?
Sat around, feeling unbeautiful, tried to charge my phone but only succeeded in bending the pins of the main adapter I planned to use on board the ship😢 I will struggle with the one remaining one.
Met a nice lady Jan, also a solo and had a delicious smoked salmon bagel and felt a lot better. And then when I got my room it was wow, wow, wow! I would say that it's the most amazing hotel room I've ever been in. It's massive. It has a full width window with a fabulous view of Santiago with the Andes behind. It has a massive bed, then a lower floor with chairs and table in front of the view. The bathroom is open plan - well apart from the loo! Everything has beautiful lighting. All the same I think a cheaper hotel would have been more appropriate especially as some people will only spend a couple of hours in it.
Sat with my feet up taking in the view, then down to the restaurant for a meal and people watching. And so to bed - I think I will definitely sleep tonight 💤 💤Weiterlesen