I arrived a mere 11 hours later at the gleaming Buenos Aires International Airport a bit groggy after a fitful night’s sleep due to a bumpy ride over the Andes.  Still, I was finally here and ready to get my adventure started…

Unfortunately, I ran into this truly Kafkaesque scene when I got to immigrations.  This was going to take awhile…

… and we’re back a mere 97 minutes later.  Apparently it wasn’t such a good idea to have multiple massive flights arrive at the exact same time into customs.  Due to this soul sucking experience, my enthusiasm for taking more pictures waned considerably and alas the next few hours went undocumented.