Was out of the dr for one of the longest stints ever...... 6 months and a bit ( yes, yes, the " and a bit " counts a lot as you near the departure date ).
A couple of remarks after 2 days back at home :
- I was asked for residencia as I checked in for my 2 stop-over journey that led me back to santiago airport. ( only the 2nd time in my decade of flying back and forth )
- There is a water shortage Conuco is in a pitiful state. Garden has lost lots of flowers. Cistern is nearly empty.
Surprisingly the ayunamento organised a FREE water delivery yesterday !! Yes, free. A water truck went up and down the road, you flag him down and he fills up whatever recipient you have on hand ( sadly his dr estylé pipes didnt reach my cistern, but still, managed to fill up multiple " blue barrels " ).
- Yesterday in santiago, on 2 occasions, people actually stopped and let me out onto the main road !!!! Now that is a first for me here !! God bless their souls !!!
- Banks and remesas places are still totally disorganised.
- The road between Imbert and Navarrette is hoping for the record of " most time needed to build a stretch of road ".
- I am now the proud owner of a light bar on my pick-up bad timing wify :/ upside: saw multiple Amet ( or digestt something or other, as they are now called. ) and didnt get stopped.
- We now have satellite internet with altice, and it works great ( well slight exaggeration, but much better than the other options i tried ).
- Roads are still in a terrible state.
I am sure there is more to come
A couple of remarks after 2 days back at home :
- I was asked for residencia as I checked in for my 2 stop-over journey that led me back to santiago airport. ( only the 2nd time in my decade of flying back and forth )
- There is a water shortage Conuco is in a pitiful state. Garden has lost lots of flowers. Cistern is nearly empty.
Surprisingly the ayunamento organised a FREE water delivery yesterday !! Yes, free. A water truck went up and down the road, you flag him down and he fills up whatever recipient you have on hand ( sadly his dr estylé pipes didnt reach my cistern, but still, managed to fill up multiple " blue barrels " ).
- Yesterday in santiago, on 2 occasions, people actually stopped and let me out onto the main road !!!! Now that is a first for me here !! God bless their souls !!!
- Banks and remesas places are still totally disorganised.
- The road between Imbert and Navarrette is hoping for the record of " most time needed to build a stretch of road ".
- I am now the proud owner of a light bar on my pick-up bad timing wify :/ upside: saw multiple Amet ( or digestt something or other, as they are now called. ) and didnt get stopped.
- We now have satellite internet with altice, and it works great ( well slight exaggeration, but much better than the other options i tried ).
- Roads are still in a terrible state.
I am sure there is more to come