The trade off is that we stay in hotels that wouldn’t be our style.  So here we are in Santiago at the Mandarin Oriental.  

Don’t judge me.

And, we needed to do a bit of laundry.  I expected the prices to be exorbitant. But two years of Covid means that there are fewer travelers and the prices here are surprisingly reasonable. So we sent out a 4 pants and 6 shirts, plus a dress. And because it’s the Mandarin Oriental, everything was beautifully laundered, pressed and hung. (Price USD$65.00)

For “undies” I brought oxi-clean detergent in a small container that, during the heightened of the pandemic, Blue Ribbon delivered with wasabi.  (I keep waiting for questions from the immigration and customs inspectors about the white powder in the small plastic container with Japanese writing. So far no one seems interested in asking what exactly it contains.) 

Anyway, the Oxi-clean served us well enough for our personal items and we redecorated the room with improvised drying lines. Sorry no pictures.  You can thank me with a nice glass of burgundy when I get back 🙂

There are very few pictures of our time in Santiago. Because other than doing laundry, we spent our time catching up on emails and doing a little work. We ran an errand to the Nikon store to get a sensor cleaned had lunch and then rejoined the group for flight briefings and dinner. It was a quick visit, not a deep one.