Arrived safely.

We have arrived safely in Lima after nearly thirty hours travelling. No hitches, even the luggage followed us across the Pacific. Although I must admit that my case was virtually the last to make an appearance onto the luggage carousel! I was even beginning to look around for the person to whom you report missing luggage!
They have this one last hurdle, or trick, at the Lima International. As you make you way to the final exit you have to press a button, if the light turns green you go straight out the door to meet the adoring public, however, if the light turns red to have to present yourself for a final check of your luggage via a massive X-Ray machine. You guessed it, we got the red light! The young lady inspecting my case could not believe the amount of computer, camera and data projector leads, connections and batteries that I carried! It must have looked terribly like bomb components on her screen!
Leo was in the crowd waiting for us as we exited immigration on the stroke of midnight.
The airlines we travelled on, Emirates and LAN, were faultless in both comfort and service. Nevertheless, I used to think that air travel and airports were the most fantastic experiences one could have, I now think they can be one of the most boring experiences, especially long waits at airports!
Lima seems to have changed very little; however, we have been reliably informed that the traffic is now far worse – hard to imagine.