Brisbane,
Queensland,
Australia
Thursday, September 18, 2008
We landed in Brisbane at around 8 am, or 10 pm Santiago time, after three breakfasts. At immigration we were asked if we live in Australia and we answered yes. What is your address? Ahhh... we don't know. This was a little tricky for the immigration officer who asked a few more questions and then let us pass through to baggage claim. Our bags were travelling around the carousel. At customs, we showed the officer all the items we had declared. The seeds had to be pulled off the necklace we had made back in the Bolivian jungle but we could keep the rest of it and the decoration from the floating village on Lake Titicaca had to be destroyed. It was made of water hyacinth that can infest waterways with only a small piece of a reed. We were sad to see them go but knew they were a bit iffy when we bought them. Our boots were clean enough to avoid any treatment, which was a win.
We were a little tentative walking through the arrival doors, sad that our big adventure was over, and also not sure if we were ready to re-enter the 'real world'. We saw Jill's folks waiting for us, and their big smiles made us feel glad to be home.
