La Aduana Friday the 13th

La Aduana is spanish for Customs and turned out to be a little more work than we bargined for. Fortunately we had befriended Anita, the older sister of Teresa, the Chilean woman who runs the Millenium House Hostel. On Friday the 13th, the day of choice for all cultures, Anita and a 3rd sister Berta offered to drive us to the Port Town of San Antonio about 1 hour South of Valparaiso to pick up our bikes. They ended up spending the entire day with us at various customs offices, similar to waiting at the DMV, driving us across town and back several times, and arguing with customs officals when they told us they were closing and that we´d have to come back on Monday. By the end of the day we had obtained our bikes. I´m sure without Anita and Berta it would have taken us a week.