DAY 24
BUENOS AIRES (Buenos Aires, ARG) to SYDNEY (New South Wales, AUS)
via SANTIAGO (Santiago, CHL) & AUCKLAND (Auckland, NZL)
Thursday October 2nd, 2014
TODAYS MILEAGE – 8075 miles or 12995 kilometres
TRIP MILEAGE – 23417 miles miles or 37686 kilometres
Our final day of being in South America was one of mixed emotions. Sadness for such a wonderful trip with great company being over, but happiness for having experienced all that we did.
But as I like to say "Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, screaming .....hooly dooly.....what a ride!!!". 
BUENOS AIRES ~ Hotel Dazzler Tower San Telmo (Buenos Aires, ARG)
BUENOS AIRES ~ Ministro Pistarini International Airport (Buenos Aires, ARG)
Just in case you are interested, I've broken down the flight times and distances in getting over there:
19 miles or 31 kilometres
• Drive Time: 29 minutes
∗ Ministro Pistarini International Airport (Santiago, CHL) to SANTIAGO (Santiago, CHL)
708 miles or 1139 kilometres
• Flight Time: 1 hour 50 minutes
∗ SANTIAGO (Santiago, CHL) to AUCKLAND (Auckland, NZL)
6005 miles or 9664 kilometres
• Flight Time: 11 hours 52 minutes
∗ AUCKLAND (Auckland, NZL) to SYDNEY (New South Wales, AUS)
1343 miles or 2162 kilometres
• Flight Time: 3 hours 3 minutes