sprinted to plane, arrived in south america (with luggage)

my flight from winnipeg to toronto went well (after it got off the ground 2 hours late). i was bumped up to executive class was quite nice. the unfortunate part is that my flight landed in toronto at 11:30 PM at gate 125 and my connecting flight to santiago departed at 11:55 PM from gate 175. as expected, i was the guy in the airport who sprinted down the corridors to catch the plane. before yesterday, i had never been in the international terminal at toronto so i really wasnt sure where i was running too! i dont think i have ever run that fast (or long) since in was in highschool! (mental note ... get in better shape when i return to canada) forunately the plane to santiago was delayed in departing and i was able to make it on the flight, but just barely as i was one of the last people let on the plane. apparently there were thunder storms and high winds in toronto that caused all planes to be grounded. the lady sitting beside me on the way to toronto inquired if that was karma. as i sat in the plane, i wondered if the air canada ground crew would have also been sprinting across the airport with my luggage ... something i couldn´t see happening. on the flight i was preparing myself for arriving in santiago with no luggage. after 12 hours of flying, i was pretty glad to see the coastline of chile. the first gimpses of south america were the desert coastlines of western chile and the coastal mountain ranges. scattered through the desert and the mountains were small (from the plane anyways) plots of land being used for agriculture.