April Fools Day - Part 2

Tuesday April 1st

... which is 1am Santiago time, so the whole day started again (using my rule of resetting my watch as soon as I get on the plane, which seems a bit stupid this time). This is defintiely a real April Fools Trick I played on myself when booking this months ago.

The flight itself was fine, except for the extreme turbulence we flew into for about an hour just after take off. There was all sorts of lightening outside and everything. The turbulence wasn{t too bad but it did have some knock on effects, it managed to kill my personal entertainment console, which meant I did get a bit bored later in the flight (I had packed most of my books away). It also delayed the serving of the dinner, as the aircrew couldn't even walk around, and this had the knock on effect of delaying and shortening the sleep period, which messed up my jet lag prevention plan.

So I was a bit bleary eyed when we arrived in Santiago. Still its like every other international airport so I got through OK. Better than the US, Aus, Canadian and Mexican passengers, all of whom have to pay an entry fee as retaliation for chilean citizens having to pay for visas to those countries. But they like us in the EU so we get in for free.

I got a taxi to the hotel, and checked in. The room had ESPN so I was just in time to watch Man Uniteds good performance in Rome. Then the other match came on and I fell asleep. This was a mistake as I had wanted to go out and see a bit of the city in the daylight. It was nearly dark when I woke, and of course my sleeping patterns were now well and truely messed up. I popped out for a quick bite to eat and I can't say the city impressed me much. It looked a bit run down. Having said that I did only go as far as the first place I could find, a sort of local KFC, before returning to the hotel.