DAY 1 - Travel Greymouth to Christchurch, Chch to Auckland, Auckland to Santiago, Chile.
When we arrived at the departure gate in Auckland, we realised the language barrier was going to be quite daunting. Most of the passengers waiting were speaking Spanish and it was fast and I couldnt understand a thing!!!
The flight was a good one, although my travelling companion, we shall call her Ann, didnt enjoy it as the person sitting next to her had her light on the whole trip as she was reading. It was my first long haul flight though and I enjoyed it. Flight was about 11 hours. We had daylight until about two and a half hours into the flight and then it became light again about 2 hours before landing. So approximately 6 hours of darkness. Arrival at Santiago International Airport approximately 11.30 am Monday 19 March (3.30 am Tuesday NZ time).
We didn't do anything yesterday when we arrived! When we arrived at our hostel (La Casa Roja) we got the key to our room and then we walked to the supermarket around the corner and got some food and water. We came back and I fell asleep at 6pm Chile time (10am Tuesday NZ time). Ann managed to stay awake for another hour then went to sleep. I woke up around 12.30pm Chile time and didn't end up falling back to sleep til around 3am (7pm Tuesday NZ time) and I slept until 8.30 Chile time (Midnight NZ). So I was happy with that.
We booked ourselves in for three nights at La Casa Roga for a double room with shared bathroom. Chilean $22.000 peso's per night (approx NZ $55).
La Casa Roja - http://www.lacasaroja.cl/
Santiago, Chile - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santiago
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