The Jet Lag Diet

Our first 24 hours in Chile was dark. We slept for much of it.

Having arrived at midday and successfully navigated our way to the Hotel we promptly got into the good stuff, sleep! - and at least 4 and a half hours of it.

I was pleased my sense of self preservation had kicked in at some point en route to the Hotel, having suggested we purchase 4 bananas and a cucumber-melon type thing.

At about 8pm we tucked into our first banana, a muesli bar each and shared the cucumber-melon. Then back to the good stuff. We slept soundly from 10pm to 3am.

Jet lag hit us.

I was hungry again and started dreaming about the 7.30am breakfast that was included with our room. My tummy was not convinced by the promise of food however, and so at 4am I caved, and the second banana went down the hatch.

We were still alert and toyed with the idea of getting up and reading but convinced ourselves to try for just a couple more hours sleep, it was 4.30am, we were on the home straight!

Ah ha what a mistake! We awoke at 11.36am. Breakfast finished at 10am. The banana felt like a long time ago. On the plus side it was now almost lunch time!

Our keen sense of smell led us to Augusto's where we dined on fish and a seafood casserole - delicious!

Having supped we decided to pursue our other love - exercise! So we found the highest mountain we could conceivably climb in our jeans (cerro san cristobal) and set to walking. Think - "We're walkin' here!" said in faux Manhattan accent. The views were awesome despite the thick smog covering the sprawling city. Mountains are HUGE, twice as big as in NZ. Luckily there are taxis at the top you can jump into and icecream at the bottom - both further highlights for our weary legs and taste buds.

Rest assured we will not go hungry on our trip,

Mrs R