Rhod and Anna's World Adventure

We used to have jobs. It was a while ago but we can remember the pain that goes with a Monday. I personally used to hate it when Monday would seem to drag on for hours and the day would look like it was never over.

Well I think today we have beaten the longest Monday by probably about 17 hours!

I mentioned Monday could be a struggle and any one major event would make it memorable. Here is a quick run down of our 41 hour day!

• Woke up in Auckland in the midst of a powercut that was affecting the whole city and the suburbs
• Had to drive around said city with none of the traffic lights working and only 5 junctions controlled by traffic police
• Searched 4 post offices to find one that was open so we could send home some stuff
• Boarded a plane in wind so strong the plane was shaking on the tarmac
• Took off in gale force winds
• Passed through the worst turbulence we have ever experienced on a plane
• Sat on a plane for 12 hours (never a massively pleasant experience)
• Had 1 hour's sleep in 12 hours
• Was shocked to find that South Americans applaud the pilot when he lands successfully at the end of the journey! I take this as a basic function of his job and not some special achievement!
• Did battle with the people of Santiago who wanted to provide us with a taxi
• Hunted Santiago for a bank or money exchange. Normally not too difficult but a whole different kettle of fish when it's a public holiday and the city is like a ghost town

We got on the plane at 5pm in Auckland on Monday 12th June. After 12 hours we got off the plane at 12pm on Monday 12th June in Santiago. As I write this our Monday is still not quite over. There's another 4 hours to go. Great! Roll on Tuesday.