Oh Chile so chily.

Arrived into Santiago,Chile after 13hrs of flying. No matter what I do I can never sleep on planes because I can never get comfortable. There just never seems to be enough room. Now I know I have an advantage over larger people because I can sit cross legged on a plane, but there is still never enough room. The flights were uneventful until deep into the 9th hour of flying,when the captain goes over the radio and asks if there is a doctor or nurse/paramedic on board to see if they could go check on a passenger. So I raise my hand and the stewardess comes to get me, and when she sees me she has this look on her face that basically says "ya sure your a doctor, dream on gringo," but then I explained that I was an EMT...but I could tell she still wasn't buying it. So I am led to the front of the plane where the seats are 10x bigger and where it smells like cucumber melon lotion and I am led to this kid that was complaining of stomach pain. So I do my assessment and check to see what was wrong. My diagnosis...constipation. But I don't blame the kid for freaking out, it was probably his first time being constipated. So I pretty much hung out with him for awhile made sure he was alright and went back to my uncomfortable seat. Upon landing and going through customs and paying a $140 reciprocity fee(thank you U.S for that) I hitched a ride with this chilean guy named Ivan. I guess he got a kick out of me because he let me ride in a cab that his company was paying for and dropped me off pretty much right in front of my hostel. Oh and did I mention it was 35 degrees outside? Ya everywhere I go I feel like im in an igloo. I couldn't check into the hostel until 1:30pm so I spent most of my day walking around trying to exchange my currency and ended up falling asleep on a park bench. All in all I am jovial and tired. The people in Chile are just great, probably some of the most genuine people I have ever met. And Santiago is pretty cool too. It's kind of like L.A. but more colorful. And there are asian people here who speak spanish. That was weird. Ok its past my nap, pictures to come. Arrived into Santiago,Chile after 13hrs of flying. No matter what I do I can never sleep on planes because I can never get comfortable. There just never seems to be enough room. Now I know I have an advantage over larger people because I can sit cross legged on a plane, but there is still never enough room. The flights were uneventful until deep into the 9th hour of flying,when the captain goes over the radio and asks if there is a doctor or nurse/paramedic on board to see if they could go check on a passenger. So I raise my hand and the stewardess comes to get me, and when she sees me she has this look on her face that basically says "ya sure your a doctor, dream on gringo," but then I explained that I was an EMT...but I could tell she still wasn't buying it. So I am led to the front of the plane where the seats are 10x bigger and where it smells like cucumber melon lotion and I am led to this kid that was complaining of stomach pain. So I do my assessment and check to see what was wrong. My diagnosis...constipation. But I don't blame the kid for freaking out, it was probably his first time being constipated. So I pretty much hung out with him for awhile made sure he was alright and went back to my uncomfortable seat. Upon landing and going through customs and paying a $140 reciprocity fee(thank you U.S for that) I hitched a ride with this chilean guy named Ivan. I guess he got a kick out of me because he let me ride in a cab that his company was paying for and dropped me off pretty much right in front of my hostel. Oh and did I mention it was 35 degrees outside? Ya everywhere I go I feel like im in an igloo. I couldn't check into the hostel until 1:30pm so I spent most of my day walking around trying to exchange my currency and ended up falling asleep on a park bench. All in all I am jovial and tired. The people in Chile are just great, probably some of the most genuine people I have ever met. And Santiago is pretty cool too. It's kind of like L.A. but more colorful. And there are asian people here who speak spanish. That was weird. Ok its past my nap, pictures to come.