Sunday, 10 June 2012
That day, I hit a wall. The 24hr daylight travelling really took a toll on my energy level. The constant daylight meant the last time I saw night time was over 100 hours ago which was a really long time. It was the longest day of my life.
The extra daylight was ideal for travelling though. I woke up earlier, travelled for longer, further, went out at “night” later and slept less. However in the background, the dreaded wall was building and inevitably I collided with it. Every “night” out, cups of expresso, shots of whiskey, pints of beer just made the wall harder and higher. After driving 1000km later, on the 5th day, I hit a wall. I had to go to bed at 9 pm, which might as well be 3am. My body clock was not working anyway.
Purpose of holidays should be to relax or take a break. I seemed get more tired from each holiday. The ham, cheese and bread diet, uncomfortable bunks, snoring surround sounds were all part of the parcel of travelling on a “shoestring” It was clear that the hiking which I planned was not going to happen anytime soon.
Reykjavik was great for relaxing. I went and chilled out in the Laudermat (my favourite cafe/ diner) and caught up with the journal writing (No I refuse to write a diary, purely because Bridget Jones had one). It is tedious since but worth it though.
Maybe sometimes, I should go on all-inclusive holiday breaks.
Nothing a lamb shank could not resolve. Lamb in Iceland is so delicious!
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