What jetlag?
Posted in Japan on 08/05/2008 06:00 am by GraceMore than 24 hours after we left home, Pristine and I finally arrived in Tokyo. What a long journey we had! It was 9 hours from Dubai to Hong Kong, layover for 2 hours mostly spent on running around Hong Kong International Airport, chasing transfer trains, 4 hours of the Hong Kong to Narita (Tokyo) flight and as if it all ended there, we had to take and transfer trains three times before finally arriving in my brother’s apartment.
I had one realization during our Dubai-Hong Kong flight: I HATE long haul economy flights!! It’s not that I’ll be travelling in business or first class from now on but man, it sure is one way of killing me slowly. I sat beside a man with a butt that is 1.5 times the size of the airplane seat, his big arms sticking out taking a great portion of my meager economy space. How can I ever sleep when I’m all curled up like a fan? His snore was louder than the engine noise. The plane took off from Dubai at 12:30 midnight and 4 hours later when the cabin lights are off and people are already dreaming, my eyes were still wide open.
We encountered several turbulence spots in the Hong Kong-Narita route that food service was suspended. Honestly, it was the first time I ever thought if I’d make it alive. All my past experiences with flying were uneventful until this one. I could almost clap my hands when the plane landed in Narita.
lights of Tokyo
So did we fall face down in the bed right after arriving in my brother’s place? No! We spent the next hours talking and catching up and Pristine talking about everrrryyything. We finally slept at 3 am.
Pristine happy to be back in Japan
As for jetlag, it’s interesting to say that I don’t have it when I’m travelling towards the east, along with how the Earth turns. But when it’s the other way around, like when we travelled to Germany from Japan, I had the worst jetlag in my life!
Anyway, just a quick post for today. Will be blogging more as soon as I get some sleep!
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August 5th, 2008 at 4:55 pm
I love travelling and even the delays and frustrations of economy sound great at the moment! It has been a while since I experienced international travel, it all sounds better than it really is. Your little girl is a beauty…how delightful.
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August 5th, 2008 at 5:00 pm
So glad you guys made it there safely!!
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August 5th, 2008 at 6:07 pm
Tokyo is beautiful, but Pristine is even more beautiful!
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August 5th, 2008 at 8:35 pm
You have a lovely daughter! She has beautiful eyes!
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August 5th, 2008 at 11:10 pm
Good to hear you arrived safely.
Nice pictures - I want more.
As to jetlag: when you went to Germany what you suffered wasn’t jetlag, that was the “Oh my god, I am in Germany”-dread. I get that every damn time I get back from some journey. (j/k)
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August 6th, 2008 at 1:44 am
I flew economy to Tokyo once before and the guy in front of me went into full recline the entire trip - ugh!
August 6th, 2008 at 2:11 am
My thoughts exactly when I went to Europe.. Economy traveling is going to kill me!
Enjoy your time. I can’t wait to see more photos!
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August 6th, 2008 at 9:06 am
Oh that picture is so cute! And what pretty curls
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August 6th, 2008 at 6:53 pm
Pristine is so beautiful ^^
enjoy japan!
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August 6th, 2008 at 7:58 pm
Have a great vacation! We just got back, and I thought our flight was long and tedious. Yours sound like one to send me screaming in hatred of ever flying again!
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August 8th, 2008 at 8:11 am
So glad you and Pristine made it. Have a wonderful time!
Very beautiful photo of Pristine.
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August 8th, 2008 at 8:52 pm
this is a little bit late… but welcome back to Japan!
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