Around The World
For a while, I wanted to take a trip around the world. It's an interesting thing to be able to say that you've done. There are very few opportunities do it. Now was one of them. The airline alliances offer special deals on around the world tickets. It's cheaper than flying to each place individually if you want to visit a lot cities along the way. The OneWorld Alliance has a nice online itinerary planner to plan such a trip. I ended up booking a string of one way tickets because I was only making 4 stops. It's fun to spin a globe and figure out where you can go without flying too much at once or making unnecessary connections. The route I came up with was LAX-London (nonstop Air France), London-Tel Aviv (nonstop El Al), Tel Aviv-Dubai (Jordanian Airlines connecting in Amman), Dubai-Hong Kong (nonstop Emirates), Hong Kong-LAX (nonstop United). Over 37 hours of flying time, the longest leg being the last from Hong Kong, around 12.5 hours. The Pacific is big!
I forgot that I was going around the world until right when the plane landed in LA. Immediately I realized that I had left LA 50 days prior and after flying continuously east, had arrived back where I started. Thus confirming what scientists had suspected since 500 years ago! I applauded myself the way Magellan's crew must have done upon completion of their circumnavigation, although mine was a bit faster.
I was very fortunate to have stayed healthy the entire trip but I caught something the last couple days in Hong Kong. At first I had no energy. Once I got home, it was just nasty coughing. Googling SARS, a doctor visit, and three weeks later, I was back to normal.
I forgot that I was going around the world until right when the plane landed in LA. Immediately I realized that I had left LA 50 days prior and after flying continuously east, had arrived back where I started. Thus confirming what scientists had suspected since 500 years ago! I applauded myself the way Magellan's crew must have done upon completion of their circumnavigation, although mine was a bit faster.
I was very fortunate to have stayed healthy the entire trip but I caught something the last couple days in Hong Kong. At first I had no energy. Once I got home, it was just nasty coughing. Googling SARS, a doctor visit, and three weeks later, I was back to normal.
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