29 May 2010 – 31 May 2010
“We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey” – Kenji Miyazawa
What follows is a chronological timeline of the small battles and the large battles that James and I faced in our war with distance and time in order to reach London.
Koh Phangan to Bangkok – 13.5 hours
Bangkok airport – 8 hours
Bangkok to Abu Dhabi – 6.25 hours
Abu Dhabi airport – 14.5 hours
Abu Dhabi to London – 7.75 hours
Total Travel Time –
50 hours
Moments of misery:
- Sweating profusely between piers in Koh Phangan with the knowledge that clean clothes and a shower would be many hours away
- Arrival at Bangkok airport to be told we couldn’t check in for 6 hours
- Sleeping on a tiled floor and later a baggage trolley in Bangkok airport
- Moment of realisation in Abu Dhabi that we didn’t have a 3 hour stop over but rather 14.5 hours
- Stepping out into 42 + degree heat in Abu Dhabi
- Wondering around Abu Dhabi airport trying to find newspaper or paper towels that I could wrap myself in to counteract the freezing cold air-conditioning temperature in order to allow myself a few hours sleep on the floor
Overall misery factor:
High
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jet lag much???
Not so bad on the jet lag department. The stopover in Abu Dhabi probably helped break up the distance and let us adjust midway. Although I wouldn’t recommend the stopover for anyone else.