Yeah, this is the sucky bit

[drakyndra]

So, today in the mail I got a bunch of ~informative pamphlets~ from the travel agency whatsit for The Egypt Trip.

They were mostly pretty generic stuff - general info on Egypt and Jordan and insurance etc. - but there's also an itinerary for the flights. (Incidentally? Not Qantas. Which is vaguely comforting, what with the bad publicity they've been getting recently)

And all I have to say is this: Ouch.

Seven and a half hours. Then a three hour stopover. Then another 10 hours and 45 minutes.

And I cannot sleep on planes.

Oh, that's gonna hurt.

Comments

[frabjously.livejournal.com]

My advice is to check-in online (if you can) and get one of the seats in the first row with a lot of leg room, or see if you can get two seats to yourself depending on how full the flight is.

I did a 20 hour flight (maybe more?) with an hour stopover, and that stopover was a freaking Godsend.

[ice-feather.livejournal.com]

The longest I've spent on a plane was just under seven hours from London to New York, and that was enough.

I fear I'll never get to see places like Japan or Australia simply because the long flights put me off that much.

[--kali--.livejournal.com]

Blimey, that's quite a jaunt.

[ephant.livejournal.com]

I did 14hour flight, 10 hour stop-over (in which I did not sleep at all because I was too stressed), 5 hour flight, 1 hour stop, 3 hour flight. OH GOD IT WAS AWFUL. The final flight was the only one on which I slept - I think knowing that it was my last flight and that I didn't have to worry about any (more) delays or cancellations allowed me to relax enough to get some sleep. then I had to wake up again...

[fireflyfaery.livejournal.com]

I feel your pain.

I also discovered the magic answer : red wine! Or whatever alcohol makes you sleep. Even if you don't sleep-sleep, it's a lot closer to the real thing than you'd get without it. Also, those face masks look stupid, but if the light sets you off they make an amazing difference. And if you can put up with ear plugs, same deal. You feel like an idiot ... but you sleep that much more.