I made it!!
My trip didn't get out to the best start. The plan was to fly from Detroit to Chicago and then on to Delhi. However, American Airlines decided it would be fun to cancel my flight to Chicago the morning of and not tell me. Thankfully, I happened to check my flight status this morning and get put on an earlier flight to O'Hare. Crisis averted.
After a grueling six hour layover at O'Hare - all while watching the snow fall and worrying of another flight cancellation - my 7:15pm flight to Delhi left at 8:45pm. Then I got to sit on a Boeing 777 for 16 hours. Total travel time from Detroit to Delhi: 26 hours. Awesome.
The next challenge is to adapt to the 10.5 hour time difference in India. Yes, you read that right, ten and a half. Based on what I've read, India geographically covers approximately two time zones, but the government decided to split the difference and create a single time zone - hence the half hour. Seems pretty silly to me. Anyway, it will be interesting to see how well my sleep schedule adapts to this (literally) day and night difference. The furthest time zones I've ever visited are Hawaii and Moscow, which are seven and eight hours different from the Eastern Time Zone, respectively.
I got into Delhi at about 10pm local time, so I didn't get a good look around. However, my lungs are now caked in smog... should make tomorrow's excursion around the city that much more fun. The taxi drivers are also a bit sketchy.
Merry Christmas!
Also, for anyone interested, USA Today did a review of my exact flight...
My trip didn't get out to the best start. The plan was to fly from Detroit to Chicago and then on to Delhi. However, American Airlines decided it would be fun to cancel my flight to Chicago the morning of and not tell me. Thankfully, I happened to check my flight status this morning and get put on an earlier flight to O'Hare. Crisis averted.
After a grueling six hour layover at O'Hare - all while watching the snow fall and worrying of another flight cancellation - my 7:15pm flight to Delhi left at 8:45pm. Then I got to sit on a Boeing 777 for 16 hours. Total travel time from Detroit to Delhi: 26 hours. Awesome.
The next challenge is to adapt to the 10.5 hour time difference in India. Yes, you read that right, ten and a half. Based on what I've read, India geographically covers approximately two time zones, but the government decided to split the difference and create a single time zone - hence the half hour. Seems pretty silly to me. Anyway, it will be interesting to see how well my sleep schedule adapts to this (literally) day and night difference. The furthest time zones I've ever visited are Hawaii and Moscow, which are seven and eight hours different from the Eastern Time Zone, respectively.
I got into Delhi at about 10pm local time, so I didn't get a good look around. However, my lungs are now caked in smog... should make tomorrow's excursion around the city that much more fun. The taxi drivers are also a bit sketchy.
Merry Christmas!
Also, for anyone interested, USA Today did a review of my exact flight...
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/2006-07-31-long-haul-india_x.htm
Glad to hear you finally made it!
ReplyDeleteI'm sure it feels good to finally be there after an entire day of traveling. Looking forwards to seeing your pictures and reading about your experiences.
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