Its pretty amazing I'm bringing less than I usually bring on a week long trip to go live in a foreign country for 4 months but the way I think of it is, the less stuff you have, the less you can lose. Both my parents drove me to the airport where they (more my mom) reluctantly sent me off. I got checked in no problem and headed through security to the terminal to wait. To get to Australia I will be traveling longer than I ever have in my life. I start in Baltimore then go to Houston (3 hours) then to Hawaii to change aircraft (8 hours) then to Guam (7 hours) and then to Cairns (4 hours), which is located on the northern east coast of Australia. I will spend the night in Cairns and then take on more flight the next morning to Brisbane (2 hours) where I will be picked up by my university and driven 45 min south to Gold Coast.
Thanks to my wonderful God Mother, I was first class all the way to Cairns with would make life easier. On the first flight to Houston I had some fruit and cereal for breakfast. During the flight I edited some video I had shot during my time in Mantoloking earlier this summer. I will post that up as soon as I can. I had about an hour and a half after getting to Houston after getting to before my next flight. So I just hung out and charged my computer and read. On the flight from Houston to Hawaii the seats in first class where huge, I had so much legroom I could hardly reach the seat pocket in front of me. The seat also had a leg rest, which folded out, and the seat back went back extremely far back so you were pretty much also most flat if you wanted to sleep. But before I could sleep I had to eat the endless food and drinks provided by the stewardess. Before we even took off I had a stewardess asking me if I wanted a drink and was not happy until I ordered a sprite. Once a cruising altitude I had another sprite along with some heated mixed nuts. Next was a salmon appetizer, which was delicious, then a salad with fresh bread that was also good. For the main course I ordered the chicken breast, I can’t remember how it was prepared but it was good. Then came dessert in the form of an ice cream sunday, which I tried to convince myself I didn’t need but ultimately had to have. After that watched movie on my computer and then slept for a while until we landed in Hawaii. After a lay over in Honolulu it was back on the plane to Guam. This plane also the big seats and I once again was bombarded with food and drinks. This time I had a some nuts, a salad, a rice bowl, and wine and cheese for dessert, I passed on the ice cream sunday this time.
After a few glasses of wine and watching some CSI I passed out for around 4 hours (Im sure the wine helped with that). Once in Guam I only had 20 mins till my next flight so I went directly to the gate after getting off the plane. This plane was smaller and did not have the huge sleeping seats and of course this would be the flight that I would want to sleep the most. I could defiantly start to feel some jet lag setting in. I had no idea what time my body was on and just wanted bed to sleep in. I did manage some sleep but not in much comfort. Once in Cairns (arrived around 11 pm local time) I when through customs feeling like a zombie, which is probably why I forgot I had some granola, bars in my backpack, which I had to declare and did not. So my bag had to be searched but the woman was extremely nice and I got off with a verbal warning (could have been a $222 fine) Even in my sleepy state I was already so impressed by the friendliness of the Australian people. As soon as a stepped outside the airport and felt the cool and calm air I was no longer tired,. I got a taxi to my hotel, which was only a few minutes away. Checked in to my room, took a shower, watched some tv and eventually got to sleep though I wasn’t really tired.
That's it for now, ill post the rest of my journey soon. sorry for the super long post ill try to keep the others shorter.
-marshall-
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