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[thunderbird]

i've never taken a flight this long before. how do you handle it, any tips? is it true that air Canada gives free drinks on international flights? how many do you get? is there a good medication you can take to just zonk out.

[halfmanhalfbiscuit]

Drinks are part of the ticket cost, they're not free.

[chris_J2]

Take a music ipod or mp3 player. Drinks lots of water, juice, & not so much alchohol.

[losing_touch]

I just drink one beer after the other and watch movies.

[gaffe]

Twiddle your thumbs. Look at them. Read the inflight magazine. Twiddle your thumbs again. Look stupidly around. Stand around the toilet for hours and make the other passengers nervous. Blather on endlessly about Korea with the Pakistani man next to you. Cause the baby to cry in the seat behind you. Smile stupidly as others give you the evil eye. Twiddle your thumbs.

[oldtactics]

The seat back TVs on Air Canada have tv shows, I found that helped pass the time. Can't go wrong with Arrested Development or Pilot Guides.

Bring a book, mp3 player, magazines.

You can take prescription meds but I recommend Calms Forte - it's herbal, you can get it at health food stores, and three of those will keep you asleep or super chill for at least half the flight.

And yes, the drinks are included in the price of the flight, so I'd recommend white wine. That always manages to put me to sleep, if I'm trying to sleep.

[eIn07912]

I would recommend NOT trying to just sleep through a lot of it. You'll likely land at night and be wide awake from all that sleeping, and you still have jet lag to deal with.

Try this: before you take off, set your watch to Korean time. Make sure you know if it's AM or PM. Then, try to match your sleep or awake schedule to your watch. So, when it's 11pm Korean time, try to knock out for a stretch. Even if it's daylight outside your plane. Then When 8am rolls around, open a book, your computer, mp3, or watch the TV. I flew Korean Air coming over and they had TON'S of movies and TV shows, plus video games. I seriously could've watched TV and played games the entire time and not have watched or played something twice. It was ridiculous the amount of media those trans-Pacific Korean Air flights have.

Anyways, that's what I'd suggest. If you're adjusting to Korean time while on the flight, it helps once you land with the jet lag. My friend tried it and after one good nights sleep, he felt fine. It took me a day or two. Given that most people get jet lag for a week or more, a day is like nothing.

Also, bring snacks. You can get bags of peanuts or trail mix type stuff on the plane, but that's not gonna be enough between meals. So pack food thats not going to spoil, is dry, and wont smell.

As long as you have enough things to keep you busy, the time really will pass by. Say you sleep for 6 hours (broken up of course), watch a movie or 2. Read a couple chapters in a good book. Take a stroll around the cabin to stretch your legs. Have the meals they provide. Spend a while in bathroom freshening up (perhaps bring and extra shirt and deodorant), next thing you know, you'll be starting your decent in no time..... then the real "fun" begins

[Starla]

Contrary to what the above poster said, I recommend sleeping. I've traveled to Seoul from New York 4 times so far and went bonkers the first couple of times trying to keep myself busy during the 14 1/2 hour flight. That's a lot of time to kill sitting in the same chair! Worst of all, I was exhausted beyond belief because I left at night in New York and arrived early morning in Korea. I recommend getting one of those neck pillows and popping a couple of melatonin if you can't fall asleep. The jet lag didn't last me more than a day or two.

[Jane]

Movie night!!!!!

I watch movies and documentaries one after another until touch down! I also take advantage of the beer cart (partly because I'm scared of flying and it calms me down).

If you see a white chick drinking cans of Hite and not sleeping a wink for the 14 hour flight, chances are it's me.

[eIn07912]

[blackjack]

zopiclone

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zopiclone

pick up a script from the doctor, sleeping pills.

No hangover effect and will put you asleep within half an hour if you don't fight it

[Forward Observer]

I kicked a lot of German butt on my flight. Assassinated high-ranking German officers, commanded small strike forces of commandos...


* Destroy Fuel Tank
* Eliminate Klaus Mueller
* Find V2 Rocket Fuel Specifications
* Locate and Destroy Anti-Aircraft Gun
* Destroy Shore Gun
* Capture German Bunker

* Destroy Power Plant
* Eliminate German Infantry Unit
* Destroy 3 V2 Rocket Hulls
* Eliminate Horst Brenner
* Obtain the V2 Rocket Blueprints
* Destroy the German U-Boat

* Escape to French Countryside
* Eliminate Erich Koster
* Obtain North African Shipping Manifest
* Eliminate the Machinegun Nest
* Destroy the Radar Tower
* Destroy the Panzer Tank

* Eliminate Adabold Brecht
* Acquire Tiger Tank Operations Manuals
* Destroy Tiger Tank Prototypes
* Destroy Panzer Tank in Ruins
* Sabotage German Radar Dish
* Recover British Reconnaissance
* Escape Into Bunker

* Destroy V2 Rocket
* Eliminate Hans Schneider
* Locate Coded Virus House Information
* Rescue SAS Prisoners
* Steal V2 Test Film
* Obtain V2 Rocket Specifications
* Escape the Factory

* Destroy German Railgun
* Locate Partisan Fighters
* Eliminate Walther Neumann
* Obtain Ardennes Forest Recon Dossier
* Destroy Three Panzer Tanks
* Destroy German Ammo Depot
* Destroy Communications Tower
* Capture and Defend the Church

* Radio Intelligence to OSS
* Eliminate Franz Gruebner
* Steal Heavy Water Test Logbook
* Destroy Panzer Tank
* Meet Russian Officer
* Radio for Rocket Strike
* Destroy Artillery Guns
* Destroy German Intelligence

* Fall Back to American Command Post
* Eliminate German Recon Unit in Windmill
* Eliminate Folker Kappelhoff
* Uncover Atomic Scientist Rosters
* Destroy the King Tiger Tanks
* Radio In Artillery Strike
* Find C2 Charge
* Destroy the Bridge Leading Out of Town


* Rescue French Operative
* Eliminate Freder Engel
* Discover Virus House Information
* Destroy King Tiger Tank
* Destroy Three German Artillery Guns
* Defend the Farmhouse and Destroy Incoming Tanks

* Find and Infiltrate German Underground Bunker
* Eliminate Von Schrader
* Find Von Schrader's Journal
* Destroy Three Entrenched Tanks
* Radio For Airstrikes
* Prevent the Bomb From Detonating

[saw6436]

I took 2 valium and drank 4 gin tonics.

[kirsi]

i sleep part of the time and watch movies, listen to music, and read the other part of the time. you can bring your laptop and work on it for a while typing or something too if your laptop has decent battery life.

sometimes i talk to the people by me. last time i taught a little chinese boy how to play the games on the personal tvs.

[bixlerscott]