Mumbai to Vancouver via HongKong!!

Dated: 10th May'08

My first International flight. All bags packed.Some last time panic . There I leave at 11.11 pm from Worli to Mumbai International airport.On the way realised forgot my IPOD :) called up my cousin to bring it and reach airport directly.Flight was schedule at 2:55 am which left at 5.00 am finally.Staying awake till 5:00am was never so easy coz the opportunity waiting at the doorsteps of the huge plane was indeed golden. The plane was huge, the window seat was comfortable. Ther was expected movie, song, entertainment stuff which i xplored when i gotup at 9:00am. In that sleep time i lost my breakfast.Now asking about for breakfast and she is saying its over :( nways had sandwich n juice which kept me busy till we landed aat most busy airport in Asia...yeah its HongKong.

Huge airport .Number of flights. Number of terminals and ofcourse crowded with ppl in hush bush. I got down from one flight and was serching the terminal for next flight though there was 3 hours still left.But as i had heard HK airport being huge its better to be alert.I got my way after boarded the train to the destined terminal. Don’t be amazed to imagine that the port was big enough that stations were connected by an express train .In the mean time i chked few stores and thought to myself "see now and buy later". Time went on and there i was standing in a constantly moving line for security chk for 40 minutes to reach the second flight.

Again a jumbo plane, same facilities but this time it had newer movies. So in a flight duration of 10 hours from Hong Kong to Vancouver I saw 4 movies, few FRIENDS episodes and Jungle book movie which i njoyed . Authentic Indian food for lunch was great! At times when looking out of the window, I could just feel flying above the clouds.View was awesome flying above Pacific Ocean. Ok ook back on earth ,Clearing the immigration check in Vancouver was a nightmare. I had to make an effort to stand in a kilometer long queue, with variety of languages penetrating the ears most of them being French and German. The heaviest task was to keep the eyelids lifted and on top maintain the cool for the immigration interview. Finally cleared it easily .Picked up my luggage and on my way to hotel.

Dragged my 32 kg baggs with the help of receptionist to my room.Tired... depressed ..No but the moment i sat on the bed started crying ...yes missinng my ppl :( After talking to my freinds went off to sleep.Got up at 10.00 pm then could'nt sleep for whole night. Now i got the idea of Jetlag :)

The new day began at 7.00am .............further more abt it later :))



Cheers

Shruti!!