| Subject: Re: First Night in foreign country |
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Ziners,
I've found that flying west to east is easier to handle than
east
to west, as far as jet lag is concerned. I live on the west
coast, so that
means when I fly to Hawaii or Australia. I learned the best
way to handle
it (and I've read this, too) is to try to stay outside as much
as you can
at your destination so that you can get the sunlight, which
helps with the
jet lag. I remember once flying nonstop to Australia from the
west coast
-- about 15 or 16 hours -- and being really jet lagged when
I got to
Brisbane. A friend met me at the airport, and I just wanted
to sleep, but
he insisted on stopping at a wildlife refuge and walking around
there for a
while. It really helped -- I didn't feel so sleepy any more
-- and I went
to sleep at the regular bedtime in Brisbane and felt fine the
next day.
When I flew to Paris from the west coast last summer, I didn't feel as much jet lag as in the other direction, and just a half hour's rest in the hotel room in the early afternoon was good enough to last me the rest of the day, walking and exploring outside, until a late bedtime. Diana San Diego, California |