Bangka Dive Trip, Day 1: Travel Day
Hello from AirFrance lounge where I wait until it is time to board my Japan Airlines Flight to NRT (Tokyo Narita). Today is a travel day. I’m looking forward to 24h of transit between here and Singapore. 😳😬 Flight: JAL 8005, departing 12:25 PM EDT from JFK, arrive at 3:40 PM ~15 hours later. This flight was booked using frequent flyer miles, so I am going to be seated in business class. The plan was a Boeing 777-300 ER. I already know it was worth the splurge. This is what I save my frequent flier miles for! I want to try to sleep! I either look dumb or famous to other lounge guests as I type this, but I am trialing an app called TimeShifter. My goal is to trick my circadian rhythms to minimize jet lag, so right now I'm trying to convince myself that it is dark, so here I am in my sunglasses. No caffeine for me until 6 PM. My ride over from the hotel, Crowne Plaza JFK, was uneventful, just how I like it. I was third in line at check in when they opened and got to see the neatest...