Friday, August 3, 2012

Your Best and Worst Travel or Flight Experience

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Hello everyone, I am now back home and so knackered. So my trip back home takes about 24hrs altogether and at the end, I was feeling like a zombie. I've had some sleep now but still jet-lagged. I'm now thinking of the whole travel experience and how it wasn't so bad. I was freaked out each time we had some turbulence though, I pray God clears my mind of the fear I've had since that Dana Crash.

The food on both the international legs of the trip - going and coming - was OK. And it's nice it comes twice knowing the American airlines no longer give any refreshments except water, and maybe juice or tea. I tried to walk around the plane but still my feet were swollen and my toes looked like stumps by the time we landed, LOL...

I thank God for journey mercies and am so glad to be back with my sweetie, yes o Honeydame :), e no easy.

Over to you guys, what has been your best and/or worst travel and flight experience?

PS - I just want to say a massive thank you to everyone of you for sticking around even when you knew I was in and out of my blog. Many thanks too to those I met in Lagos, some of whom went out of their way to see me, mwah! I hope to get about more during my next visit, Abuja, Port Harcourt, etc, see you then.



17 comments:

  1. Mynew, welcome back dear. Hope u had a great time. Me I hate flying. And the Dana crash didn't help at all. Each time I fly, I have a big massive bible open on my laps and chant psalm 91 through out the flight ( to the chagrin of the person sitting next to me!). hehe
    Bimbylads

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    1. I really don't hate flying but recently, I find myself asking what we're doing up there 30,000+ feet above the ground :)

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    2. ℓ☺ℓ @ chanting Ps91.

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  2. Welcome back Myne..trusting you had an awesome time..Did u bring me kilishi or suya or indomie?

    My worst flight experience was when I flew with the national carrier of the country I am in enroute to london then Naija..OMGoosh.Talk of food poisonng*-* Oh I forgot to mention the baby onboard that was crying all through :O, the audio for the TV wasnt working so the air hostess said I should use my neighours own cos he was sleeping :O.. It was so bad that my connecting flight to Nigeria wasnt sure if I could fly with them, I was the last person to board the plane plus my bags. I finally understood why you must have cash on you wherever u are going. On getting to Heathrow I had to buy medication oh. Then on the flight to Naija, there was no space for my carryon luggage :O because the queens and kings of England couldnt hold their handbags and laptop bag.
    Because it was a long haul flight which took around 24hrs too with yamayama transit time, I could not eat cos I was scared and sick. When I reach Naija, I looked like I was robbed and thrown to the side of the road, to the extent that my uncle pass me by at Lagos airport -_-..My sister asked if I was really coming from my original departure country...

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    1. Wow, that must have been a scary experience. I'm thankful sometimes that my tummy seems made of cast iron, when I travel it's usually the other way around :(

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  3. lol i am usually nervous few days before the flight but once am onboard i relax i only get a bit tense during takeoff and landing moreso takeoff coz the plane is more likely to come down at this point than midair...plus it helps that my bestie is a flight attendant with a European regional airline she has four takeoffs and landings a day i usually just think about her and smile she made flying much easier for me i try to imagine i am her and this is my job that puts food on the table a roof over my head and then i relax throughout the flight...worst experience had to sit next to a really smelly dude on a six hour flight and the plane was full!!!

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    1. I was looking at the air crew this time and really cheering them on. Not an easy job at all. As for the smelly dude, oh my...

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  4. oh best experience once got upgraded to First class on a flight back to London that was great!!

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    1. Wow, I would love that too! One day I have to try that first class :)

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  5. glad to know you had a safe trip back.

    My worst travel experience, had to be flying a week after the dana crash. i'v always had no fear of flying before, so it was a bad, scary, nervous feeling.


    Best has to be KLM to Amsterdam, i loved the sky blue uniform of the pleasant crew and the food was good and the flight was turbulence free.

    The best of it, non talkative seat mates

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    1. Thank you Doll. Thank you Doll, I used to have no fear of flying before, and I hope this passes soon.

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  6. Myne, even though I never got to meet you, it was great having you here, and hearing your pleas about Nepa! Lol.
    Thank God for journey mercy.

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    1. Thanks Zouzou, lol...Nepa improved just when I was about to leave :)

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  7. Thank God for journey mercies and it was a pleasure meeting you!!

    Worst flight experience was a local one. A guy on my flight was flying for the first time and started hyperventilating, farting basically having a panic attack. It was bad. I was close to him and I felt really sorry for him...

    Best flight experience... None stands out but I think the food on the virgin Atlantic flight I was on the last time I travelled was fantastic enough for me to remember it :)

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  8. Worst flying experience would be on the Virgin Nigeria flight from Abuja to Lagos, the landing was so abrupt that I was so scared.

    Best has been my upgrade to Business class both for my trip to Dubai and final trip out of India...awesome

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  9. Ma first time taking a flight was last month. I wasn't enthusiastic, I wasn't afraid, I just wanted to close ma eyes and be at ma destination on opening them. I wondered about the dana Flight all through. It was an evening one and I had had a busy day and would have loved even a 15mins nap but dint dream of it. The 2nd flight was better, I was more relaxed.

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  10. No matter the Dana Air crash...I still find Air travel more more convenient than applying Road..

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