The Ride to Get There
Getting on this plane was more of a challenge than I thought it would be. My connecting flight to Charlotte was fine, it was getting out of Charlotte...with my bags, that was the issue. My original flight to Newark was delayed twice and by 2:30, the newly scheduled 4:10pm flight didn't look feasible. Thinking ahead, I mentioned to the US Airways agent that I had an international flight leaving at 8pm out of Newark. She suggested going to the Continental counter and checking in for my international flight. Doing so prompted Continental o suggest taking their 3pm flight to Newark. Doing so nearly guaranteed that my luggage would not follow me. It was either no luggage or no trip to India. So I risked it, and landed in Newark at 4:35pm. I soon found out my original US Airways flight did leave Charlotte...with my bag headed to Newark. The logistical nightmare was about to end, after waiting for the US Airways fight to land, retrieving my bag from baggage claim, rechecking it for Mumbai, getting through Newark security, and finding my family. It was a long day and by 7pm, I was at the gate and ready to go for the 8:20pm departure.
The flight here, all 15 hours of it, has been pretty smooth. Our flight path takes us North from the New England states, over Quebec, eastward toward Greenland. Around there my mom decided to do some duty-free shopping. Below Iceland I was revisited by my airline dinner. Lovely. My stomach hasn't been right since getting on the plane. I really think that the hight 33,000 ft. altitude may have something to do with it. I slept our way across the Atlantic, over Norway, Germany, passing over Moscow, and Afghanistan. We're currently over Pakistan at 39,005 ft., going 590 mph (ground speed). We should be in Mumbai/Bombay in 1.45 hours. From there we will board an Air India plane to Hyderabad. It's 9:40am EST on Feb. 12th. It's 8:13pm at our destination and I'm hoping he nausea goes away when we land.
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