At Logan Airport loaded up with swag
Found a plug and wifi at LAX
My husband and kids dropped me off at Logan Airport a couple of hours before my flight to LA to connect to my flight to Phnom Penh via Singapore to attend the Cambodia Bloggers Summit. I flew American Airlines and the terminal was a zoo. I waited in line 2.5 hours and was little worried I'd miss my flight.
After a dash to the security checkpoint and I got to the gate for my flight to LA. They said, no you're going to St. Louis. The check-in desk gave me the wrong boarding pass. This is a little bit disturbing because the TSA guy checked my boarding pass and passport didn't notice!
The flight was uneventful except I had a terrible seat - exit row by the front door and didn't have time to buy food. So, I drank a lot of water and arrived in LA early and starved. Ate lunch or maybe it is dinner ... it was comforting in a strange geeky way to read twitter updates on my phone. I didn't feel alone.
I found wifi and plug. And now I'm waiting for the check-in desk for Singapore Airlines to open in a few hours.
Before I left, Robert Weiner shared an article in the New York Times by Jane Brody on How to Outwit Jetlag using melatonin and controlled exposure to sunlight. It included dosage table. I'm hoping it works ... I'm skipping quite a few timezones. My flight leaves in 5 hours and I have about another 24 hours of travel ahead of me. There's a great latte place in the Singapore airport ....
And, don't be alarmed if you see a few posts appear while I'm crossing the International Dateline ... I'm not blogging from the plane, although apparently a First Class seat on Singapore Airlines gets you Internet access.
I've scheduled a few to publish while I'm traveling. That's an old blogging trick if your blogging platform offers that feature! That feature is really useful if you are going on vacation, don't have good Internet access, or help you through writer's block.
Writer's block? Yeah, you know, when you don't have anything to say and you can't formulate a sentence if your life depended on it. I take advantage of creative highs. There are times when I’m running over with ideas. When this happens I try to write, write, write. During these times I can build up a surplus of good content to use when I need some time off. I've been bad about that, but it is really important to give yourself a chance to think and reflect.
See you soon! The Clogger team have been preparing their hospitality in Cambodian style now, I guess.
Posted by: ThaRum | August 26, 2007 at 05:32 AM
Just arrived in Singapore after 18 hours on the plane. Found free internet, now must find coffee! See you soon!
Posted by: Beth Kanter | August 26, 2007 at 02:34 PM