There's nothing like the rush of being on a plane as you scream down a runway, bounce up into the sky and head for some far flung corner of the globe.
It rocks.
There's this adrenaline where suddenly you think to yourself 'Cool, in 13 hours I'm going to be in .....', ignoring temporarily (of course) the small matter of the 13 hours between take-off and landing.
Eat. Sleep. Movie. Book. Stretch. Yawn. Repeat.
Those of us infected by the travel bug love it...can't get enough of it . That unreal feeling of heading off again...the next adventure already underway.
As stupid as it might sound, I've always thought of long-haul flying as being a bit like time travel:
you get into a funny metal box
blast off into the dark night sky
get bounced around a bit
....and some hours later hit the ground where the light is different, the hours of the day are all screwed up and nothing looks at all like the place you left.
Totally time travel!
In a special way we can all be like Doctor Who....well, minus the funky hair and crazy coats....but you can't have everything, now can you?
AIM Overseas is heading to the NAFSA conference in Los Angeles, USA via a few days of university visits in Mexico. Both amazing countries - and more reports to come.
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