I was back in UK again last month for couple of weeks.
Took this picture while having morning coffee outside the hotel. Sunny day!
People used to come up to me and said how much they envy my globetrotting lifestyle. You received lots of "Likes" on Facebook on your travel pictures, and people telling you how cool it would be for them to be able to do the same.
I wouldn't disagree.
Sometimes to be able to get our from your normal surroundings and explore some new places can be exciting, at first. But doing it over and over again may not be just what you think.
When you get to travel so frequent, everything would be like, autopilot. You just tend to know things like:
1. What is the Wi-Fi access code ain airport and places to avoid the network congestion.
2. Where is the nearest and largest smoking lounge available.
3. Which restaurant serve the best coffee that suits your taste buds. (Or offering smoking zone)
4. The exact seats that offered you more leg rooms on the plane.
5. There were no charging port on the aisle seat on a Boeing 777 old plane on "E" airlines.
6. You get free set of eye mask and ear plug from "E" airlines, while it is only available for business class in "K" airline.
7. There is no harm asking for a seat upgrade for free at times. It happened at times.
Last month, I set a personal record. I was away from home to three different countries (China, Indonesia and UK) all in the same month.
This is what people think in general.
Happy traveller!
But in reality, for 90% of the time in the 3 countries this was my itinerary:
1. Back from China, I have two days to do laundry and repack for Jakarta.
2. Back from Jakarta, I have two days to do laundry and repack for UK.
3. Stuck in a bad turbulence en route to UK without proper sleep for almost 13 hours.
4. Went into meeting, with jet lags and fever. Took a half day off work because I was just so ill.
5. Sick for two days, missed the Man Utd vs Aston Villa match 17 miles down the road due to illness and unable to secure ticket for the match. Stucked in hotel and went to ASDA (Tesco equivalent store) to shop for PAINKILLERS.
6. Hotel food alone in the room for whole 9 days. Occasionally dinner at the restaurant outside the hotel.
The only nice moment was on that sunny day, I am able to have a coffee early in the morning with the cooling breeze brushing my face without feeling ill.
Like I said, theoretically, it can be fun. But in reality?
Unless you are on vacation, that would be a different story all together.
If you think it is fun, think again.
Yes, I had a happy smile on me face when it is time to go home to my own home again.
Took this picture while having morning coffee outside the hotel. Sunny day!
People used to come up to me and said how much they envy my globetrotting lifestyle. You received lots of "Likes" on Facebook on your travel pictures, and people telling you how cool it would be for them to be able to do the same.
I wouldn't disagree.
Sometimes to be able to get our from your normal surroundings and explore some new places can be exciting, at first. But doing it over and over again may not be just what you think.
When you get to travel so frequent, everything would be like, autopilot. You just tend to know things like:
1. What is the Wi-Fi access code ain airport and places to avoid the network congestion.
2. Where is the nearest and largest smoking lounge available.
3. Which restaurant serve the best coffee that suits your taste buds. (Or offering smoking zone)
4. The exact seats that offered you more leg rooms on the plane.
5. There were no charging port on the aisle seat on a Boeing 777 old plane on "E" airlines.
6. You get free set of eye mask and ear plug from "E" airlines, while it is only available for business class in "K" airline.
7. There is no harm asking for a seat upgrade for free at times. It happened at times.
Last month, I set a personal record. I was away from home to three different countries (China, Indonesia and UK) all in the same month.
This is what people think in general.
Happy traveller!
But in reality, for 90% of the time in the 3 countries this was my itinerary:
1. Back from China, I have two days to do laundry and repack for Jakarta.
2. Back from Jakarta, I have two days to do laundry and repack for UK.
3. Stuck in a bad turbulence en route to UK without proper sleep for almost 13 hours.
4. Went into meeting, with jet lags and fever. Took a half day off work because I was just so ill.
5. Sick for two days, missed the Man Utd vs Aston Villa match 17 miles down the road due to illness and unable to secure ticket for the match. Stucked in hotel and went to ASDA (Tesco equivalent store) to shop for PAINKILLERS.
6. Hotel food alone in the room for whole 9 days. Occasionally dinner at the restaurant outside the hotel.
The only nice moment was on that sunny day, I am able to have a coffee early in the morning with the cooling breeze brushing my face without feeling ill.
Like I said, theoretically, it can be fun. But in reality?
Unless you are on vacation, that would be a different story all together.
If you think it is fun, think again.
Yes, I had a happy smile on me face when it is time to go home to my own home again.
