I wonder whether the best way of preparing for an 8 hour time difference is to wreck your body clock before you go? I had a pretty good shot at that trying to finish off Water Technology Markets - or at least get it all into InDesign - on the couple of days before I flew. I suppose it had the effect of making me so tired that I zoned out watching movies on the first leg of the flight, then slept for five hours during the second.
The new kit has definitely been up to the job. The ability to zip a daybag onto a rucksack was most welcome when getting from the airport to the hostel. The usual alternative is to do the 'double tortoise'. On the down side, the ATMs defeated me. It turns out that the trick is to slide the card in - and out - really fast. If you slide it too slowly, it lets you enter your PIN, go through all the menus, etc, only to tell you it's an invalid transaction at the end. Shame I spent a fiver on the phone to the bank making sure my card hadn't been blocked before I worked that out.
I learned a new word though - when asked what drink I would like on the plane I went for the interesing mix of cranberry and apple that I'd seen in the in-flight magazine. The attendant looked confused. "Ohhhhh, cre-an-e-apple," she said, as it dawned on her what I had asked for. Took me a few moments to realise that 'cranapple' was the word.
Now, I have a problem when I learn new words - I often get them muddled. Fast forward to a few hours later, on the next plane. "Hmmm, I could do with that refreshing mix of cranberry and apple," I mused. But the only word that came to mind was "crapple". I couldn't bring myself to ask for crapple, so I had to go through the whole "ohhhh, cre-an-e-apple" thing again.
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