SYDNEY TO ISTANBUL

After 25 hours I finally made It to Istanbul Turkey. This was one of the longest trips in my life. Either I am getting too old to travel or the journeys becoming longer and longer.

Back to Sydney on Saturday the 26th May, I was all packed ready to depart for the airport. We were waiting for Tugcen to come when my grandmother started running around like a headless chook. She hit panic mode when she couldn’t find her handbag. Apparently she had all her money and paper work in there. So a mad search started looking for my grandmothers hand bag.

This is when we all got into a big family domestic. My dad remembered my grandmother going to the chemist in the morning and took it upon himself to declare that she probably left her hand bag at the chemist and we had no chance of finding it. After much screaming and panicking we discovered that my grandmother put her hand bag into the car so she doesn’t forget taking it. After all this fuss it was time for coffee or a valum.

We drove to the airport like 5 hours early and check in, grabbed maccass for lunch and said our farewells. I boarded the plane to Singapore. The minute I jumped on the plane I popped a few motion sickness tablets and passed out pretty quick. It wasn’t until one of the flight attendants that came wheeling down the aisle and knocked over a can of coke on me that I woke up. I swear this only happens to me. I took another few motion sickness tablets and passed in and out of sleep.

We arrived in Singapore and grabbed our luggage to swap planes. Due to our flight arriving to Singapore late, this meant we had to run to our connecting flight as they had already started boarding. It was a mad panic in Singapore as the gate was on the other side of the airport to where we were. There was no time for duty free shopping but only to shove people out of your way in Singapore airport.

Finally made it to the gate in time to board the plane to Dubai. The minute I jumped on the plane I started popping more motion sickness tablets. The thing I like about the Singapore to Dubai flight is that its around 1am Sydney time so your ready to sleep. Plus with the help of the motion sickness tablets I was out like a light.

The only time I woke up was when they were serving dinner or drinks. I was in and out of sleep the entire trip until we arrived in Dubai. We had 40 mins if we wanted to walk off the plane before departing again. You had the choice of staying on the plane if you wished. I decided to go for a walk and stretch my legs. After a quick stroll around Dubai airport I headed back to the gate. I considered buying a coffee but I never know what currency these people use.

I walked back to the plane to see my hand luggage outside of the plane. I was in great shock thinking they evicted me from the plane or something. The crew gave me my hand luggage when I showed them my boarding pass. I don’t know why they took my luggage out. We had the choice of leaving the plane, I think they wanted you to take your luggage when you left the plane.

The trip from Dubai to Istanbul wasn’t that bad. It was like a 4 and a half hour trip. I slept for the first hour after popping more motion sickness tablets. I was woken up when they were serving hot cakes for breakfast.

After breakfast I watched abit of Prison Break on TV. It was the first episode of season 2. Somewhere in between I ended up falling into sleep again and woke up half an hour before landing.

When that plane landed in Istanbul I was soooo happy!!!

That was seriously the longest trip in my life.