Sunday, July 22, 2007

London to Bangalore

I know, boring title...
The flight to Bangalore was pretty uneventful, but very long. The service was excellent, food was very good, but the seating was interesting. On BA you get you own little pod to stay in (check out this link). I had a window seat, so it was very private. But it was difficult getting in and out of my personal space. The good news is that the seats lay all the way flat to create a bed, the bad news is I don't sleep too well on planes. Sure, they give you those ear plugs and mask, but there was too much going on. I did watch one Indian film on the way. I never did figure out the name of it, but it was entertaining. I'd read about "Bollywood", but had never seen one of the films. It was pretty good. I'm not a big fan of sub titles, but it was pretty easy to follow. Also, it had plenty of singing and dancing to keep me entertained.

Friends reruns and the flight information map were my entertainment during most of the trip. The most amazing thing to me were how many lights were visible on the ground over Iraq. I thought I'd look out and not see anything.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I don't share your issues with sleeping on planes....It's a favorite "family story" (relayed at such times as to embarass me) that I once managed to sleep the whole way from Galveston, Texas all the way to UK, Heathrow. What's so special about that you might ask - well put it this way - I never saw the plane take off, missed snacks, dinner AND breakfast and was only woken when I was told we were coming into land. It was very disorientating!!