Aug 25, 2016

Day 44

My second trip to the Philippines was in 2009. This time Allan went early and I travelled there on my own….here is my blog

http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/ksuter/1/1241205420/tpod.html

Got on the plane about 11:30pm and found my seat. Korean airline boards by little coloured cards. You better not stand up if you have the wrong colour. I was yellow which put me fairly close to the front of the plane. Behind first class. I am sitting beside two ladies who are also heading to the Phillipines. There are actually quite a few Pinoy on the plane so my long wait in Seoul will not be all by myself.

This leg of the trip is almost 14 hours. They did tell us when we first booked that there was no entertainment system. But there is. So I an starting with Paul blart mall cop.

It’s now 12:32 am. Eastern time

At 1 am we got a nice orange juice and I can smell food cooking. Sooo hungry. But where is the booze?

1:23 am. Paul blart is kicking ass and dinner is about to be served.

1:49am. Dinner is done: a korean chichen dish with potato and some squash type thing. Pretty good.

Also a nice cucumber salad and some yellowish cake.

I had planned on a picture of all my meals but I forgot. So I took a picture of the remainder. LOL couple of glasses of wine, coffee and I am satisfied. Now I have to pee. LOL.

It’s 2:38am. Getting sleepy now. Skymap says we are over Manitoba at 32000 feet. And we are 5969 miles to Seoul. Actually over northern Manitoba. Let me reach to the window and wave to Daryl and Stacy in Thompson. Hi guys.

4:40 am. Skymap shows us to be over the Yukon. Not out of Canada yet.

Interesting thing about this airlines service. When I got to my seat there was a pillow, blanket, bottle of water and a pouch that contained a pair of socks and eye mask. Air Canada doesn’t do that, but then again Air Canada fills you full of booze on an overseas trip. Not sure what I like better.

Sleepy but not sleeping well. But it’s dark in here and I should go back to the iPod and catch another 40 winks.

A little bit of turbulence wakes me up at 6:57 am. Slept through the movie I was playing. According to skymap we are over the Bering sea right now. I slept through Alaska and did not get the chance to wave at Sarah Palin. 3600 miles till Korea so about half way.

A light snack at 7:30. A turkey sandwich. A bit stale, but ok, and a cold banana. More juice. Actually just what I needed. The little headache that had been nagging me went away. My seatmates, two ladies also heading to Manila wanted to know where I was going. And when they found out it was Kalibo a lively debate ensued between them and the row behind us, eventually deciding I had a girl friend there.
LOL

8:30 am. Skymap puts us over the Bering sea almost over Russian waters.

We have crossed the international date line. I decided to just use eastern time for this post as Philippine time is exactly 12. hours ahead of home so the numbers still work.

After napping through another movie ( tear jerker Marley and Me) we now have three hours and sixteen minutes to go before the first leg lands. We are over the Sea of Okhotsk not far from Sapporo Japan. Maybe someone can toss up a Sapporo beer!

Breakfast was nice. Omelette and tater tots. My other choice was Korean porridge. Now at 12:30 pm everyone is awake and the flight attendants are selling duty free. We are just leaving japan airspace and. Soon will be over the sea of japan. Only 90 minutes for this leg of the trip.

Not that I actually get to see the country, but this will be my first time in Korea.

Once we arrived at the airport everyone was screened for Swine Flu. I passed, so everyone out there that calls me a pig, the Korean government says you’re wrong.

It’s a nice airport, and free internet, so I can do my blog and get it started. Next stop, in 8 hours, Manila!!