When I go travelling, at least outside Europe I tend to wear a cheap Casio watch; if it's lost or stolen it doesn't matter, you're only $20 down and you can easily replace it. Before starting a long journey like the one I've just completed from my home in St Albans to Dar es Salaam, I use the stopwatch function to record just how long the journey took. With stopovers and time zone changes it's often not easy to work how many hours have gone by, but the watch will record it to the second. So I know that the journey from my front door to the Kipepeo Beach Camp near Dar took 23hrs 12mins and some change. This included a couple of hours stop over at Dubai Airport (where I saw my first Super Jumbo on a stand), going forward a couple of time zones, then back one. So I was awake and functioning for 37 hours,sustained only by a couple of cat/power naps.
My reward at the end of my journey was to be able to walk down to the beach and swim in the warm Indian Ocean, just as the sun was going down. Bliss.
Writing from Zanzibar,
My reward at the end of my journey was to be able to walk down to the beach and swim in the warm Indian Ocean, just as the sun was going down. Bliss.
Writing from Zanzibar,
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