This must be the peak of procrastination; my first overseas trip and I took this long to write this down... Come on man, put yourself together, kill this procrastination thing. That's the message I got before putting my a^%$ on the table to add another feather to the list of posts.
Well this could be the perfect example of how far your first trip outside the country can be screwed up and this could be a study case of almost all problems that you can encounter on your journey.
My idea of getting out of the boring and monotonous work life in Bangalore was to go on a random trip on a weekend with all the planning (I don't like to do that, and I aint saying I plan but the only plan will be to find a seat in a bus or train) done on Wednesday. That is how I get out of the monotonous life and find some adventure. But this one trip really scared the living daylights out of me. This is nothing like the previous trips that I had taken. This is to America, most powerful nation, land of opportunity, American dream and stuff like that. I was asked to come over to the US for a few weeks and man, it was super fast. I was told about this on Wednesday and in a jiffy, I was flying on Sunday.
I was flying to Dubai, then to Houston and finally to Dallas. My first flight was at 4.30 am from Bangalore. I was there much early, Saturday 11.30pm itself, of course I was nervous. and I had good reason to be.
After waiting for a long time, finally the check in process started and when my turn came in, the first boulder on the way (or shall I say, disturbance), my flight from Dubai to Houston was CANCELED. What?, well hurricane Ike had left a bad devastation on Houston and Galveston and Emirates was not flying there. Well WHAT? I dint hear a thing. I went blank for a few minutes. My first overseas trip and this was screwed up at the first place itself. I collected myself when the Emirates officials was frantically (or should i say routinely) searching for alternate travel arrangements. I waited and waited and finally when the last passenger was checked in and we they were about to board the flight, one of the officials came to me with alternate travel arrangements. Well I was flying on Sunday itself. But it will be Sunday evening. This time I will be flying Emirates to Dubai, then to New York and Dallas.
I returned back to my home, caught the sleep I badly missed and got back to the airport on time so that I get this plane on time. This time it was piece of cake. But as a matter of fact I was still nervous with all those flights ahead of me. This time every process went well and in short time I was sitting on the Emirates flight to Dubai. After 3 hours of flight I landed in Dubai. The aerial view of Dubai was beautiful, the entire coastline was all lit up and the airport was huge. we were taken to the transit terminal with over 150 gates (when Bangalore has only 10-20 gates you can understand how huge is Dubai). I had a transit time of 5 hours in Dubai. Most of that time was spent walking the entire length of the huge transit terminal. And there was the famed duty free stores. The flamboyance was breath taking. and finally when it was the check in time and wen i reached the officials, then there it was, for the second time i am having some problems. well this time it was solved by the emirates officials., thanks a lot to them.no wonder they are on of the best (even though they give me some tough time).
The flight from Dubai to New York was really enjoyable. The flight was almost empty (or should i say one third occupied). The air hostesses were very nice and the service was superb. I got to watch a lot of movies and the food was also superb. The plane was so empty that i used the 4 seats in my row to have a good sleep stretching myself a little. When i pulled up the window shades I was flying over Boston and then new york. And after this long trip finally i landed on American soil. after the immigration check, i collected my luggage and went on to proceed to delta airlines' terminal. this is another huge airport that has air trains to transport people from one terminal to another. I had to wait another 10 hours in JFK to catch my next flight to Dallas. it was only at 7pm. after the long wait or should i say boring (coz the airport is so empty, with very less people and attractions).
Well this could be the perfect example of how far your first trip outside the country can be screwed up and this could be a study case of almost all problems that you can encounter on your journey.
My idea of getting out of the boring and monotonous work life in Bangalore was to go on a random trip on a weekend with all the planning (I don't like to do that, and I aint saying I plan but the only plan will be to find a seat in a bus or train) done on Wednesday. That is how I get out of the monotonous life and find some adventure. But this one trip really scared the living daylights out of me. This is nothing like the previous trips that I had taken. This is to America, most powerful nation, land of opportunity, American dream and stuff like that. I was asked to come over to the US for a few weeks and man, it was super fast. I was told about this on Wednesday and in a jiffy, I was flying on Sunday.
I was flying to Dubai, then to Houston and finally to Dallas. My first flight was at 4.30 am from Bangalore. I was there much early, Saturday 11.30pm itself, of course I was nervous. and I had good reason to be.
After waiting for a long time, finally the check in process started and when my turn came in, the first boulder on the way (or shall I say, disturbance), my flight from Dubai to Houston was CANCELED. What?, well hurricane Ike had left a bad devastation on Houston and Galveston and Emirates was not flying there. Well WHAT? I dint hear a thing. I went blank for a few minutes. My first overseas trip and this was screwed up at the first place itself. I collected myself when the Emirates officials was frantically (or should i say routinely) searching for alternate travel arrangements. I waited and waited and finally when the last passenger was checked in and we they were about to board the flight, one of the officials came to me with alternate travel arrangements. Well I was flying on Sunday itself. But it will be Sunday evening. This time I will be flying Emirates to Dubai, then to New York and Dallas.
I returned back to my home, caught the sleep I badly missed and got back to the airport on time so that I get this plane on time. This time it was piece of cake. But as a matter of fact I was still nervous with all those flights ahead of me. This time every process went well and in short time I was sitting on the Emirates flight to Dubai. After 3 hours of flight I landed in Dubai. The aerial view of Dubai was beautiful, the entire coastline was all lit up and the airport was huge. we were taken to the transit terminal with over 150 gates (when Bangalore has only 10-20 gates you can understand how huge is Dubai). I had a transit time of 5 hours in Dubai. Most of that time was spent walking the entire length of the huge transit terminal. And there was the famed duty free stores. The flamboyance was breath taking. and finally when it was the check in time and wen i reached the officials, then there it was, for the second time i am having some problems. well this time it was solved by the emirates officials., thanks a lot to them.no wonder they are on of the best (even though they give me some tough time).
The flight from Dubai to New York was really enjoyable. The flight was almost empty (or should i say one third occupied). The air hostesses were very nice and the service was superb. I got to watch a lot of movies and the food was also superb. The plane was so empty that i used the 4 seats in my row to have a good sleep stretching myself a little. When i pulled up the window shades I was flying over Boston and then new york. And after this long trip finally i landed on American soil. after the immigration check, i collected my luggage and went on to proceed to delta airlines' terminal. this is another huge airport that has air trains to transport people from one terminal to another. I had to wait another 10 hours in JFK to catch my next flight to Dallas. it was only at 7pm. after the long wait or should i say boring (coz the airport is so empty, with very less people and attractions).
And finally when i went for the check in the final problem came up. the delta staff required some proof of my alternate arrangements. emirates made the alternate arrangements and the delta required some document for these. i was again caught up in another problem. if it was not for one of the delta official, i would have been really screwed up my trip. thanks a lot to that person who helped me a lot. i was able to get the reared doc from emirates and finally made it to Dallas on the delta airlines. I should say compared to emirates or even Indian carriers like king fisher or Deccan, the service was extremely poor. the air hostesses acted like the passengers were taken free for a ride on a delta courtesy. they didn't even gave a bottle of water. no complaints, coz i was to tired and went to sleep immediately after.
Finally after 2.5 hours of good sleep and flight i landed in Dallas fort worth. i collected my luggage and was on my way to hotel. the place was a little hard to find, but after spending $70, i managed to get to the hotel by 12.15am on Monday morning and no time spent went directly to sleep.
I don't remember whether i had any dreams or what, but to this day i was procrastinating or working at office to spent some serious time writing this blog. Ohhh, finally i finished it.
This must be the peak of procrastination; my first overseas trip and I took this long to write this down... Come on man, put yourself together, kill this procrastination thing. That's the message I got before putting my a^%$ on the table to add another feather to the list of posts.
Well this could be the perfect example of how far your first trip outside the country can be screwed up and this could be a study case of almost all problems that you can encounter on your journey.
My idea of getting out of the boring and monotonous work life in Bangalore was to go on a random trip on a weekend with all the planning (I don't like to do that, and I aint saying I plan but the only plan will be to find a seat in a bus or train) done on wednesady. That is how I get out of the monotnonous life and find some adventure. But this one trip really scared the living daylights out of me. This is nothing like the previous trips that I had taken. This is to America, most powerful nation, land of oppurtuniteis, ameriacan dream and stuff like that. I was asked to come over to the US for a few weeks and man, it was super fast. I was told about this on Wednesday and in a jiffy, I was flying on Sunday.
I was flying to Dubai, then to Houston and finally to Dallas. My first flight was at 4.30 am from Bangalore. I was there much early, saturday 11.30pm itself, ofcourse I was nervous. and I had good reason to be.
After waiting for a long time, finally the checkin process started and when my turn came in, the first boulder on the way (or shall I say, disturbance), my flight from dubai to houston was CANCELLED. What?, well hurricane Ike had left a bad devastation on Houston and Galveston and Emirates was not flying there. Well WHAT? I dint hear a thing. I went blank for a few minutes. My first overseas trip and this was screwed up at the first place itself. I collected myself when the Emirates officials was frantically (or should i say routinely) searching for alteranet travel arrangements. I waited and waited and finally when the last passenger was checked in and whe they were about to board the flight, one of the officailas came to me with alternate travel arrangements. Well I was flying on sunday itself. But it will be Sunday evening. This time I will be flying Emirates to Dubai, then to New York and Dallas.
I returned back to my home, caught the sleep I badly missed and got back to the airport on time so that I get this plane on time. This time it was peice of cake. But as a matter of fact I was still nervous with all those flights ahead of me. This time evry process went well and in short time I was sitting on the Emirates flight to Dubai. After 3 hours of flight I landed in Dubai. The aeriel view of Dubai was beautful, the entire coastline was all litup and the airport was huge. we were taken to the tansit terminal with over 150 gates (when bangalore has only 10-20 gates you can understand how huge is Dubai). I had a trasit time of 5 hours in Dubai. MOst of that time was spent walking the entire lebgth of the huge trasit terminal. And there was the famed duty free stores. The flamboyance was breath taking. and finally when it was the checkin time and wen i reached the officials, then there it was, for the second time i am having some problems. well this time it was solved by the emirates officials., thanks a lot to them.no wonder they are on of the best (eventhough they give me some tought ime).
The flight from Dubai to New York was really enjoyable. The flight was almost empty (or should i say one third occupied). The air hostrses were very nice and the service was superb. I got to watch a lot of movies and the food was also superb. The plane was so empty that i used the 4 seats in my row to have a good sleep stretching myselves a little. When i pulled up the window shades I was flying over boston and then new york. And after this long trip finally i landed on american soil. after the immigration check, i collected my luggage and went on to proceed to delta airlines' terminal. this is another huge aiprot that has airtrains to transport people from one terminal to another. I had to wait another 10 hours in jfk to catch my next flight to dallas. it was only at 7pm. after the long wait or should i say boring (coz the airport is so empty, with very less people and attractions).
And finally when i went for the checkin the final problem came up. the delta staff required some proof of my alternate arangements. emirates made the alternate arrangements and the delta required some document for these. i was again cought up in another problme. if it was not for one of the delta official, i would have been really screwed up my trip. thanks a lot to that person who helped me a lot. i was able to get the reuired doc from emirates and finally made it to dallas on the delta airlines. I should say compared to emirates or even indian carriers like king fisher or deccan, the serivce was extremel poor. the air hostesses acted like the passengers were taken free for a ride on a delta courtesy. they didnt even gave a bottle of water. no complaints, coz i was to tired and went to sleep immediately after.
Finally after 2.5 hours of good sleep and flight i landed in dallas fortworth. i collected my luggages and was on my way to hotel. the place was a little hard to find, but after spending $70, i managed to get to the hotel by 12.15am on monday morning and no time spent went directly to sleep.
I don't remember whether i had any dreams or what, but to this day i was procastinating or working at office to spent some serious time writing this blog. Ohhh, finally i finished it.
Well this could be the perfect example of how far your first trip outside the country can be screwed up and this could be a study case of almost all problems that you can encounter on your journey.
My idea of getting out of the boring and monotonous work life in Bangalore was to go on a random trip on a weekend with all the planning (I don't like to do that, and I aint saying I plan but the only plan will be to find a seat in a bus or train) done on wednesady. That is how I get out of the monotnonous life and find some adventure. But this one trip really scared the living daylights out of me. This is nothing like the previous trips that I had taken. This is to America, most powerful nation, land of oppurtuniteis, ameriacan dream and stuff like that. I was asked to come over to the US for a few weeks and man, it was super fast. I was told about this on Wednesday and in a jiffy, I was flying on Sunday.
I was flying to Dubai, then to Houston and finally to Dallas. My first flight was at 4.30 am from Bangalore. I was there much early, saturday 11.30pm itself, ofcourse I was nervous. and I had good reason to be.
After waiting for a long time, finally the checkin process started and when my turn came in, the first boulder on the way (or shall I say, disturbance), my flight from dubai to houston was CANCELLED. What?, well hurricane Ike had left a bad devastation on Houston and Galveston and Emirates was not flying there. Well WHAT? I dint hear a thing. I went blank for a few minutes. My first overseas trip and this was screwed up at the first place itself. I collected myself when the Emirates officials was frantically (or should i say routinely) searching for alteranet travel arrangements. I waited and waited and finally when the last passenger was checked in and whe they were about to board the flight, one of the officailas came to me with alternate travel arrangements. Well I was flying on sunday itself. But it will be Sunday evening. This time I will be flying Emirates to Dubai, then to New York and Dallas.
I returned back to my home, caught the sleep I badly missed and got back to the airport on time so that I get this plane on time. This time it was peice of cake. But as a matter of fact I was still nervous with all those flights ahead of me. This time evry process went well and in short time I was sitting on the Emirates flight to Dubai. After 3 hours of flight I landed in Dubai. The aeriel view of Dubai was beautful, the entire coastline was all litup and the airport was huge. we were taken to the tansit terminal with over 150 gates (when bangalore has only 10-20 gates you can understand how huge is Dubai). I had a trasit time of 5 hours in Dubai. MOst of that time was spent walking the entire lebgth of the huge trasit terminal. And there was the famed duty free stores. The flamboyance was breath taking. and finally when it was the checkin time and wen i reached the officials, then there it was, for the second time i am having some problems. well this time it was solved by the emirates officials., thanks a lot to them.no wonder they are on of the best (eventhough they give me some tought ime).
The flight from Dubai to New York was really enjoyable. The flight was almost empty (or should i say one third occupied). The air hostrses were very nice and the service was superb. I got to watch a lot of movies and the food was also superb. The plane was so empty that i used the 4 seats in my row to have a good sleep stretching myselves a little. When i pulled up the window shades I was flying over boston and then new york. And after this long trip finally i landed on american soil. after the immigration check, i collected my luggage and went on to proceed to delta airlines' terminal. this is another huge aiprot that has airtrains to transport people from one terminal to another. I had to wait another 10 hours in jfk to catch my next flight to dallas. it was only at 7pm. after the long wait or should i say boring (coz the airport is so empty, with very less people and attractions).
And finally when i went for the checkin the final problem came up. the delta staff required some proof of my alternate arangements. emirates made the alternate arrangements and the delta required some document for these. i was again cought up in another problme. if it was not for one of the delta official, i would have been really screwed up my trip. thanks a lot to that person who helped me a lot. i was able to get the reuired doc from emirates and finally made it to dallas on the delta airlines. I should say compared to emirates or even indian carriers like king fisher or deccan, the serivce was extremel poor. the air hostesses acted like the passengers were taken free for a ride on a delta courtesy. they didnt even gave a bottle of water. no complaints, coz i was to tired and went to sleep immediately after.
Finally after 2.5 hours of good sleep and flight i landed in dallas fortworth. i collected my luggages and was on my way to hotel. the place was a little hard to find, but after spending $70, i managed to get to the hotel by 12.15am on monday morning and no time spent went directly to sleep.
I don't remember whether i had any dreams or what, but to this day i was procastinating or working at office to spent some serious time writing this blog. Ohhh, finally i finished it.
