long hours flight!!!!! i hate it.....

@lalola24 (130)
United States
March 5, 2009 9:07pm CST
travelling is good....i really enjoy it when im already in my destination but yet at the plane...i feel like its already the end of the world...my mind would start running and all the negative stuffs will pop in...what if the plane will crash...what if the engine will stop....last trip was last dec 21...from the philippines to florida is 18 hours.....i didnt sleep in the whole flight actually for im very scared...i keep on giving off sighs for im nervous already....i still remember when i arrived in florida airport i look like a zombie....lol....but although im afraid with those long hours...im still gonna take a chance soon to visit my family.....
4 responses
• Australia
6 Mar 09
I fly from Brisbane, Australia to Flint, Michigan at least once a year. The first flight is about 14 hours, and then The rest of the fligts add up to about 6 or 7 hours in total. I don't really have any fears of flying and don't think too much about crashing or anything like that. I do find that I hardly get any sleep though. It's just not comfortabel enough and it's noisy and I'm always worried about falling asleep and leaning on the stranger beside me or something lol.
@lalola24 (130)
• United States
6 Mar 09
lol!!! better not lean on to your seatmate lol...you might have a price ..a good slap on your face....lol
@elisa812 (3026)
• United States
17 Mar 09
I feel the same way about flying! I really hate long flights. I actually don't really like flying very much in general, because it makes me really nervous, but at least I don't feel so nervous with the short flights, cause then I know it will be over soon! The longer flights always scare me because I feel like there is more time for something to go wrong! Also, usually longer flights are going over the ocean, so that always scares me. I also don't really like being crammed in the plane for long periods of time, because I feel like I need to stretch my legs more often than I am able, so it gets uncomfortable.
@joyce959 (1559)
• Philippines
8 Mar 09
You are right, it's good to travel, but being in the airplane for long hours is so boring. I experienced a long hours flight from Philippines to Canada, about 15 hours from Manila to Vancouver and then another 5 hours flight from Vancouver to Montreal. During take off and landing I watched on the window of the plane the scenery below, where houses, cars, trees and people look like miniature toys. Up above, all I can see are clouds which look like cotton balls. That's how I pass the time, cloud watching and watching movie on the monitor. I barely sleep. On my destination, it was a great sight to see a different atmosphere and surrounding, experiencing snow for the first time and being able to see different places in Canada like Montreal and its neighboring cities, Ottawa, Toronto and Niagara Falls, Vancouver and its neighboring cities and also Victoria the capital of British Columbia. It's my dream to travel again to countries which I have not been to, like the European countries, US, and countries in asia.
@maximax8 (31046)
• United Kingdom
8 Mar 09
I really love traveling and have to put up with hours on planes because reaching my destination is the goal that makes me happy. I enjoy coming home because it will be an opportunity for me to develop my travel photos. I always like to get a window seat and see land on take off as well as landing. I hope for a safe flight and have had one every time so far. I don't do a flight longer than 14 hours and if a trip is long like England to New Zealand I plan stop offs. Good luck with future traveling.