| Wow talk about out of the blue, the airport | | | | flights, some Beatles, Stones, Beethoven, Neil |
| closures in England and Europe will have caused | | | | Young & Steely Dan, anyway, it has an alarm |
| major problems logistically for many people as | | | | clock that I can set and sleep with out fear of |
| they try to rearrange their flights and lives to fit | | | | missing my flight connections. |
| the new reality imposed on them from a | | | | Beach wrap, similar material to a bandana and just |
| thousand miles away, from a volcano of all things. | | | | as useful, only bigger. Very light weight, it takes |
| I try to keep some things in my travel bag that | | | | up no space, and can be used as a blanket or a |
| make long flights comfortable and many of them | | | | pillow or as a bird bath towel. |
| would also work to keep you comfortable in a | | | | Airplane toothbrushes, I always grab a couple and |
| forced long airport stay. Imagine that your plane | | | | keep them in my plane bag. |
| lands where you are doing a transit, you do not | | | | When I use to fly through Taiwan in anticipation |
| have a visa, and they do not offer visa on | | | | of the long layovers, I would buy a beach raft at |
| demand, you are stuck in the airport. This could | | | | the ABC stores in Hawaii for $2, and sleep on the |
| happen to you in China, Vietnam and I am sure | | | | terminal floor. You might think yuck, but when |
| many other countries around the world. | | | | you camp out you are sleeping on much worse |
| So what do I have in my bag? | | | | to be sure! When I start sawing logs you can see |
| My hot water immersion heater this will allow me | | | | the concept isn't lost on the fellow passengers |
| to make coffee or tea it also allows me to make | | | | then! LOL |
| Ramen soup. I always keep a couple of packages | | | | These days I usually forgo the beach raft and |
| of Ramen in my bag for when I get to new | | | | reach for the plastic instead and get a room in |
| towns and I am too tired to go out and find | | | | the airport. In situations like this you need to be |
| something to eat. | | | | decisive and make your move fast, when they |
| I also keep coffee in my bag because I am a | | | | shut down the airport there are only so many of |
| cheap miser and hate paying $3.50 for bad airport | | | | those airport hotel rooms, so you lose and you |
| coffee. | | | | don't snooze if you move slowly. |
| I keep my BlackBerry for the music on long | | | | |