19 hours, 7700 air miles, and 13 time zones
Posted by metaphorical on 19 January 2007
To my thousands and thousands of devoted readers and subscribers: I leave for Shanghai early Saturday morning, returning the evening of the 31st. Posting may be sporadic, and might take a travelogue-like turn. But don’t expect the stylistic second coming of Paul Bowles (more like Jane Bowles, I would think). Mambo-king: I expect to see a draft of your first assignment, no matter where I am.
Oh, and for the sticklers: the figure of 19 hours is door-to-door, or at least terminal-to-terminal, including a 2-hour layover in Chitown. I’ll only have 17 hours in the air, and only 14:30 on the main leg. Luckily I’ll have about 137 hours worth of reading material with me.
By the way, might be a good time to point out, as Brooklynite does on his blog, that this is National DeLurking Week 2007!
Harry said
I’m delurking, I’m delurking. I’m also glad I’m not going to be on an airplane for 17 hours anytime soon.