Airplane Blogs

Selfie on the plane in Dallas

Yesterday, which still feels like today I said goodbye to my family. I said goodbye to my cats and my best friend. It was emotional, yet it felt so surreal. 

My brain knows that I won't be home for 8 months. My brain has not felt it yet; maybe that's because I simply refuse to feel it. 

It's been twenty-one hours since I took off from KC. It feels like it was only three. 

The first leg of the flight was delayed by twenty minutes, with only an hour layover. I was sprinting from my gate to the skyline and then from the skyline to the gate. I then had to recheck my passport and my vaccination card, get a new boarding ticket, and finally, minutes before the last call boarded the plane. 

I was so stressed, but I made it praise the Lord!

Second meal served during the flight: 7/10

The fifteen-hour flight was fairly pleasant. I was next to a window close to the back. There was a lovely couple sitting next to me on their way to Uganda for two weeks of safaris. It was so nice to talk to them during the two meals served and hear some of their stories. 

I slept and watched too many movies, all of them fantastic. 

When I landed in Doha, there was an exit from the back. I walked down the stairs to the tarmac and shuffled with the rest of the travelers into a bus. Once back into the main area we had to go through security again. 

The airport in Doha doesn't seem to be all that much bigger than Atlanta or Dallas, but there are luxury stores everywhere. There are tons of lounges, Starbucks, and spaces for kids to play. The strangest thing is that the gates are boarded off. You have to double-check your passport and then sit in the gate area waiting to board the flight. We'll see if it makes things go any faster(spoiler alert it didn't). 

Well, that's my update at 2:00 AM from Doha, Qatar! I'll see you in Zambia!!