Another Long Journey

Although I know the flight from Seattle to Delhi is long, I haven't found a great way to reduce the toll on my body.  Perhaps if I fly business class?  But it is difficult to justify the much higher cost of business class.

Sunrise over Greenland

This time it has taken me about 27 hours to get from Seattle to Delhi.  An hour was added to the trip by a delay in the departure of the flight from Frankfurt.  Apparently, the plane took more time than expected to clean.  Seats on airplanes seems to be getting smaller too.  I don't remember feeling as cramped and confined as I did on these flights.

Arrival at 2:30 am at the Delhi airport took a long time too. An ETA/e-visa is supposed to speed things along, but I still had to wait 45 minutes to get through immigration.

But all is well.  I have a brief, relaxing stay at an airport hotel and then it is back to the airport for a 1 hr. 20-minute flight from Delhi to Dharamsala.

Temperatures in Delhi are expected to reach 102-106 degrees F today.