jessica marmor

Tonight Taylor and I depart for Singapore. To get there, we’ll be taking a nearly 22-hour flight. I’m fairly accustomed to moderately long flights — seven to nine hours, or so. But 22? That’s like taking the JFK-to-SFO flight and quadrupling it. That’s an entire season of Alias. That’s like 3 full shifts at work, back-to-back. I could go to 14 yoga classes. It’s, well, almost an entire day. Needless to say, I’m a little nervous.

Fortunately, I’ll be in the hands of Singapore Air, which is the world’s most profitable carrier and has been ranked the best airline in the world by Conde Nast Traveler 18 of the past 19 years. Also, we have an hourlong stopover in Frankfurt to refuel — which separates the trip into two more manageable segments and perhaps gives us the opportunity to tour some of Rhein-Main-Flughafen (aka the Frankfurt airport) — Ausgezeichnet! But Taylor says my plan to run off the plane in search of Wienerschnitzel is silly. We shall see about that.

Here’s our itinerary, for those who wish to keep track (my Mom; Taylor’s Mom; Abby):

Sept. 20 — Depart New York for Singapore
Singapore Airlines flight SQ 25.

Sept. 22-24 — Singapore
New 7th Story Hotel

Sept. 25 — Depart Singapore for Hanoi, Vietnam
Singapore Airlines flight SQ 176

Sept. 25-26 — Hanoi
Sunway Hanoi Hotel

Sept. 26-27 — Halong Bay

Sept. 27-28 — Back in Hanoi at the Sunway

Sept. 28 — Depart Hanoi for Danang
Vietnam Airline flight VN 315

Sept. 28 - Oct. 4 — Hue, Hoi An, Nha Trang

Oct. 5-6 - Saigon
Spring Hotel

Oct. 6 - Depart HoChiMinh City (Saigon)
Singapore Airlines flight SQ 173
Singapore Airlines flight SQ 26

Oct. 7 - Arrive New York JFK airport at 10:50AM