My 22 hour flight has just turned into a 50ish hour epic journey.

"Anon" (tjsielsistneb) 10/06/2015 at 13:06 • Filed to: None

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here’s the story of this crazyness. Our co-pilot had a seizure. And since you can not fly without a co-pilot, we’ve been hanging out at the New Mexico airport for the last two hours. We’re going to be arriving at San Francisco at 11:30am, however because of this we’ve missed our connecting flight to osaka.

So we’re going to be in San Francisco for 8 hours, we’re then going to catch a plane at 7:30. We’ll arrive at Tokyo at 7pm, we then have to spend the night in tokyo to catch a flight to osaka at 7am to arrive at 8:30am the next day. This has turned into insanity.

On the upside I had an amazing Calzone at tbe New Mexico airport. That said I’m probobly not going to be able to get any okonomiyaki in Osaka, the home of okonomiyaki. :(

GeorgeyBoy > Anon 10/06/2015 at 13:11

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Hate when that happens.

Stapleface-Now Hyphenated! > Anon 10/06/2015 at 13:14

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Are there any time sensitive plans you were working on doing in Osaka? Hope everything works out OK

OPPOsaurus WRX > Anon 10/06/2015 at 13:20

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lol u ate in mexico? prepare to shit your brains out. I had chinese food at 7 am in miami and had to sprint past the stewardess while we were ascending, she told me I needed to go sit back down immediately. when she saw the look on my face i think she realized it wasnt going to wait

ttyymmnn > Anon 10/06/2015 at 13:20

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Well, at least you weren’t on the flight where the pilot died . There’s a reason there are two pilots up front. Before you get too upset, be glad you’re living in an age when, even with difficulty, you can get from wherever you started in 50 hours. Think about those poor sods who had to take trains and steamships. The same trip would have taken up to two weeks or more. And, if you haven’t read it, I would highly recommend Around The World in Eighty Days. It’s a really good book, and is more of a travelogue than an adventure story. It will put your journey into a bit of perspective. Save travels!

Mattbob > Anon 10/06/2015 at 13:22

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had to google okonomiyaki. Now I really want to try it.... I hope everything works out well. Good luck.

HammerheadFistpunch > Anon 10/06/2015 at 13:34

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When I flex to Norway several years ago it took us 2x as long as it was supposed to, bad weather in chicago sent us to to springfield, then when we got back to chicago our connecting flight to Oslo was long gone, so we had to catch a flight to Germany where I was frisked and questioned by the bomb squad because of the video equipment I had with me before I could find another flight to Norway. We my wife and I got to Oslo no one knew were our bags were for 2 days. Good times.

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > Anon 10/06/2015 at 13:34

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Oh my god, that looks delicious.

EL_ULY > Anon 10/06/2015 at 13:36

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Dang dude that is a full of adventure!

CKeffer > Anon 10/06/2015 at 13:52

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Mmmm oknomiyaki *drool* Really hoping the trip goes smoother when my wife and I go to Japan in 2017, I also hope the rest of your trip goes much smoother.

user314 > Anon 10/06/2015 at 13:57

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Did he have the fish? More importantly, were you over Macho Grande?

gin-san - shitpost specialist > OPPOsaurus WRX 10/06/2015 at 13:58

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New Mexico

gin-san - shitpost specialist > Anon 10/06/2015 at 13:59

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I nearly choked on my own saliva - I haven’t had lunch yet.

gin-san - shitpost specialist > Mattbob 10/06/2015 at 14:01

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So did I, and the picture up top is what came up - they all look so delicious. I'm used to eating pancakes which are drizzled in maple syrup, but savoury pancakes seem like an incredible idea.

OPPOsaurus WRX > gin-san - shitpost specialist 10/06/2015 at 14:30

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lol not as bad but still airport food.

Scott > Anon 10/06/2015 at 14:49

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Ahhh air travel screw ups... got to love them, or you’ll go made. I remember getting up early for a 1hr drive to the Dusseldorf airport, to fly to Philly. After spending all day in airports and circling over various airports across Europe I ended the day in a hotel in Frankfurt... a 2 hour drive away from home. But I could not go home and start over from Dusseldorf, and could not get my checked bags or I would loose the cost of my ticket. The next day I finally made it to the US, but in DC not Philly. By the time I did get to Philly it was 3 am, and since I was so late my car rental was canceled and trying to get a limo at that hour for get about it. I ended up paying $400 for a suite in the Marriot in the airport for 2 hrs of sleep.

Have fun In Osaka, Not sure if it is still there, but I used to love this taco and Burrito shop near the Hard rock cafe. And your making me drool for some okonomiyaki, fantastic at 3am after a night out drinking... mmmm. My favorite was in Hiroshima though.

Sam > HammerheadFistpunch 10/06/2015 at 18:06

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Isn’t it amazing that they freak out about some of this stuff, even though they probably see it at least once a month? My dad has a CPAP machine and he gets questioned every single time, at every single airport.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > Anon 10/06/2015 at 23:06

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It’s all part of the adventure!

Good luck with San Francisco. I’ve flown through there a bunch of times and probably only get through without any delays about one in every ten times.

pip bip - choose Corrour > Anon 10/07/2015 at 05:46

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ask for compensation!