bleggy

Many thanks for all the info and help. I am a little wary of the pills and potions methods but I will research them a little more. We have prepared a sleeping plan based on the time at destination to try and get the old body onto the correct time. I am a bit dubious as to whether this will work because I am not so good at sleeping on planes. Maybe a good nights sleep prior to travelling and a little Mrs Bleggy loving on my return will help.

Here's to everybody on the journey...

Blegstar

Jez

avoid alcahol
avoid tea and coffee or any other stimulants
dont eat too much
when you get on the plane adjust your watch to the destination
try and have a stopover en-route if you can
someone told me that it takes a day to adjust for every 2 hours shifted in
time zone

Hard to avoid really though, although I didnt get jet lag going there only
on the way back to the UK.

Jez.

"bleggy" wrote in message
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    > Heading to Adelaide for a week or so in October, mainly pelasure but
    > also a bit of a reccie in relation to the 457IE application. Our last
    > trip was for 5 weeks and on our return, not so much on the way out, the
    > jet lag was debilitating for about a week. Does anybody have any
    > practical suggestions as how to minimise the affects particularly as the
    > stay will be fairly short and I don't want to miss a minute of it. Also
    > on my return I need to get back working asap as I am self employed. The
    > flight is direct with just a couple of short transit stops for a few
    > hours. Flight time around 30 hours.
    > Many thanks, any practical suggestions no matter how simple would be
    > much appreciated.
    > Cheers
    > Blegster
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Andy

Went to Sydney last November and landed in the morning, about 9 am. We were
immediately taken out for a walk, and given loads to do. We were absolutely
dead on our feet. However, that night we had a barbie and a few glasses of
wine and slept like the dead. Woke up day 2 absolutely fine.

Last time I went, I got my head down when I felt really tired and it took me
two weeks to adjust. I guess you have to work through it.

Andy

dotty

Seriously I really enjoyed it, was tired the first night, but slept like a log. Was a bit yuk when I got back to Aus, but that was more at the sight of all the work that built up while I was away. People have told me Singapore Business is as good as some first class, The seats were really huge, as I am 5'3 and 8 stone, i slept well, larger passengers in front seemed to be sleeping fine too. Worse part is you never ever want to take economy again! ( Ihave to tho we are going economy to UK this Xmas, and if somebody could sedate me for 25 hours I would a very happy woman).

empyrean

[QUOTE][SIZE=1]Originally posted by dotty:


The Melatonin solution suggested by some earlier posts is the one! Don't be concerned about taking the pills they are herbal and perfectly safe. Make sure you biy synthetic not natural. My hubbie (who is paranoid about what he puts into his body - he's a competitive cyclist) and I use it all the time even in UK for getting a good night's sleep - we buy truck loads whenever we are in the USA. I
There's a book written about its effects one of which is anti ageing...yippee!

]Take it on the plane and when you wnat to go to bed in your destination - it really is sleep to order.

cinderella

Empyrean,

May I ask why you say to buy the synthetic Melatonin tablets?


Kind regards,

Cinderella

jockney

I usually arrive in adelaide 0630 sunday morning.The wife goes to bed while after breakfast my mates take me to the front bar of the grand in glenelg where we stay as long as I can last(or until they run out of hahn premium)I usually last till about 5 then crash bigtime and awake next morning as right as rain(not that their`s much of that about).Works for me!He who drinks australian thinks australian

bleggy

after breakfast my mates take me to the front bar of the grand in glenelg where we stay as long as I can last

Would you believe on the Sunday morning I arrive we are heading to Glenelg to meet up with everybody.

Cool

empyrean

I knew someone would ask me that - I actually don't remember why but we read it somewhere and whoever wrote the article gave a very good case for buying synthetic as opposed to natural. Not much help that I know! All I can say is since then we have deliberately bought synthetic and have found it very good. Whether or not we had ever bought natural before that I couldn't tell you so this study is not very scientific.

cinderella

You may not have been able to tell if they were Synthetic or Natural. I can not see anything on the bottle I have that states either way. I will have a look on their web site and see what it says there. (www.bestnutrition.com).

Thanks for your reply.

Regards,

Cinderella

Michael Hoffman

bleggy wrote in
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    > Thanks for those. Would it work to set my watch to local time on
    > departure and try and get into the same routine immediately? The bladder
    > route sounds interesting. I will check with my doctor that he recommends
    > this kind of therapy.

Once you can't see 30 in the rear-view mirror anymore, but instead the exit
to age 40 is coming up, the getting blotted thing doesn't work so well -
you simply need too long to recover from the hangover.

So, if you want to minimize downtime, try using Melatonin to reset your
body clock. Works wonders for me - but not for everybody, apparently (my
wife says it makes her feel about as hungover as getting sloshed, although
less dehydrated).

If you can, choose a flight that gets you into Australia (or anywhere, for
that matter) in the late afternoon. Take a tablet. Have a nice dinner, some
good heavy red wine. Presto!

Mike

bleggy

Thanks Mike

My doctor has prescribed a glass of Henschke to be taken in heavy doses on arrival. Who am I to argue.

Bottoms up