Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Jet Lag

I love to travel and to fly but I hate the jet lag it causes.
Jet lag, or desynchronosis, is a temporary condition that some people experience following air travel across several time zones in a short period of time. This causes the traveler's internal clock to be out of sync with the external environment. People experiencing jet lag have a difficult time maintaining their internal, routine sleep-wake pattern in their new location, because external stimuli, like sunshine and local timetables, dictate a different pattern.

I have jet lag and it will take two full weeks to kick it completely. It is now the middle of the night and I am wide awake. I have found that rather than toss and turn I have a better chance to go back to sleep if I get up and do something for an hour or so. I would would start going back through my trip pix and add more posts about my trip to Hong Kong.

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