Chinese Hacker Spies
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I've flown on either Boeing 747 (Boeing 747 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) or Boeing 777 (Boeing 777 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) on such routes.
We will probably fly coach, but if we got business class, that would be sweet. Those seats look much more comfortable. I didn't see any layouts of seats/cabins. Am I blind?
How many hours are involved to travel to China?
Under the best case scenario it takes me 12 hours of travel time just to fly to the lower 48; Nome to Anchorage, Anchorage to Seattle, and Seattle to where ever.
And it is fairly common that a lack of timely connecting flights necesitates long airport layovers extending the travel time to 24 hours or even more.
There are only three flights daily between Nome and Anchorage. Its not unusual for the Nome airport to close due to fog or a blizzard. Canceled flights between Nome and Anchorage cause additional havoc with my travel plans.
But flights to the lower 48 don't compare to some of the remote areas I visit. I once traveled to Little Diomede, Alaska. I had planned on returning to Nome the same day but ended up marooned in Little Diomede for a week due to the weather (white-out conditions). Note the landing strip for Little Diomede is the frozen ice of the Bering Sea and polar bears are not an uncommon site.
There aren't restaurants, lodging, etc. in these remote locations so I pack grocercies, a sleeping bag, etc. I end up sleeping in schools, personal residences, libraries.
Under the best case scenario it takes me 12 hours of travel time just to fly to the lower 48; Nome to Anchorage, Anchorage to Seattle, and Seattle to where ever.
And it is fairly common that a lack of timely connecting flights necesitates long airport layovers extending the travel time to 24 hours or even more.
There are only three flights daily between Nome and Anchorage. Its not unusual for the Nome airport to close due to fog or a blizzard. Canceled flights between Nome and Anchorage cause additional havoc with my travel plans.
But flights to the lower 48 don't compare to some of the remote areas I visit. I once traveled to Little Diomede, Alaska. I had planned on returning to Nome the same day but ended up marooned in Little Diomede for a week due to the weather (white-out conditions). Note the landing strip for Little Diomede is the frozen ice of the Bering Sea and polar bears are not an uncommon site.
There aren't restaurants, lodging, etc. in these remote locations so I pack grocercies, a sleeping bag, etc. I end up sleeping in schools, personal residences, libraries.
As long as you are not clandestinely meeting people over on Big Diomede, we’re not worried about you :unsure:
BTW, the most depressing moment of my first flight to Asia: The captain announced that if we looked out the window we could see Anchorage; and I realized that after being in the air for what seemed like forever, we were still in the US! (And not anywhere close to Nome, yet.)
Interestingly nobody inhabits Big Diomede other than a small Russian security contingent. And Big Diomede is many times the size of Little Diomede. I brazenly/stupidly walked across the international date line into Russian territory to get a better view of Big Diomede. The Russians like to nab people that get to close to their island and hold them captive for ransom (or at least that is the story I have been told). Fortunately, no Russians intercepted me.
I have have traveled extensively. For the most part, my most memorable journeys have involved traveling to remote areas that civilization has largely bypassed.
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The layout of the seats/cabins is largely determined by the individual airline, so it cannot be specified in general.
Great story! I can visualize you wandering around the ice, even though I don't know you :biggrin:
