It was a long, tiring journey, but as of 1:00am Tuesday May 17, we had finally made it to XIME (Xavier Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship) in Bangalore, India. The trip over was 46 hours long for me, however longer for some of the students. My trip started with leaving my newly emptied and cleaned apartment for the Tucson airport. From Tucson I flew to Las Vegas, where after about an hour, it was on to San Francisco. San Francisco is where the staff and students met up, and after a 4 hour layover, we departed for Hong Kong. The flight to Hong Kong was 13 hours, and when they gave us the choice of deplaning or staying on board, we all quickly gathered our belongings for the chance to walk around the terminal for an hour, while the airplane was refueled and a new crew boarded.
Next up was Singapore, where we spent 8 hours. That airport is huge! Several of us took the free city tour, an amazing idea of showing the passengers waiting for connecting flights around the city. The tour proved to be a success for the tour guide & the Singapore tourism council, as many of us are now looking forward to visiting Singapore in the future! Departing Singapore, we were exhausted and ready to finally be done with the traveling. Our next stop was to be our final one - Bangalore. We all vowed that we would stay awake on the flight to help us get on local time, but as soon as the plane started taxiing - that clearly wasn't going to happen.
After getting our luggage, accounting for everyone, we were off to XIME - about an hour bus ride from the airport. Once again we tried to stay awake, but failed! However, after 46 hours, 6 airports, and 4 countries, we had arrived!
Next up was Singapore, where we spent 8 hours. That airport is huge! Several of us took the free city tour, an amazing idea of showing the passengers waiting for connecting flights around the city. The tour proved to be a success for the tour guide & the Singapore tourism council, as many of us are now looking forward to visiting Singapore in the future! Departing Singapore, we were exhausted and ready to finally be done with the traveling. Our next stop was to be our final one - Bangalore. We all vowed that we would stay awake on the flight to help us get on local time, but as soon as the plane started taxiing - that clearly wasn't going to happen.
After getting our luggage, accounting for everyone, we were off to XIME - about an hour bus ride from the airport. Once again we tried to stay awake, but failed! However, after 46 hours, 6 airports, and 4 countries, we had arrived!
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