It was just a local flight to her
By maximax8
@maximax8 (31042)
United Kingdom
December 18, 2012 7:34am CST
When I was 14 years old my friend's aunt visited England from Darwin in Australia.I told her I had been on a trip by plane to Greece. She asked how long the flight had taken. I had told her 3 and a half hours. She had told me for her that was just a local flight. Yes, Australia is a huge country. I live in the UK and it is a small country compared to where she lives.
I so very much wanted to visit other places in the world outside Europe. I visited Tunisia in North Africa and St Lucia in the Caribbean at age 19 years old. I miss those days because age 19 years old was a very exciting time for me. I bought my little cottage in a village at that age too.
Have you managed to travel to a different country and if so how did you get there?
Which age was a very exciting time for you? Why?
Tell me your idea of a short flight and a long haul flight.
4 responses
@urbandekay (18278)
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18 Dec 12
The longest flight in distance I took was to Japan, it was the first long haul flight I ever took. I was awestruck looking down at an oil tanker in the sea,
The longest in terms of time was Uganda to Switzerland but that is another story
all the best, urban
@maximax8 (31042)
• United Kingdom
18 Dec 12
The longest flight I have taken I thought was Singapore to London and London to Hong Kong. Those were both non-stop flights of around 14 hours.
In 2011 I flew London to Madrid to Bogota and Cartagena De Indias. That must have been my longest flight duration with a lot of waiting around. That trip involved missed connections, delayed luggage and lost luggage. This year London to Madrid to Buenos Aires was a long trip too.
@sishy7 (27166)
• Australia
19 Dec 12
I'll be flying from here to Bali (about three and half hours). After few days in Bali then I'll get ready for a long haul flight to Los Angeles via Taipei. Just thinking about it now makes me tired already... 
I've done that several times before when I was younger. This time though it seems my teenage sons are more excited than I am in taking such long flights...
I've done that several times before when I was younger. This time though it seems my teenage sons are more excited than I am in taking such long flights...
@wolfie34 (26770)
• United Kingdom
18 Dec 12
I guess when I first took the plunge and summoned up the courage to get on a plane, I was 26 at the time, and Cyprus was to be my first ever destination outside the UK, it was a 4 hour flight and I was nervous as hell, I loved the experience of taking off, but the other bits I didn't like, and I hated landing. However the most exciting way of travelling to a different country for me was by train, going through the Channel Tunnel to Bruges then onto Amsterdam, wonderful experience, which I'd like to repeat one day. I couldn't manage a long haul flight to be honest. 4 hours max is all I want to be up in the air.
@anklesmash (1412)
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18 Dec 12
I suppose in a large country like Australia a three and a half hour flight is probably about the same as a local domestic flight.Also compared to the flight from Australia to England a three and a half hour flight is very short.The longest flight I have ever been on miss from Heathrow to Los Angeles which I think was around 10 hours.Which was a pretty long flight though pretty short in comparison to the flight to Australia. Though I may fly to Australia in a few years as I have always wanted to go and I have some family in Australia.
