Archive for January, 2010

Jet lag – Panama to U.K

When you travel over many time zones, your body clock reminds the same and it will take some time to synchronize. I traveled to the U.K last Friday and arrived on Saturday afternoon (1:00 pm), but my body clock has 9:00 am as the time. That day I went to bed around 8:00 pm and slept for only 4 hours, my body clock has the time as 6:00pm!!. By today, I am starting to sleep the entire night.

It is normal to feel disorientation, irregular sleep patterns, crankiness, fatigue. I have been feeling all of them since day one.

I did some research about jet lag and found the only remedy is to try to catch-up with the local time, I’m forcing myself to follow the local schedule; putting the right time on my body clock.

Winter time in Oxford

I’m from a very hot country (Panama) our temperatures goes around 37 C – 30 C ..? Summer just started in Panama but I had the great idea to travel to Oxford, UK for Holidays. It’s winter time in the U.K and the temperatures goes from -3C to 3C :-S. I thought it would be like my time in Arkansas but I was wrong. I forgot Oxford is way to the North, and the winter does not feel the same :-( .

I’m so cold!! I’m freezing,but I guess it could be worst WHAT?!!, the only solution for a cold weather is: 3 layers of clothes, the first layer should be a warm long underwear for your legs :-) that will make a big different if you’re planning on walking. (experience is talking here). Do not forget gloves, hat and scraf you will regret it (experience is talking here, again)

if you come from a warm (or hot) country, it’s better to be well cover than sick ;-)

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