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Two Years Ago Today
In my Facebook memories, it came up that two years ago today my flight was landing in Honolulu Hawaii. It was a trip I had long been waiting for and decided that I would go by myself as a belated 40th to myself.
All the planning, saving up, researching, booking accommodation and flight as well as purchasing travel insurance.
I’d never traveled overseas by myself before so it was a huge step for me.
It was a nearly ten-hour flight from Sydney Australia to Hawaii, a direct flight that I was more content about so I wouldn’t have to worry about missing connecting flights.
The time difference between Hawaii and Australia is twenty hours, so it meant basically I’d be traveling back in time. Leaving Australia at night and arriving in Hawaii the same day.
I had experienced so much self-doubt in the weeks leading up to my trip and I just wanted to get on the plane. I knew once the cabin doors closed and the plane started to taxii the runway and then accelerate to take off I’d feel better. Once I could feel the plane had left the ground I breathed a sigh of relief, there was no doubt now, it was happening.
I landed in Hawaii and came from the plane to my shuttle bus service I had arranged who were at the gate waiting for me as planned.
