bubba105
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My presumption is you are on the 2:15 PM flight Honolulu-Guam on Continental?!? If this is the case you've got an early morning flight from Houston-Honolulu. I would recommend no Ambien on the way there. Reason being, you arrive in Palau at 10 PM, you'll get into your room by 11 PM. It's 12 noon at home a day after you left, in actual time. The sleep you get on the 2 planes isn't going to be substantial so 2 drinks or an Ambien will put you out. In the morning you're on Palau time, even if you need an alarm clock to wake you. Easy to get in the swing.
On the way home, Guam-Honolulu leaves at 6:30 AM. You haven't slept from last night. Actual time of the flight is about 7.5 hours but you get to Hon at 6 PM Hawaii time with 5 hours time change). That flight has Ambien written all over it. Don't know when your Hon-Houston flight is but that might be an Ambien flight also. You get in sometime in the morning. When you get home you have to stay away from all flat surfaces until at least 8 PM your time. Take an Ambien to get you to sleep & hope for the best. I got home at noon & fell asleep by 12:15 last year & it was hell for 8 days. This year I stayed awake until Ambien time & other than laying awake an hour or 2 at night the next 2 days, it was OK. Good luck, it's definitely worth every second of inconvenience, the place is awesome. We had 32 people this year, next trip will be 50.
After 9/11, our trips to Cozumel had interesting, weird TSA happenings. In Cozumel, on the way home, they went thru all our bags, carry-ons included. They took the checked bags & we went thru the X-ray machine. When we went to board they had brought the table we put our bags on to have them checked & the same guy was randomly checking carry-ons again. Of course, my luck being what it is, I got to have my bag torn apart again, by the same guy who had checked it already. This happened until 2005 or so.
On the way home, Guam-Honolulu leaves at 6:30 AM. You haven't slept from last night. Actual time of the flight is about 7.5 hours but you get to Hon at 6 PM Hawaii time with 5 hours time change). That flight has Ambien written all over it. Don't know when your Hon-Houston flight is but that might be an Ambien flight also. You get in sometime in the morning. When you get home you have to stay away from all flat surfaces until at least 8 PM your time. Take an Ambien to get you to sleep & hope for the best. I got home at noon & fell asleep by 12:15 last year & it was hell for 8 days. This year I stayed awake until Ambien time & other than laying awake an hour or 2 at night the next 2 days, it was OK. Good luck, it's definitely worth every second of inconvenience, the place is awesome. We had 32 people this year, next trip will be 50.
After 9/11, our trips to Cozumel had interesting, weird TSA happenings. In Cozumel, on the way home, they went thru all our bags, carry-ons included. They took the checked bags & we went thru the X-ray machine. When we went to board they had brought the table we put our bags on to have them checked & the same guy was randomly checking carry-ons again. Of course, my luck being what it is, I got to have my bag torn apart again, by the same guy who had checked it already. This happened until 2005 or so.