Miscellaneous | Hangout Digger

A lot of us travel around the world in search of new destinations and usually, most of our journeys last more than 5 to 6 hours by flight. Just got these tips for flyers from a friend of mine via email. All these flying tips make perfect sense and I’m sure would help in making the flight journey much more pleasant and comfortable. If you have your own suggestions to make, do comment and I’ll try and incorporate them in this post.

Flying Tips

There are several simple steps you can take to significantly reduce the stress of flying on your body. We will cover tips associated with the act of flying as well as some suggestions to make your airport experience a better one.

1. Avoid diuretics: Diuretics are substances which cause your body to dehydrate (urinate). The two most common diuretics are caffeine and alcohol. Avoiding these substances can greatly reduce the achy feeling that is commonly associated with long flights. This also means avoiding caffeinated soft drinks and black tea. The best drinks for flying include water, non - caffeinated sodas, milk, and juice.

2. Stay hydrated: As an extension to the first tip, remember to drink lots of fluids. The reduced air pressure (even in pressurized cabins) and the dry air can dehydrate your body very quickly The generally achy muscle feeling is, to a large extent, the result of dehydration during flight. You may even wish to carry a sports bottle filled with water and drink from it whenever you think about it. Don’t wait until you are thirsty.

Continue reading ‘Tips for Flyers’

Tags:Airport Experience, Flight Experience, Flight Journey, Flying Tips, Tips Tips for Flyers

If you like this post, then buy me a jug of beer!

Hangout Digger is 1 Month old!

Published

Navin Ganesh

on May 15, 2007

in Miscellaneous

. 1 Comment

I just can’t believe how soon this last month has flown by. After working really hard for more than 2 weeks to get this blog up and running, it has become an integral part of my life, a routine. Seeing more posts and lot more people coming forward to share their experiences and information about various hangouts gives me the feeling of being rewarded for all the hard work we put in. This would not have been possible without all the support we have received from people who have contributed with their reviews and invaluable comments and ofcourse our visitors.

Hangout Digger had its first post on 15th April 2007 about Amethyst. From then, over a month, we have had 26 new reviews of various hangouts spanning 6 different cities across 4 countries and 2 continents.

Thanks to the response, both Narayanan and I are now highly motivated to making this blog a huge success. We hope to get lot more people from different parts of the globe to share their experiences across various cities of the world.

Special Thanks to Kavitha Mohan, Gayathri Jagannathan, Niveditha Ramaswamy, Girish Ganesh, Anush Srivatsan, Vasisht, Aparna Natarajan, Kanchana Pradeep and Shweta Sharma who have enriched Hangout Digger with their wonderful reviews about various hangouts and eatouts.

We are planning to introduce lots of new features that will make Hangout Digger a truly enjoyable experience. So look forward to our updates and plenty more reviews. As of now, we are averaging at one post a day. We hope to be able to increase that, as and when we get more people to send in their reviews.

Henceforth at Hangout Digger, we’ll have a Weekly Roundup that would be posted every Sunday listing all posts from the previous sunday to the saturday just gone by. Also on the 1st of every month, a Monthly Roundup listing all the posts of the previous month would be put up.

Do find below the posts we have had since Day 1 at Hangout Digger:

15th April 2007 - Amethyst by Kavitha Mohan.

17th April 2007 - High Street by Narayanan Hariharan.

18th April 2007 - Beach Kart - Vroom!! by Kavitha Mohan.

20th April 2007 - Star City by Gayathri Jagannathan.

20th April 2007 - Gangotree - Chaat Central by Niveditha Ramaswamy.

21st April 2007 - Mandarin - The Place for Chinese by Girish Ganesh.

23rd April 2007 - Cunningham Road - One of the most happening places in Bangalore! by Navin Ganesh.

24th April 2007 - Fifth Avenue Bakery aka FABS by Narayanan Hariharan.

28th April 2007 - Sigma Mall - The Highlight of Cunningham Road by Navin Ganesh.

29th April 2007 - Bowl O’ (Oh No) China by Kavitha Mohan.

30th April 2007 - Food Village by Navin Ganesh.