I still remember the day, almost three years back when I travelled in air for the first time in my life. It was really a milestone for me, since at such an early age, I was lucky enough to board a flight, and that too an all expense paid trip, courtesy my company, WALTER. What if it was a local flight! First ups are always special. It was a Jet flight from Pune to Kerala for our yearly Sales Conference. All the preparations for the day had been done and the moment came, all like me were excited but I am sure nobody could have matched my excitement.
I arrived at the airport in full enthusiasm and zeal to capture the sky, and as I entered the airport and was doing the check in formalities, the announcements and the flights sounds were just like music to my ears, waiting for the right track or in other words the announcement of the right flight to play on the PA system. And then after a long wait of about an hour the song I wanted played and there I was up in a bang to board and probably the first of my flight attendees to form a queue to enter the flight. At that point I had a first glimpse of what people called the main attraction of flight travel “Airhostess” and that sent my adrenalin pumping even faster, after having greeted me the beautiful airhostess wished me a safe journey and a memorable flight, which I was surely supposed to have.
Then after walking through I got a glimpse of a huge creature which was waiting to take us onboard and fly us through within minutes towards our destination, such was the charm and the appeal of the aircraft that it still is fresh in my eyes even after years. After entering it and after searching for my seat number, what else could I have asked for but a window seat, and there it was waiting for my ‘bum’ to rest on it. And then began the journey into the clouds with loads and loads of snaps capturing each and every moment of the takeoff to the airhostess in my camera. That one hour almost consumed the entire battery of my camera and added around 150 photos to my database, so much was the energy and the excitement.
Today after almost three years my flight travels within India have jumped to almost 20 flights and now today a travel by a flight for me seems to be like a travel by a train for an average individual. But nevertheless my first journey still remains a memorable part of my life and is still as fresh in my mind as if it happened a few days ago.
Now begins the journey to travel International and I hope my first journey due on the 9th of this month to Hong Kong adds in new memories and marks a start of an era of International flight travel………….. Eagerly waiting for my right track to play at the international Airport…. Hong Kong I’m coming ……..
