Like Tree2Likes

Hong Kong jet-lag

Closed Thread
Page 1 of 2 1 2 LastLast
  1. #1

    Hong Kong jet-lag

    Hello! If I am in transit, meaning a few hours in Hong Kong airport and have a few sleeping pills with me, just to help me on a long journey, is that a problem? The pills will be accompanied by a prescription and a letter from the doctor and will have my name on the box. Thank you very much!


  2. #2

    Join Date
    Oct 2005
    Posts
    14,414

    Not a problem


  3. #3

    Join Date
    Aug 2012
    Posts
    4,040

    No problem, have a beer or glass of wine with them, they work even better

    d-28 likes this.

  4. #4

    Thank you very much, Jimbo and Closedcasket!


  5. #5

    Instead of sleeping pills ,how about using melatonin, don't feel like crap after taking them


  6. #6

    Thank you Rural_runner! I've heard different opinions about melatonin, one of them being that it gives you strange dreams, so I thought of using sleeping pills. I have a really long journey, I did it before and I could sleep only half an hour out of 24 hours, because of the plane, otherwise sleeping while traveling by train, for example, is my favourite.


  7. #7

    Join Date
    Mar 2007
    Location
    Gold Coast Marina
    Posts
    17,934

    Melatonin is a naturally produced substance. much better than sleeping pills which leave you feeling like a zombie.

    Sent from my GT-N7000 using GeoClicks Mobile


  8. #8

    Join Date
    Mar 2007
    Location
    Gold Coast Marina
    Posts
    17,934
    Quote Originally Posted by MovingIn07:
    Melatonin is a naturally produced substance. much better than sleeping pills which leave you feeling like a zombie.

    Sent from my GT-N7000 using GeoClicks Mobile
    Edit. but how long do u have here? A better way to combat jetjag is sunlight. get out and spend a few hour in hk!

    Sent from my GT-N7000 using GeoClicks Mobile

  9. #9

    Join Date
    Jun 2011
    Posts
    5,110

    From my experience, for long haul flights to and from Hong Kong, jet lag is the worse if you coming from North America, since you have to cross the date line and you have to lose or gain at least a day. Europe is a little bit better, since usually the time difference is less than 10 hours with Hong Kong. So it's a bit quicker for your body to cope. Australia is usually the most easy to handle for jet lag on long haul flights, since you are flying mostly north-south as opposed to east-west, so you get only a few hours of time difference at most and it's lot quicker for your body to adjust compare to Canada or US destinations (which can take up to a week).

    Last edited by Watercooler; 24-12-2012 at 12:27 PM.

  10. #10

    Join Date
    Aug 2012
    Posts
    4,040
    Quote Originally Posted by Watercooler:
    From my experience, for long haul flights to and from Hong Kong, jet lag is the worse if you coming from North America, since you have to cross the date line and you have to lose or gain at least a day. Europe is a little bit better, since usually the time difference is less than 10 hours with Hong Kong. So it's a bit quicker for your body to cope. Australia is usually the most easy to handle for jet lag on long haul flights, since you are flying mostly north-south as opposed to east-west, so you get only a few hours of time difference at most and it's lot quicker for your body to adjust compare to Canada or US destinations (which can take up to a week).

    common sense would dictate that the larger the difference in 'time', the worse the jet lag would be. NYC is likely the worse, at 12 hours behind HK (13 during DLS).

Closed Thread
Page 1 of 2 1 2 LastLast