Sleeping in Airports blog

Thanks to Allison for sending in these photos of her and a friend “trying” to sleep in Barcelona El Prat. You can read about her interesting adventure here.

Its been a while since I’ve added some of the self airportraits that you’ve generously sent into the site.  My Bamboo pen had been missing since December, but I found it in the junk drawer and I’m all fired up to start scribbling on your photos again.  If you have any photos that you would like to appear on the site, please send them to editor@sleepinginairports.com.  I still have more to post….

Here is Daniel Martinez enjoying some rest at Seoul Incheon airport, one of the top rated airports in our annual survey.  Have you participated in the 2009 survey yet?

Whether it is summer or winter, you have to dress in layers and be sure to pack warm clothing in your carry-on.  Some airports use air-conditioning when it is not necessary, don’t use air-conditioning when it is necessary or they don’t use heating when it is needed.  This could result in some discomfort if you are not prepared, so cover all your bases and be prepared for warm or cool temperatures.  At night when there are not as many people moving around, you’ll notice the temperatures will drop.  In this self-airportrait, submitted to us by David Santos, he’s all bundled up for a night at Girona airport in Spain in February 2009.

Continuing with dressing for the airport, one of the things that drives me nuts about travelling to the Caribbean in the winter is seeing so many people returning home to Toronto in their beach wear.  Have you noticed this?  Or maybe its a Canadian thing, since we see so little sun during the winter.  It will be January and the flight is already delayed because of brutal snowstorms back home.  You would think this would tip people off to wear light pants at the very least.  But, no when I get to the gate everyone is still dressed in shorts, tank tops and flip flops.   At first I look at my boarding pass again to make sure I’m not at the wrong gate, but I know I’m not.  I just shake my head and watch in wonderment as we’re on the plane and they have to ask the flight attendants for more blankets to keep warm.  Just wait till you get off  the plane my friends.

PS. if you are one of these people, I’m sorry….I just don’t get it  :-))

Thanks to these sisters for sending in this pic!  Here they are catching some rays as they slept at London’s Heathrow airport en-route to Copenhagen.  Note to Heathrow sleepers, bring your shades and some SPF if you can fit it into your liquids and gels allowance.

READ MORE ABOUT SLEEPING AND TANNING AT LONDON’S HEATHROW AIRPORT

Davey, a long time friend of sleepinginairports.com and writer of a few memorable stories around here, sent me this photo and accompanying story last night.  I wish he would sleep in more airports as his stories are always so funny.  As promised, I’ve given him the black box of shame to disguise his identity.  :-))

Although sadly I didnt sleep in any airports on my latest trip, owing to the fact protesters stormed (and occupied) Bangkok airport I was re routed via Hong Kong (or Honkers as we call it in Australia)

Because of this I was awake for almost 3 days (because I cant sleep on planes) and as soon as I got home I collapsed on the settee and slept for a solid 14 hours.

My delightful children thought it would be highly amusing to put an upturned pot of Sweet Chilli sauce on my head as I lay there in a jet lagged coma and watch gleefully as it slowly ran down the back of my head, not only ruining my pillow, but staining the collar on my favourite Aussie Rugby shirt.

They won’t be laughing Christmas morning when they find out I have sold all their presents on ebay and given their pet cat away to the cats home.

Revenge is such a great thing.

I figure since I have been begging all of you for your airport pics, I might as well add a few of my own.  This is me at Toronto Terminal 3 (US Departures) in September 2008.  I found an empty gate and set up my camera.  I wasn’t alone though as there were several security cameras on me as I shot this (I think I’m looking at one of the security cameras in this shot….lol).  As you can see by the alignment of my photo here, I didn’t stick around too long to take more.

Now, back to the begging……please send me your airport photos.  :-))

Special thanks to Ben for sending in a few super cool looking photos of London Gatwick airport (sorry for the delay in getting them up).

When you are bored in the airport with nothing to do, we run a little feature here called “Self air-portraits“.  Boredom brings out the self-portrait artists in a lot of us…. so send us your photos. Let’s see you in the airport!   Here is Ben in the Helsinki airport.