Daily Archives: Tuesday, 18 November, 2008

The first indication I got that I was too big to travel abroad was when I stepped into the Boeing 777-300 cabin and immeadiately hit my head hard on the roof of the doorway. I guess hitting my head on things could be considered to be clumsy but to be honest I really don’t expect to encounter doorways, hanging light fittings and other assorted normally high items at the same level as my head. The place where I’m currently staying I narrowly miss hitting exit signs, smoke alarms and fire sprinkers with my head and earlier I collided with a ceiling in a corridor. The plane seats felt like a tight prison – dreading another passenger potentially sitting in front of me, trapping and pinning me by reclining the seat onto my legs. Luckily I had the seat beside me … Continue reading →