San Francisco - Tbilisi

Whoever said that Jet lag is a joke really has never gone 12 or more hours away from them. I've heard horror stories about traveling to Asia from Europe/US but have yet to had that pleasure. I can certainly attest from the longest flight schedule from San Francisco to Tbilisi that 5 days after arriving we are still a wee-bit jetlagged. From yawning at strange hours, finding myself waking up at 6AM or taking a nap at 2PM, I think it is safe to say that we are jetlagged. Someone mentioned to me that it takes a day per hour change, and I somewhat laughed but it has been more time than I thought for me to adjust to the difference. When I flew from the depths of Winter to the heart of Summer to from 2C/37F to 40C/110F Spain, I did indeed get a 24 hour flu.

The time difference from Tbilisi to SF is 12 hours. When my mother asked I could have possibly found a place further away from home, this time I couldn't deny it. I mean I guess Mongolia is further away one direction, but then on the other side it would be closer. A 12 hour time difference does indeed make the fact clear that I am on the other side of the planet. Somewhat trippy really, although communications aren't terribly difficult. Just subtract 12 hours and you can talk early in the morning or late at night.