Getting Lost Keep not standing fixed and rooted. Briskly venture, briskly roam. – Goethe

never underestimate travel karma. i relinquished a good aisle seat on a packed economy flight so a son could sit next to his mother in exchange for his – sandwiched between a fidgety elderly woman constantly worrying her rosary and an audibly sighing vancouver businessman. the stewardess must have noticed the gesture because a little while later she offered me a vacant spot on the golden aisle of economy seating: the exit row. yes it was near a baby but that's what earplugs are for. i have the distinct feeling that this is merely a prelude to the many modes of transportation that will beat out all recollection of flying Virgin Upperclass. [TIP] will definitely fly Cathay Pacific again. they have introduced the first hard-backed seats that gives one somewhat of a cocooned feeling. a real sanity saver when looking at 17 straight hours in the air.